Measuring Soft and Hard Power -- Comprehensive National Power

Online, February 27, 2013 (Newswire.com) - In the book "Comprehensive National Power - A Model for India" an attempt has been made to quantify and describe those attributes that most accurately portray India's capability to exert its national will. An effort has been made to access how various powers compared in this study could exert their national power to leverage the international environment to their national advantage. This study has been carried out in the backdrop of the rise and fall of countries and empires, and an assessment of the inbuilt longevity to power.

This well researched book is a result of the project study allocated by Headquarters Army Training Command to the United Service Institution of India, New Delhi. This study is likely to be a foundational work for future studies on the subject. This would eventually lead to more awareness of the concept of Comprehensive National Power. As a result a national consensus is likely to emerge on the steps India would need to take to further hone its Comprehensive National Power in order to realise the national aspirations.

CONTRIBUTORS
1. Dr Montek Singh Alhuwalia, Deputy Chairperson, Planning Commission
2. Lt Gen K Surendra Nath, AVSM, VSM, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Headquarters Army Training Command, Shimla
3. Lt Gen PK Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Retd), Director, USI.
4. Rear Admiral K Raja Menon (Retd) - Team Leader
5. Shri Lalit Mansingh, IFS (Retd), Former Foreign Secretary
6. Shri Kanwal Sibal, IFS (Retd), Former Foreign Secretary
7. Shri KC Singh, IFS (Retd), Former Secretary, Economic Relations
8. Shri Prakash Singh, IPS (Retd), Former DG BSF
9. Dr Amitabh Mattoo, Former Vice Chancellor, Jammu University
10. Shri Mohan Guruswamy, Chairman & Founder, Centre for Policy Alternatives
11. Lt Gen Vinay Shankar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd)
12. Lt Gen Aditya Singh, PVSM, AVSM & Bar (Retd)
13. Dr Rajiv Kumar, Secretary General, FICCI
14. Vice Adm Vijay Shankar, PVSM, AVSM (Retd)
15. Shri NC Saxena, IAS (Retd), Former Secretary, Planning Commission
16. Shri Amitabh Kant, IAS, CEO & MD, DMICDC
17. Shri Dipankar Gupta, Sociologist
18. Shri Jayadeva Ranade, IPS (Retd), Former Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
19. Shri Zorawar Daulet Singh, Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Alternatives
20. Shri Manohar Thyagaraj, Security Analyst
21. Dr V Siddhartha, Senior Fellow, CAPS
22. Shri Ashok Jaitly, Distinguished Fellow, TERI
23. Maj Gen YK Gera (Retd), Consultant (Research), USI-CS3
24. Capt (Dr) PK Ghosh, IN (Retd), Senior Fellow, ORF
25. Cdr Sandeep Dewan, Research Fellow, USI-CS3
26. Shri Yogesh Joshi

Source - Book Blog (http://comprehensive-national-power.blogspot.in/)