{"id":21808,"date":"2024-02-20T16:40:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T11:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=21808"},"modified":"2024-02-21T10:26:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T04:56:12","slug":"rise-of-intelligence-diplomacy-in-a-time-of-security-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/editorial-analysis\/20-02-2024\/rise-of-intelligence-diplomacy-in-a-time-of-security-challenges","title":{"rendered":"Rise of \u2018Intelligence Diplomacy\u2019 in a time of Security Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS 2\/IR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Three major events drew attention to the expanding<strong> Indian diplomatic footprint.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Major Events: Indian Diplomatic Footprint<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The annual <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/06-03-2023\/raisina-dialogue-2023\"><strong>Raisina Dialogue<\/strong><\/a> : It was&nbsp; hosted by the <strong>Observer Research Foundation and the Ministry of External Affairs<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It brings together ministers, officials, scholars, and policy researchers from across the world to promote an India-centred global agenda.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It has become a \u201cmust-go\u201d event for the global strategic community interested in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/12-02-2022\/exercise-milan\"><strong>Milan Exercise<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp; :<\/strong>The biennial Multilateral Naval Exercise (Milan) in the Bay of Bengal attracts naval leaders from far and wide for professional exchanges on maritime issues.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>Milan exercise <\/strong>is part of a much older naval diplomacy.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navies have always been flexible instruments for sovereigns in power projection and diplomacy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/13-10-2021\/expansion-of-malabar-exercise\"><strong>annual Malabar exercises <\/strong><\/a>with the US and the multilateral Milan exercises were among the first initiatives of the Indian Navy in the early 1990s.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Today, they together showcase India\u2019s new strategic salience in the Indo-Pacific.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gathering of top intelligence officials : <\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cIntelligence diplomacy\u201d is about sharing information with allied governments and their security agencies.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp;The US, for example, has a tight circle of intelligence gathering and sharing with its Anglo-Saxon allies \u2014 Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Similar to the \u201cFive Eyes\u201d arrangement are intelligence-sharing networks among the NATO allies and the EU partners.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For India, the emerging <strong>\u201cintelligence diplomacy<\/strong>\u201d could be as consequential as the \u201cdiscourse diplomacy\u201d of the Raisina Dialogue and the \u201cnaval diplomacy\u201d of the Milan exercises.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Other Efforts made by India&nbsp;<\/strong><br>&#8211; Over the last decade, India has taken many steps for e.g&nbsp;<br>A. <strong>Communication with foreign media,<\/strong> academia, and civil society to influence perceptions has always been part of statecraft.<br>B.&nbsp;The <strong>Foreign Office\u2019s External Publicity (XP) Division<\/strong> and its embassies have long pursued these outreach activities.&nbsp;<br>C. The business chambers \u2014 CII and FICCI \u2014 have been at the forefront of creating these networks since the economic reforms began at the turn of the 1990s.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Importance and Need<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As the volume of international engagements dramatically expanded in the 21st century, there has been a <strong>rapid growth in the size of the global communities<\/strong> interested in international commercial, political, technological and military affairs.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This has translated into a proliferation of think tanks and media outlets discussing foreign and security outlets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;The <strong>deepening military crises<\/strong> worldwide, the new <strong>stresses on the global economic order<\/strong> and the <strong>return of great power rivalry<\/strong> have created new risks to global peace and prosperity.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They have raised the value of the <strong>forums that facilitate valuable exchang<\/strong>e of notes among national security professionals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The intelligence agencies are an essential part of the national security establishment along with the diplomatic community and the armed forces.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As the first line of defence against internal and external threats, intelligence has been a critical part of statecraft since ancient times.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>role of intelligence in national security<\/strong> has grown significantly in recent years thanks to the <strong>rise of international terrorism<\/strong>, the growth of cross-border criminal networks, renewed economic competition, the <strong>increasing need to protect intellectual property, <\/strong>the return of great power rivalry, and the impact of new technologies that are reshaping the domestic and global dynamics of an interconnected international society.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conclusion and Way Forward&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The regular exchanges between the Indian agencies and their counterparts from like-minded countries on the margins of the Raisina Dialogue underline Delhi\u2019s shift from the isolationism of the later Cold War decades to building productive intelligence partnerships today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;India\u2019s intelligence diplomacy aligns with India\u2019s current strategy of building regional and global coalitions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;It is also an important part of modernising India\u2019s spying agencies \u2014 the Intelligence Bureau and its many offspring \u2014 which date back to the late 19th century.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Mains Practice Question&nbsp;<\/strong><br>The role of intelligence in national security has grown significantly in recent years.In light of the above statement , discuss the importance of \u201cintelligence diplomacy for India .<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Daily-Editorial-Analysis-20-02-2024.pdf\">Download PDF<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three major events drew attention to the expanding Indian diplomatic 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