This is the ninth volume of Annual Security Series being published. The aim of the series is to bring into focus contemporary issues which have an overarching bearing on National Security.

The annual National Security Lecture dealt with: "Future Economic Contours of Asia Pacific and South Asian Regions and their impact on Global Strategic Architecture". The speaker, Dr Arvind Virmani, Principal Adviser, Planning Commission explained the intricacies of Power Potential Index of various countries. He emphasised that economic development might bring greater stability to this part of the world.

The theme of the National Security Seminar was: "Rise of Naxalism and its implication for National Security." The causes and remedies were keenly debated. It emerged that the threat of Naxalism to national security was real and it required a multi-proged and coordinated response.

The National Security Paper on the subject "information Security Imperatives and Status" by Lieutenant General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, AVSM (Retd), has dealt with strategies infrastructure. He further highlights the importance of developing 'national emergency response capability which will not only pre empt possible threats but will also have disaster recovery capability.