PART. I: THE SETTINGS1. The Nature of the Debate 2. Conceptual Clarifications 3. Understanding Security 4. Security in the Indian Context 5. India's Security Policy: Desperately SeekingDefinition 6. Conventional Capabilities and NationalSecurity 7. Economic Profile of India PART II8. The Defence-Development Conundrum AReview of Literature9. Macroeconomic Indicators and DefenceExpenditure 10. Aggregate Defence Spending 11. Desegregated Defence Expenditure PART III12. Leveraging Defence Expenditure 13. Concluding Comments and Further Research 14. EpilogueIndex