In today’s world where security issues have become more complex than traditional security threats, this book is a timely and intellectually stimulating analysis of the changing world of global and national security. Contributions from distinguished scholars; military leaders and strategic thinkers critically discuss the multi-dimensional threats that are a growing part of the strategic environment in the twenty-first century. This book transcends the military framework and tackles various non-traditional security issues like artificial intelligence, cyber warfare, economic coercion, environmental degradation, water and energy security, maritime vulnerabilities, climate change, human security, social media manipulation and strategic diplomacy. The contributors illuminate these deeply interconnected challenges and demonstrate how they are reshaping the dynamics of statecraft, national resilience and global order through an exemplary interdisciplinary approach. This book offers a compelling analysis of emerging non-traditional security challenges and the changing character of conflict amid evolving strategic imperatives and complex geopolitical realities in an increasingly uncertain global order. The various chapters highlight the need for a new strategic architecture capable of addressing hybrid and other non-traditional threats that increasingly blur the distinctions between war and peace, military and civilian aspects and national and international security. Security Beyond the Battlefield is one of the significant works in this stream of thinking to redefine security in modern parlance and influences the conversation on new threats and strategic thinking in India and the world at large.

Dr. Bharti Das is a Professor and Head of the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies at the University of Allahabad. She is a dedicated scholar in the fields of Strategic Studies and International Law and has published numerous research papers in national and international journals on security affairs. She also served as Director of the Centre for Women`s Studies and as Nodal Officer of the Dr. Ambedkar Centre for Excellence (DACE) at the University of Allahabad, Prayagraj.

Dr. Uday Pratap Singh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies at ISDC, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj. He is also the Project Director of an ICSSR funded research project titled Charting India`s National Security Strategy through Civil-Military Fusion. He is a keen researcher in the fields of national security and international strategic relations. He has published numerous research articles in leading national and international journals on defence and security issues. He has also authored several books, including Russia-Ukraine War: Strategic Conundrum (2025) and Indo-European Union Strategic Cooperation (2016).

Dr. Vijay Khare is a distinguished academician and administrator currently serving as Senior Professor and Head of the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, Dean of Humanities and Director of the International Centre at Savitribai Phule Pune University. He is the recipient of several prestigious fellowships, including the Fulbright and Erasmus Fellowships and has participated in numerous international academic and diplomatic programmes across the globe. Under his visionary leadership, the International Centre has substantially expanded global collaborations and international projects, thereby making a significant contribution to the internationalization of higher education in India.