Book: Civil-Military Fusion as a Measure of National Power and Multi-faceted Security

 

Civil-Military Fusion as a Measure of National Power and Multi-faceted Security

Author: Lt Gen Raj Shukla (Retd)

Release: October 2025

 

The work of Lt Gen Raj Shukla takes to the next level of strategic argumentation with the author asserting that the power of India in the 21^st century lies in close amalgamation of the civilian capabilities with the military one. Analysing such global cases as the Military-Civil Fusion in China and integrative practices in America, Shukla assumes that India needs to break up the previous “silos, which will help combine civilian innovation, industrial power, and academic research with the defence ecosystem. The book emphasizes that in a time of hybrid wars and economic-security interconnections, this amalgamation becomes the major driver of technological self-sufficiency (Aatmanirbharta) and strategic benefit to maintain talent and improve infrastructure by a unified effort on the national level.

The book is a must read to the security enthusiasts since it shapes the understanding of defence as a national initiative and not a local military issue. To policy analysts, technologists and business leaders, it explains why synergy between startups and the armed forces can form a strong linen of defence against conventional as well as non-traditional threats. It will enable the informed citizen to view his or her contribution, be it in a lab, a factory or a tech hub, as the core to developing strategic autonomy in India and make sure that it stays competitive in a more complex global security environment.

  Seema Sanghosh English: January 2026