Armed forces and military-industrial complex of India in the era of global turbulence

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Abstract

The article is devoted to the problems of modernization of the armed forces of India and its military-industrial complex. Analyzing the ties between the military-industrial complex and the armed forces of India, the author concludes that the size of the Indian armed forces, coupled with the system of their recruitment, hinders the process of modernization. At the same time, the Indian leadership cannot agree to a reduction in the army, both for political and social and for military-strategic reasons, relying on limited reforms designed to change the process of recruiting.

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Alexey V. Kupriyanov

Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: a.kupriyanov@imemo.ru
Moscow, Russian Federation

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