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Synopsis This is the second volume in the series lndia's National Security Annual Review. The series was launched in September 2000 with a view to making an annual assessment of India's national security taking into account political, military, economic, and technological challenges, and multiple threats to internal security. The importance of the series has been vindicated by the highly positive response given to the first volume by members of the security community in India, including cabinet ministers, government officials, military training establishments, think tanks and scholars. Foreign diplomats in India also welcomed the volume as an important source of information and assessment on security issues. This volume focuses on the developments during the year 2001, although in some cases events well into the year 2002 have been brought into discussion. The volume comprises specially written research articles by Indian diplomats, scholars, strategic affairs experts, technologists and scientists. The articles have been arranged under the heads: Politico-Military Environment, Economic Security, Technology and Security, Internal Security and National Security Management. In addition, an attempt has been made in this volume to construct a National Security Index. As in the first volume, there are sections on Chronology of Major Events, Select Documents and Basic Statistics. The Introduction by the Editor undertakes a broad survey of global security trends, comprehensively examines India's security environment and refers to the major developments which would intend to enhance India's security.