USI Strategic Year Book 2019 was released by the USI on 18 April 2019. USI has published Strategic Year Book for the fourth consecutive year. The first Strategic Year Book was published in 2016.
The current issue of the Year Book contains series of articles by eminent persons and experts on various aspects of national security, focusing on the strategic challenges and opportunities beset by India in the strategic journey towards an emerging leading power. The book is laid out in five sections — National Security Strategy and Structures, Internal Environmental Scan , Pakistan-China Strategic Nexus , India’s Strategic Neighbourhood and National Capacity Building .
The Year Book in essence is the most comprehensive articulation of India’s national security objectives, impact of internal and external geopolitical environment, instruments of national power and strategic capacity building. The aim is to provide a strategic perspective which will create awareness and also help the policymakers in giving a strategic direction for India to transform into a developed society and a secured nation.