Centre For Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi, India
Abstract
This edition of the CLAWS Journal, Winter 2023, is dedicated to the memory of Late Brigadier Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (Retd), a recipient of the CLAWS Scholar Warrior award of 2021 and a Visiting Fellow at CLAWS. His contribution to CLAWS was immense and distinctive and shall forever be remembered. This edition carries eleven articles on the overarching theme of defence and national security, with contributions from strategic experts and practitioners in the field. These articles give our readers a balanced and researched view of issues related to India’s strategic interests, geopolitical developments in our neighbourhood, and measures for developing comprehensive national power and defence capability development.  
