Nation Honors Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

“For example, it requires diplomatic creativity and imagination to be part of the Quad (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue), the BRICS, and the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) simultaneously. Such friendships and multiple groupings are required to secure a nation. To counter the influence of BRI and to secure India’s long-term strategic interests, trade interests, or economic interests, India became part of a multinational India-Middle East Europe economic corridor. That is taking a long-term view of how you secure your economic future….”

“Something like ‘aatmnirbharta’ was thought about in 1944… A classic example of strategic foresight was when he negotiated and secured the Andaman and Nicobar Islands from Japan as the first bit of sovereign Indian territory, and named them Shaheed and Swaraj… When you talk about military preparedness, it is the ability of armed forces to anticipate threats and respond to them by conducting military operations. It will involve analysis of the emerging security environment, global and regional, including lessons from history….”