Collective association a must for sub-continent

“Realisation of geopolitical potential of India in sub-continent will bring maximum benefit to the country, but others will not be bereft of their shares,” he remarked.

Lt. Gen. Joshi observed that National Security Council Staff (NSCS) could be mainly concerned with the larger periphery of the security, the field in which they could do creative work. “They should be the main spring that keeps pushing the government with periodic appraisals and reports,” he said.

Further he remarked, NSCS should be peopled by experts in their own fields including services, and not bureaucrats. “Most important of all, they should work on the security doctrine. Creation of such a doctrine and its updating is a gigantic task. But without it, there is no escape in modern war”.