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REAR ADMIRAL RAJA MENON (RETD)

Indian Navy

Admiral Menon was a career officer and a submarine specialist in the Navy and
retired in 1994 as the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations). Published
work include , Maritime Strategy and Continental Wars’, a standard text for the
Staff College. His second book ‘A Nuclear Strategy for India’ is recommended
reading for the Indian Strategic Force. His third book ‘The Indian Navy: A Photo
Essay’ is the official gift of the navy. Edited books ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction:
Options for India. An Occasional Paper, The US-India Non-proliferation Divide;
the Way Ahead by Cooperative Monitoring Center, Sandia in 2005. The Long
View from Delhi: The Grand Strategy of Indian Foreign Policy published in India
and the US, 2010.
Admiral Menon was a member of the Arun Singh Committee and of the
National Defence University Committee. Visiting lecturer at all institutes of
higher study of the Indian armed forces and the Foreign Office. Headed the
group that recently wrote the Indian Navy’s New Maritime Strategy. Recently
retired as the Chairman of the Task Force on Net Assessment and Simulation in
the National Security Council, and is a distinguished fellow in the Institute of
Peace and Conflict Studies and the National Maritime Foundation.
His current areas of specialization are as follows:
• Nuclear Strategy

• Maritime Strategy
• Net Assessment and Strategic Scenarios, both Politico-Military
and Technological

• Politico-Military Simulation and Gaming

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