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2013.
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I am very happy to have been asked to deliver the USI national Security Lecture 2013 and to speak on "Civil-Military Relation Opportunities and Challenges".
Before I proceed to reflect on the theme of taday's lecture, I think it would be useful to have reasonable clarity about what exactly do we have in mind when we use the term "civil military relations". I say this because earlier this year, at a seminar held in a defence think-tank at Delhi, a statement was made that "unsatisfactory civil-military relation are having an adverse impact on the functioning of the military in India". While all those who may be involved in studying military matters would understand that this statement refers to the functioning of the defence apparatus, I feel that a free use of the term "civil and military relations" should be best avoided as its has the potential of causing altogether unfounded doubts and suspicions in the minds of millions of people in India.
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