who is appointed as the national security advisor of india
National Security Advisor (India)


The National Security Advisor (NSA) (IAST: "Rāṣ‍ṭrīya Surakṣā Salāhkār") is the senior official on the National Security Council (NSC) of India, and the chief Advisor to the Prime Minister of India on national and international security policy. The National Security Advisor (India) is now the most powerful bureaucrat in the Government of India. Ajit Doval is the current NSA. The post has high vested powers, so the NSA is a highly prominent and powerful office in the Government of India. All NSAs appointed
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National Security Advisor (Nigeria)


The National Security Advisor is a senior aide in the cabinet of the President of Nigeria who serves as the chief advisor to the President on national security issues. He participates in the meetings of the National Security Council and other deliberations on security matters. The National Security Advisor is often appointed by the President of Nigeria and serve a tenure not more than 4 years. The functions of the National Security Advisor varies from administration to administration; and depends, not only on the qualities of the person appointed to the position, but also
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National Security Advisor (United States)


The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA), commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor (NSA) or at times informally termed the NSC Advisor, is a senior aide in the Executive Office of the President, based at the West Wing of the White House, who serves as the chief in-house advisor to the President of the United States on national security issues. The National Security Advisor is appointed by the President and does not require confirmation by the Senate, but an appointment of a three
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National Security Advisor (India)


the NITI Aayog vice chairman, the cabinet secretary, the three military chiefs, the Reserve Bank of India governor, the foreign secretary, home secretary, finance secretary and the defense secretary. Brajesh Mishra was appointed the first National Security Advisor of India. The post was created on 19 November 1998 by the Government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and has become increasingly influential and powerful over the years with the rise of India on the world stage. to deer sir ajit kumar dovil im cmeng youar nsa office from ashok kumar koyalki
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Vijay Singh (administrator)


Vijay Singh (born 13 July 1948) is a former officer from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), 1970 batch, Madhya Pradesh Cadre. He was appointed Defence Secretary, in the Ministry of Defence, in August 2007. He succeeded Shekhar Dutt, IAS, of 1969 batch, who, on superannuation, was appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic and Defence related subjects in the National Security Council Secretariat, with rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India, for a term of 2 years. Singh
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National Security Advisor (Canada)


The National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister () is an associate secretary in the Privy Council Office (PCO) and is responsible for advising the Prime Minister of Canada on security and intelligence matters. The person in this role is supported by the Security and Intelligence Secretariat and the International Assessment Staff. The current National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister is Greta Bossenmaier, who was previously the chief of the Communications Security Establishment. She was appointed on May 23, 2018, filling the vacancy left when her
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National security


Jammu and Kashmir demanding secession and far left wing terrorism in India's red corridor remain some key issues in India's internal security, terrorism from Pakistan based militant groups has been emerging as a major concern for New Delhi. National Security Advisor of India heads National Security Council of India, receives all kinds of intelligence reports and is chief advisor to the Prime Minister of India over national and international security policy. National Security Council has India's defence, foreign, home, finance ministers and deputy chairman of NITI Aayog as its members
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National Security Council (India)


The National Security Council (NSC) (IAST: "Rāṣṭrīya Surakṣā Pariṣad") of India is an executive government agency tasked with advising the Prime Minister's Office on matters of national security and strategic interest. It was established by the former prime minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 19 November 1998, with Brajesh Mishra as the first National Security Advisor. Prior to the formation of the NSC, these activities were overseen by the Principal Secretary to the preceding Prime Minister. Besides the National Security Advisor (NSA), the
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William J. S. Elliott


secretariat services to the Cabinet Committee for Foreign Affairs and Security (formerly the Cabinet Committee on Security, Public Health and Emergencies), in addition to the Advisory Council on National Security who provides confidential expert advice to the Government through the National Security Advisor on issues related to national security. In his role, Elliott supported the National Security Advisor and as Assistant Secretary, was responsible for the support and secretariat services provided to Cabinet Committees and Ministers of the Crown. In April 2005, Elliott was appointed by the prime minister, Paul
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H. R. McMaster


. In February 2017, McMaster succeeded Michael Flynn as National Security Advisor. He remained on active duty as a lieutenant general while serving as National Security Advisor, and retired in May 2018. McMaster resigned as National Security Advisor on March 22, 2018, effective April 9, and accepted an academic appointment to Stanford University in 2018. McMaster was born in Philadelphia on July 24, 1962. His father, Herbert McMaster, was an infantryman who served with the United States Army in the Korean War while his mother, Marie C.
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National Security Advisor (United States)


of the National Security Advisor varies from administration to administration and depends not only on the qualities of the person appointed to the position, but also on the style and management philosophy of the incumbent President. Ideally, the National Security Advisor serves as an honest broker of policy options for the President in the field of national security, rather than as an advocate for his or her own policy agenda. However, the National Security Advisor is a staff position in the Executive Office of the President and does not have line or budget authority
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Doug Fears


and as senior director for resilience policy for the National Security Council. He also served as acting Homeland Security Advisor from the middle of May 2018 until his permanent appointment in June. Fears was scheduled to be appointed head of the Coast Guard's Cyber Command when, on June 1, 2018, National Security Advisor John Bolton announced Fears' appointment as the permanent Homeland Security Advisor, with the official title of Deputy Assistant to the President. This means that he ranks subordinate to Bolton, unlike his permanent predecessor, Tom Bossert,
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Ajit Doval


powers of the world. On 30 May 2014, Doval was appointed as India's fifth National Security Advisor. In June 2014, Doval played a crucial role in ensuring the secure return of 46 Indian nurses who were trapped in a hospital in Tikrit, Iraq. After family members lost all contact from these nurses, following the capture of Mosul by ISIL. Doval, on a top secret mission flew to Iraq on 25 June 2014 to understand the position on the ground and make high-level contacts in the Iraqi government.
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Foreign policy of the George H. W. Bush administration


The foreign policy of the George H. W. Bush administration was the foreign policy of the United States from 1989 to 1993 while George H. W. Bush was president. Bush's main foreign policy advisors were Secretaries of State James Baker and Lawrence Eagleburger, and National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft. Substantial geopolitical developments that occurred during Bush's presidency include: On September 13, 1988, Bush announced the appointment of a national security task force, noted for including former Jimmy Carter administration National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, who compared Bush's foreign policy
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National Security Advisor (India)


since the inception of the post in 1998 belong to the either Indian Foreign Service or to the Indian Police Service, and serve at the discretion of the Prime Minister of India. The National Security Advisor (NSA) is tasked with regularly advising the Prime Minister of India on all matters relating to internal and external threats and opportunities to India, and oversees strategic and sensitive issues on behalf of the Prime Minister. The NSA of India also serves as the Prime Minister's Special Interlocutor with China as well as the envoy to Pakistan
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David L. Aaron


Presidential campaign. In 1977, Aaron was asked by Zbigniew Brzezinski, who had been appointed the National Security Advisor, to become Deputy National Security Advisor in the administration of Jimmy Carter. Aaron was one of several former Kissinger aides appointed by Jimmy Carter to foreign policy and defense positions. During his time at the White House, Aaron made a name for himself in foreign policy circles and was recognised as a rising star in the Democratic Party. Aaron was a special envoy to Africa, Latin America, China, Israel and Europe
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Homeland Security Advisor


the President, the Homeland Security Advisor does not require Senate confirmation for appointment to the office. In the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush created the interim Office of Homeland Security as a cabinet-level office in a speech to a joint session of Congress. He appointed Tom Ridge as its first Director. The Homeland Security Council was formally created on October 5, 2001, replacing the Office of Homeland Security. Under the George W. Bush administration, the Homeland Security Advisor was independent of the National
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John Poindexter


rank of vice admiral but was allowed to retire in 1987 at the lower rank of rear admiral as a result of his role in the Iran–Contra affair. Poindexter went on to serve in the Reagan administration as military assistant to the National Security Advisor (1981–1983) and Deputy National Security Advisor (1983–1985) prior to his appointment as National Security Advisor (1985–1986). From 1983 to 1985, Poindexter was responsible for leading and managing the National Security Council staff as chairman of the Crisis Pre-planning Group. As National
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National Security Advisor (India)


and Israel on security affairs. He can be seen frequently accompanying the Prime Minister on official and State visits. The NSA receives all intelligence reports and co-ordinates them to present before the Prime Minister. NSA is assisted by the Deputy National Security Advisors, Deputy NSAs. Retired Indian Police Service officer Rajinder Khanna and Indian Foreign Service officer Pankaj Saran currently serve as Deputy National Security Advisors. The policy group is the main mechanism for inter-ministerial coordination and integration of inputs in forming national security policies. The group members include
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National Security Council (India)


Deputy National Security Advisors (DNSA), the Ministers of Defence, External Affairs, Home, Finance of the Government of India, and the Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog are members of the National Security Council. Other members may be invited to attend its monthly meetings, as and when it's required. The NSC is the apex body of the three-tiered structure of the national security management system in India. The other two tiers are the Strategic Policy Group, and the National Security Advisory Board. The Strategic Policy
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National Security Council (India)


Group is the first level of the three tier structure of the National Security Council. It forms the nucleus of the decision-making apparatus of the NSC. Earlier, Cabinet Secretary was its chairman, but now National Security Advisor is the chairman of the group and it consists of the following members: The Strategic Policy Group undertakes the "Strategic Defence Review", a blueprint of short and long term security threats, as well as possible policy options on a priority basis. The brainchild of the first National Security Advisor (NSA
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Foreign policy of the Narendra Modi government


leaders which apparently helped her understanding of foreign relations. Modi appointed Ajit Doval, a seasoned intelligence officer, as National Security Advisor. Ajit Doval is believed to be close to the RSS, an organization Modi comes from. On 28 January 2015, only a day after the US President Barack Obama's successful India visit Modi government sacked Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh and appointed Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in her place, Jaishankar was then serving as India's ambassador to the United States. Modi himself was believed to be unhappy over Singh's ability to
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Nadia Schadlow


Nadia Catherine Schadlow (born c. 1965) is an American academic and defense-related government officer who briefly served in 2018 as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy in the Trump Administration. Schadlow was appointed to the National Security Council staff by long-time colleague H.R. McMaster in March 2017. Upon her appointment, Journalist Thomas E. Ricks described both her and Fiona Hill as "well-educated, skeptical, and informed..." During this time, Schadlow became the primary author of the 2017 National Security
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Keith Kellogg


-presidential candidate Donald Trump in March 2016. Trump put Kellogg in charge of the presidential transition agency action team for defense. On December 15, 2016, it was announced that Kellogg would be appointed Chief of Staff and Executive Secretary of the United States National Security Council by President-elect Donald Trump. On February 13, 2017, following the resignation of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, Keith Kellogg became the Acting National Security Advisor in the interim of a permanent replacement being appointed. President Trump interviewed Kellogg and three others
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History of the United States National Security Council 1981–89


and former National Security Advisor Scowcroft, not only reviewed the events of Iran–Contra but made a body of recommendations for the reform of the NSC. NSDD(266) of March 31, 1987, adopted the Board's major recommendations: reduction of the size of the staff, appointment of a legal counsel, removal of the Crisis Pre-Planning Group, and its replacement with Policy Review Committee. The spirit of the reforms was given more content by the new NSC leadership appointed by President Reagan in November 1987: National Security Advisor
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National Security Advisor (United States)


or four-star general to the role requires Senate reconfirmation of military rank. The National Security Advisor participates in meetings of the National Security Council (NSC) and usually chairs meetings of the Principals Committee of the NSC with the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense (the meetings not attended by the President). The National Security Advisor is supported by NSC staff who produce research and briefings for the National Security Advisor to review and present, either to the National Security Council or directly to the President. The influence and role
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Lakshmi Chand Jain


civilian award Padma Vibhushan by Government of India, but the family declined to accept the award since he had been against the concept of state honours. During his stint as the Indian High Commissioner to South Africa, the Indian Government headed by AB Vajpayee conducted nuclear tests in Pokhran. Jain was opposed to nuclear tests. It is true that LC Jain, who had been appointed by the IK Gujral government, was in fact recalled by the PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 1998. National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra was reportedly of the
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Kanwar Pal Singh Gill


Tamil Eelam He was approached by Lakshman Kadirgamar who was the foreign minister of Sri Lanka After the defeat of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam the similarity in the tactics used by Sri Lanka with the tactics used by Gill in Punjab was noted in an article published in India Today Gill was appointed security adviser to the state of Gujarat after 2002 Gujarat violence. Gujarat Chief minister Narendra Modi, commenting on his appointment, stated “It is good to have an experienced person such as Gill as my security advisor. Gill had very effectively tackled
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Shivshankar Menon


National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. He Had relinquished office as Indias "4th " National Security Advisor on 15 May 2014. A major milestone of his career was the Indo-US nuclear deal, for which he Had worked hard to convince NSG Member nations Along With Shyam Saran to get a clean waiver for nuclear supplies to India. Menon joined the Brookings Institution (USA) as a distinguished fellow and also serves as chairman of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Chinese Studies  Based in New Delhi. Mr
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John A. Gordon


, a position he filled from June 2000 to June 2002. He next served as the Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism, then assumed duties as Homeland Security Advisor from June 2003 to June 2004. On September 16, 2004, he was inducted into the Naval Postgraduate School Hall of Fame. In October, 2005 John A. Gordon, US Air Force, retired, former Homeland Security Advisor to the White House, and member of the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age was appointed to the VirtualAgility
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History of the United States National Security Council 1981–89


This group met weekly with the President and shaped policy prior to formal meetings of the NSC. In January 1982, following the resignation of National Security Advisor Allen, the President appointed a close personal friend, Deputy Secretary of State William Clark, as his new advisor. The brief episode of the weakened National Security Advisor was over. Clark would report directly to the President and not through Meese or the other two members of the triumvirate of Baker and Deaver as Allen had done. President Reagan issued a written directive (NSDD(2)
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Amitav Malik


Amitav Malik is an Indian defence technologist and the founder director of the Laser Science and Technology Center, Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), India, known for his expertise in the defence system design and development. He is an advisor to the National Security Advisory Board of India and a former advisor of Defence Technology at the Embassy of India in Washington DC. Author of a book on defence technology, "Technology and Security in the 21st Century: A Demand-side Perspective", and more than 50 technical papers
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Tikka Khan


war with India in 1971, Tikka Khan was promoted to four-star rank and appointed as the first chief of army staff of the Pakistan Army in 1972. As an army chief, he provided his support to the clandestine nuclear weapons programme alongside with Ghulam Ishaq Khan— a bureaucrat. Upon retirement from the military in 1976, he was subsequently appointed as National Security Advisor by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, only to be removed in 1977 as a result of enforced martial law. In the 1980s, he remained active as
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National Security Council (Pakistan)


the office in "Aiwan-e-Sadr", and appoint civil bureaucrat Tariq Aziz as the first National Security Advisor. According to PILDT, since its reestablishment, Musharraf conveyed very few national security meetings, and most meetings were conducted to discuss political situations only. He resigned from the post of NSC secretariat when Musharraf resigned from presidency on 18 August 2008. He was succeeded by Mahmud Ali Durrani as the second National Security Advisor, directly reporting to the Prime minister Secretariat. Durrani was notably deposed by the Prime Minister Yousaf
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Gary Griffith


the President; hence he was also required to accompany the Prime Minister at most of his engagements. He was previously an Acting Senator for the Opposition and the Advisor for two Opposition parties on National Security matters. He was the Security Adviser to the political party the United National Congress from 2004- 2006 and then the Security Adviser to the political party Congress of the People from 2006- 2010, when he was then appointed as the National Security Adviser. In 2013 under the People's Partnership Gary Griffith was appointed National Security Minister, becoming
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Kenneth L. Wainstein


he was sworn in as the Department of Justice's Assistant Attorney General responsible for National Security. Wainstein was appointed Homeland Security Advisor by President George W. Bush on March 30, 2008. He was also Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and chaired the Homeland Security Council. He was appointed as the "National Continuity Coordinator" under the auspices of National Security Presidential Directive 51. Wainstein also serves as a member of the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense, a group that encourages and advocates changes to government policy to
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Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif


In 1964, President Arif appointed then Staff Major Al-naif as Deputy Director of Military Intelligence. After the death of President Abdul Salam Arif in helicopter crash in 1964, Al-naif was appointed Senior Advisor to the younger President Arif, and then National Security Advisor, but remained Deputy Director of Military Intelligence. From 1964 until 1968, Al-naif played a major role in negotiating peace with the Kurdish leader Mulla Mustafa Al Barazani, who had close and trusting relationship with Al-naif. There are reports that during
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History of the United States National Security Council 1961–63


. McGeorge Bundy's appointment as the President's National Security Advisor inaugurated this position as it has essentially continued down to the present. The definition of Bundy's responsibilities and authority unfolded and grew during the Kennedy presidency. Bundy's considerable intellectual and bureaucratic abilities as well as close personal relationship with the new President contributed much to evolution of the National Security Advisor position and the new role of the NSC. In a letter to Senator Jackson in September 1961 Bundy sought to define the early relationship sought with the State Department. . .
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National Security Advisor (United States)


days). Michael Flynn holds the record for shortest term of service (24 days). Three and four-star generals require Senate confirmation due to the statutory nature requiring Congress to appoint their military rank. The prior National Security Adviser, H. R. McMaster, is a three-star lieutenant general and his military rank was reconfirmed by the Senate on March 15, 2017. On Thursday, March 22, 2018, President Donald Trump announced, via Twitter, that McMaster would be replaced as the National Security Advisor by former
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Marko Chiziko


After serving as the Commander General of the MDF he was appointed as National Security Advisor in the Bingu wa Mutharika administration on, July 23, 2011 a new position that began with his appointment . He was appointed by Joyce Banda as the Presidential Advisor on security in March 2013. He obtained a Malawi School Certificate of Education at Dedza Secondary School. He enlisted in the Army in 1972 and moved up the ranks. He became Lieutenant, Captain, Major, LT Colonel, Colonel. He attended several courses during his early army
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Homeland Security Advisor


The Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, commonly referred to as the Homeland Security Advisor and formerly holding the title of Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, is a senior aide in the Executive Office of the President, based in the West Wing of the White House, who serves as the chief in-house advisor to the President of the United States on homeland security and counterterrorism issues. The Homeland Security Advisor is a statutory member of the Homeland Security Council. Serving at the pleasure of
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Homeland Security Advisor


Security Council, residing within the Homeland Security Council. Under the Obama administration, while the Homeland Security Council remained, the Advisor held the title of Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, subordinating the position to the National Security Advisor. At the start of the Trump administration, the position of Homeland Security Advisor, occupied by Tom Bossert, was elevated to the rank of Assistant to the President, making it equal in rank to the National Security Advisor. However, after clashes with the National Security Advisor, John
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Richard V. Allen


His M.A. from Notre Dame is in political science. Allen worked at the Center for Strategic and International Studies from 1962 to 1966. He was then a senior staff member of the Hoover Institution from 1966 to 1968, leaving to become foreign policy coordinator to Richard Nixon, and serving twice in the Nixon White House. He was then Ronald Reagan's chief foreign policy advisor from 1977 to 1980, before being appointed as Reagan's first National Security Advisor. In November 1981, while serving as Reagan's National Security Advisor, Allen
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Jonathan Finer


/Lebanon (2006); the 2004 U.S. Presidential campaign; and the 2004 Major League Baseball playoffs. Finer joined the Obama Administration in 2009 as a White House Fellow, assigned to the Office of the White House Chief of Staff and the National Security Council Staff. At the White House, he also served as Special Advisor for the Middle East and North Africa and Foreign Policy Speechwriter for Vice President Joseph R. Biden and later as Senior Advisor to Deputy National Security Advisor Antony Blinken. Prior to his appointment as Director of Policy
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Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh


Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh (born July 16, 1949) is a Liberian politician and diplomat. He is the Liberian Government's current National Security Advisor in the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf administration. Immediately previous to his appointment as National Security Advisor, he served as Advisor on International Affairs in the same government. He served as Foreign Minister from 1981 to 1983 under President Samuel Doe. Fahnbulleh's father, H. Boimah Fahnbulleh, Sr. was also prominent in Liberian society; in Fahnbulleh Jr's words, Fahnbulleh Sr was "killed while striving
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10-Truck Arms and Ammunition Haul in Chittagong


period until elections. On 11 January 2007 Chief Advisor and President Iajuddin Ahmed announced he would be resigning from the CA position and appointing a replacement; the military had intervened to support a neutral government following the withdrawal of the Awami League from elections scheduled for 22 January. The prominent banker, Fakhruddin Ahmed, who had been with the World Bank, was appointed as Chief Advisor. At the time, the government relieved Major General Haider Chowdhury, then Director General for National Security Intelligence, of his duties and put him under investigation
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History of the United States National Security Council 1981–89


Frank Carlucci and Deputy National Security Advisor Lieutenant General Colin Powell. Carlucci reformed the NSC by replacing more than half of the professional staff within 3 months. Carlucci largely withdrew the NSC from its operational roles, but in the matter of Nicaragua, NSC continued to exercise the coordination that was not forthcoming from any of the agencies. In the autumn of 1988, Carlucci was called to the Defense Department to succeed Caspar Weinberger, and for the third time among his six appointments to the position of National Security Advisor during his presidency,
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National Security Advisor (Pakistan)


The Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor (NSA), is a senior official, aide, and the key adviser to the Prime Minister on Pakistan on national and international security issues. The National Security Advisor participates in National Security Council in regard to brief the participants on issues involving the national security of the country and regularly advised the Prime Minister on all matters relating to internal and external threats to the country, and oversees strategic issues. In addition, the advisor frequently
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National Intelligence Agency (South Africa)


by Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Sigxashe was replaced by Vusi Mavimbela in October 1999. He would be appointed as a special advisor to Security Minister Joe Nhlanhla. In 2003, he was one of three former intelligence operatives who advised the Minister of Intelligence Lindiwe Sisulu on conditions of employment in the intelligence community. Vusi Mavimbela was appointed as the new Director-General of the NIA on 20 October 1999 replacing Sizakele Sigxashe. Prior to 1994, he was a member of the ANC's Department of Intelligence and Security (
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Stanford University centers and institutes


Morrison Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, a former official in the Obama and Clinton presidential administrations, and current Justice of the California Supreme Court. Previous Directors include Stanford President Emeritus Gerhard Casper; Coit D. Blacker, who served as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council under National Security Advisor Anthony Lake during the Clinton administration; David Holloway; Walter Falcon; and Stanford President Emeritus Richard Lyman. FSI appoints faculty and research staff,
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Thomas E. Donilon


Thomas E. Donilon (born May 14, 1955) is an American lawyer and former government official who served as National Security Advisor in the Obama administration. Previously, he served together with diplomat Wendy Sherman as Agency Review Team Lead for the State Department in the Obama transition, and as Deputy to National Security Advisor James Jones early in the Obama administration. Donilon replaced Jones as National Security Advisor on October 8, 2010. Donilon tendered his resignation as National Security Adviser on June 5, 2013, and was succeeded in office by
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Deputy National Security Advisor (United States)


The Deputy National Security Advisor is a member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and the United States National Security Council, serving under the President's National Security Advisor. Among other responsibilities, the Deputy National Security Advisor often serves as Executive Secretary to the National Security Council Principals Committee, and as chairman of the National Security Council Deputies Committee. The role changes according to the organizational philosophy and staffing of each White House and there are often multiple deputies to the National Security Advisor charged with various areas of focus
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General Debate of the seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly


draconian emergency laws and punish those respoinsible for the genocide in Kashmir. If India want to avoid conflict with Pakistan...[it] must end ceasefire violations. [It] must halt support for terrorist groups inside Pakistan. India speaks a lot about terror, [but the] UN should define terrorism, includ[ing] state terrorism. What India's national security advisor boasted against spy agencies in [his] country...Pakistan has in its custody the Indian spy Kulbushan Yadav who confessed to terrorist activities in my country. In fact,
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Adolfo Aguilar Zínser


Democratic Revolution (PRD) in 1994 and served until 1997. From 1997 to 2000 he served in the Senate, representing the Green Ecological Party of Mexico (PVEM). Following Vicente Fox's election to the Presidency (representing a coalition of the National Action Party and the PVEM) on July 2, 2000, Aguilar served as the transition team's advisor on international affairs. After taking office, Fox appointed Aguilar his national security advisor. In January 2002, Fox appointed Aguilar Mexico's permanent representative to the United Nations.
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Denis McDonough


. McDonough continued to serve as a senior foreign policy advisor to Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign. After President Obama's election, he joined the administration as the National Security Council's head of Strategic Communication. He also served as National Security Council Chief of Staff. On October 20, 2010, President Barack Obama announced that McDonough would be replacing Thomas E. Donilon as Deputy National Security Advisor, who had been promoted to succeed General James L. Jones as National Security Advisor. McDonough was seen in photos of the White House Situation
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First 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency


of Staff and Director of National Intelligence. On April 5, the 75th day of Trump's presidency, under guidance from Army Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster, the National Security Advisor (NSC advisor) who replaced Mike Flynn, Trump removed Bannon, who has no security experience, from the National Security Council's principals committee. Trump's 36-year-old son-in-law, Jared Kushner is Trump's Senior Advisor alongside Stephen Miller. "In his January interview with the "Times of London", Trump said that
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Andrea L. Thompson


she became the national security advisor to the House Committee on Homeland Security in April 2015. Thompson retired after 28 years of service in the Army on August 2016, with the rank of colonel. After retiring from the U.S. Army, Thompson became a director of the McChrystal Group Leadership Institute, an advisory services and leadership development firm that was founded by General Stanley McChrystal, whom she served under during her deployment to Afghanistan. She held this position until January 2017. Thompson was appointed the National Security Advisor to Vice President Mike Pence
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Foreign policy of the Bill Clinton administration


he could only spare one hour a week meeting with them. However, Clinton had attended attended graduate school in England, and increasingly took a personal interest in foreign affairs, especially in his second term. His main foreign policy advisors were Secretaries of State Warren M. Christopher and Madeleine Albright and National Security Advisors Anthony Lake and Sandy Berger. Other key advisors include Secretary of Defense Les Aspin, and Strobe Talbott who as Ambassador at large dealt with Russia and India. Political scientist Stephen Schlesinger argues that Warren Christopher was: Realizing that
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India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement


the nuclear deal. Bharatiya Janata Party's Yashwant Sinha, who also formerly held the post of India's External Affairs Minister, criticized the Indian government's decision to seek NSG's consensus and remarked that "India has walked into the non-proliferation trap set by the U.S., we have given up our right to test nuclear weapons forever, it has been surrendered by the government". However, another prominent member of the same party and India's former National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra supported the development at the NSG and said
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National Security Advisor (United States)


over either the Department of State or the Department of Defense, unlike the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, who are Senate-confirmed officials with statutory authority over their departments; but the National Security Advisor is able to offer daily advice (due to the proximity) to the President independently of the vested interests of the large bureaucracies and clientele of those departments. In times of crisis, the National Security Advisor is likely to operate from the White House Situation Room or the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (as on September
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Vijay K. Nambiar


Chenicheri Vijay Nambiar (; born August 1943) is a retired Indian diplomat and served as the UN Secretary General's Special Advisor on Myanmar. He was Chef de Cabinet (Chief of Staff) under UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon from 1 January 2007 to February 2012. He held the rank of Under-Secretary-General and was a member of the Secretary-General's Senior Management Team. Mr. Nambiar previously served as Deputy National Security Advisor to the Government of India and Head of the National Security Council Secretariat.
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Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel


Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the National Security Advisor. Each shall be represented by a senior-level representative who is a full-time or permanent part-time Federal officer or employee designated to serve as a member of the Panel by the respective agency head. The President shall designate a Chair from among the members of the Panel. The Director of ISOO serves as its Executive Secretary, and ISOO staff provides program and administrative support for the panel. The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency may appoint a
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Nasser Khan Janjua


Nasir Khan Janjua (; HI(M)) is a retired three-star rank army general and formerly served as National Security Advisor of Pakistan. He has served as National Security Advisor of Pakistan from 23 October 2015 to 27 June 2018. Janjua has previously commanded the Southern Command & XII Corps in Quetta and briefly tenured as the president of the National Defence University in 2012. Prior to be appointed as NSA, Janjua's name was mentioned as a possible replacement for Sartaj Aziz in Pakistan's news media after meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz
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Meenakshi Gopinath


the organizations. In 2004, she was appointed by the Government of India as a member of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB), one of the three agencies under the National Security Council of India, the apex agency concerned with internal security in India. She is the first woman to be appointed to the NSAB where she served for four years till 2008. Gopinath is a member of the governing councils of Coexistence International of Brandeis University and International Steering Committee of the Global Action for the Prevention of War, USA.
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James L. Jones


partners they seek to help. On December 1, 2008, President-elect Obama announced Jones as his selection for National Security Advisor. The National Security Advisor is appointed by the president without confirmation by the United States Senate. The selection surprised people because, as Michael Crowley reported, "The two men didn't meet until Obama's foreign policy aide, Mark Lippert, arranged a 2005 sit-down, and, as of this October, Jones had only spoken to Obama twice". Crowley speculated that Jones' record
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Council for National Security


participate in the reconciliation panel because he was a member of the National Economic and Social Advisory Council, and already had a channel to advise the government. Pasuk Pongpaichit, an anti-Thaksin economist who had also been appointed, denied that she could not serve as an advisor, using as her excuse an impending extended trip to Japan. When asked by the press why the junta had not informed the appointees of their appointments, the CDR spokesman Lt-Gen Palangoon Klaharn said: "It is not necessary. Some matters are
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Ioan Talpeș


advisor to Ion Iliescu, who was at the time leader of the PSD. When Iliescu was again elected president of Romania in December 2000, he appointed Talpeș head of the National Security Department and chief of the Presidential Administration. On 8 March 2004, Prime Minister Adrian Năstase appointed Talpeș State Minister for the Coordination of National Defense, European Integration, and Justice, one of three "super minister" positions created as part of the government reshuffle to prepare for entry in the European Union. Talpeș was elected to the Parliament of
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Vivekananda International Foundation


in 2005, devoted his energies into building the organisation and became its founder Director. The Foundation made news in 2011-2012 when it was said to be instrumental in bringing together Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi, along with Baba Ramdev, to form the 'Team Anna'. In 2014, its director Ajit Doval was appointed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi as India's National Security Advisor. The Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra and the Additional Principal Secretary P. K.  Mishra were also recruited from the Foundation
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No first use


should deterrence fail" and that decisions to authorise the use of nuclear weapons would be made by the Prime Minister or his 'designated successor(s)'. According to the National Research Development Corporation, despite the escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan in 2001–2002, India remained committed to its nuclear no-first-use policy. India is in the process of developing a nuclear doctrine based on "credible minimum deterrence". In a speech at the National Defence College on October 21, 2010 by India's then National Security Advisor
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Shaurya Doval


Intelligence officer, who is currently the National Security Advisor of India. He has a first class BA Economics Honors from Hindu College, University of Delhi. He is a qualified CA (Chartered Accountant) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (India) and also holds an MBA from London Business School and Chicago Booth. Shaurya Doval was an Eisenhower Fellow in 2015, where his fellowship explored public policy in the United States of America. He also focused on how American think-tanks function, and how they contribute to the
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Chanakya


. Many Indian nationalists regard him as one of the earliest people who envisioned a united India spanning the entire subcontinent. India's former National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon praised Chanakya's Arthashastra for its precise and timeless descriptions of power. Furthermore, he recommended reading of the book for broadening the vision on strategic issues. The diplomatic enclave in New Delhi is named Chanakyapuri in honour of Chanakya. Institutes named after him include Training Ship Chanakya, Chanakya National Law University and Chanakya Institute of Public Leadership. Chanakya circle in Mysore has been
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Kayode Are


's Owu kinship played a role in Are's appointment as Director General. In April 2010 Kayode Are was appointed as Deputy National Security Adviser by President Goodluck Jonathan. This was a newly created position. When Aliyu Gusau resigned as National Security Advisor (NSA), Kayode Are took over as Acting NSA. Jonathan relieved Are as NSA and appointed General Owoye Andrew Azazi as NSA, effective on 4 October 2010. The announcement of the change said "The President thanked the outgoing NSA for his services, and wished him well in
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Lawrence Eagleburger


posts in embassies, consulates, and the Department of State. From 1961 to 1965 he served as a staffer at the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He was known as the person who handled the Skopje 1963 earthquake crisis, and managed the first US-Soviet humanitarian cooperation, after which he was nicknamed Lawrence of Macedonia. Starting in 1969, he served in the Nixon administration as an assistant to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. He stayed in this appointment until 1971; thereafter he took on several positions, including advisor
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W. Averell Harriman


come to suspect the loyalty of certain members on his national security team. According to Colonel William Corson, USMC, by 1963 Harriman was running "Vietnam without consulting the president or the attorney general.". Corson said Kenny O'Donnell, JFK's appointments secretary, was convinced that the National Security Advisor, McGeorge Bundy, followed the orders of Harriman rather than the president. Corson also claimed that O'Donnell was particularly concerned about Michael Forrestal, a young White House staffer who handled liaison on Vietnam with Harriman. Harriman certainly supported the
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Avril Haines


Avril Danica Haines (born August 29, 1969) is an American lawyer and former government official who served as the White House Deputy National Security Advisor, serving in Barack Obama's administration. She previously served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the first woman to hold this position. Prior to her appointment to the CIA, she served as Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs in the Office of White House Counsel. Her term as CIA Deputy Director coincided with the global surveillance disclosures, the CIA hacking
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Henry Kissinger


became president in 1968, Kissinger was appointed as National Security Advisor. Kissinger served as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon, and continued as Secretary of State under Nixon's successor Gerald Ford. On Nixon's last full day in office, in the meeting where he informed Ford of his intention to resign the next day, he advised Ford that he felt it was very important that he keep Kissinger in his new administration, to which Ford agreed. The relationship between Nixon and Kissinger was unusually close,
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Ezra Cohen-Watnick


T. Flynn, the former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and President Donald Trump's first National Security Advisor. He was named the NSC's Senior Director for Intelligence Programs. This directorship was intermittently held by detailed CIA officers. Like Cohen-Watnick, the immediate preceding Senior Director from the Obama Administration was a political appointee. Some viewed Cohen-Watnick's appointment as a sign of Trump's mistrust of the CIA. Following Flynn's resignation in February 2017, the new National Security Advisor, H. R. McMaster, attempted to
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Donald Gregg


Council (NSC) as Asia policy and intelligence matters specialist. He remained there during the transition from the Carter administration to the Reagan administration, and became Director of the NSC's Intelligence Directorate in 1981. He was appointed National Security Advisor to Vice President George H. W. Bush in August 1982, resigning from the CIA at this time. He remained National Security Advisor for the remainder of the Reagan administration. Gregg, while at the Korea Society during President George W. Bush's administration, helped establish a program "of bringing North
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Ilan Mizrahi


Ilan Mizrahi (Hebrew: אילן מזרחי, born c. 1947) is a former Mossad official and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel. Mizrahi attended Tel Aviv University as an undergraduate, and he earned a graduate degree in political science at the University of Haifa. Mizrahi joined the Mossad in 1972. He became head of the human intelligence division. He served as the agency's deputy director from 2001 to 2003. He was appointed Israel's National Security Advisor by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in May 2006. He stepped
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Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan


and without authority to issue interagency orders. O'Sullivan's resignation allowed the administration the opportunity to reorganize. The position was offered to three retired generals, John J. Sheehan, Jack Keane, and Joseph Ralston, before the appointment of Lieutenant General Douglas Lute in May 2007; Lute was confirmed by the Senate on June 28, 2007, and reported both to the President and the National Security Advisor with the rank of full "Assistant to the President." He has continued to hold this position in the Barack Obama administration. Under
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Shinzō Abe


to help resolve any maritime clashes, and that the "first step" had been taken to improve relations. Abe has attempted to centralize security policy in the Prime Minister's office by creating the Japanese National Security Council to better coordinate national security policy, and by ordering the first National Security Strategy in Japan's history. Based on the American body of the same name, the law to create the NSC was passed in November 2013 and began operating the following month when Abe appointed Shotaro Yachi as Japan's first National Security Advisor
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Australian cricket team in India in 2008–09


press briefing given by India's National Security Advisor M. K. Narayan that raised issues of security concern in the minds of Australia's cricketers. On 13 September 2008, serial bomb blasts took place in India's capital city Delhi in which 30 people died and over 100 people were injured. The very next day after the blasts, Cricket Australia (CA) issued a statement saying that it would review the security situation in the wake of the blasts and make its decision the next week after performing a risk assessment. The Board of
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Bharat Karnad


University of California, Santa Barbara and received a Masters in political science from University of California, Los Angeles in 1975. Karnad served as a Member of the National Security Advisory Board, National Security Council, Government of India, and Member of the Nuclear Doctrine Drafting Group, and formerly Advisor, Defense Expenditure to the Finance Commission, India. He has been a visiting scholar at Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, the Shanghai Institute for International Studies, and The Stimson Center in Washington. He is also a regular lecturer
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Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections


he actually did discuss the sanctions, Flynn said he couldn't remember if he did or not. Upon Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017, he appointed Flynn his National Security Advisor. On January 24, Flynn was interviewed by the FBI. Two days later, acting Attorney General Sally Yates informed the White House that Flynn was "compromised" by the Russians and possibly open to blackmail. Flynn was forced to resign as national security advisor on February 13, 2017. On December 1, 2017, Flynn pleaded guilty
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Robert Harward


who have attained positions of prominence in the field of national security. In January 2014, he became the Chief Executive of Lockheed Martin United Arab Emirates. Following the resignation of Michael T. Flynn as National Security Advisor on February 13, 2017, journalists identified Harward as one of the principal candidates to replace him. President Donald Trump offered him the position on February 14, 2017. Harward declined the position on February 16. Media reports cited sources indicating that Harward was unable to agree with Trump over making his own appointments to his
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Intelligence and National Security Alliance


as Chairman of INSA's Board of Directors since January 2013. Previously, the position was filled by Frances Townsend, former Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush, John O. Brennan who left INSA in 2008 to become Deputy National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama, and Vice-Admiral John Michael McConnell, who left upon his confirmation as the nation's second Director of National Intelligence. INSA's internal operational structure consists of the main office and its personnel, along with several member-driven, volunteer Councils and Task Forces
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Arvind Virmani


Arvind Virmani is an Indian economist who was appointed India's representative to the International Monetary Fund in 2009. Prior to that, he was the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India. Arvind Virmani attended The Doon School. He later graduated with a degree in Economics from the St. Stephen's College, Delhi and from California Institute of Technology, following, graduated with a doctorate in economics from Harvard University. He has been an advisor to the Indian Government at the highest levels, including as Principal Advisor, Planning Commission and
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Sandeep P Parekh


departments of the Government of India. He is a former chairman and member of Reserve Bank of India and Securities and Exchange Board of India Committees and Sub-committees. He was appointed the Chairman of the SEBI Committee on Proxy Advisors in December 2018 and is a serving member of the SEBI Committee on Mutual Funds. He is a World Economic Forum "Young Global Leader". He has also been recognized for exceptional standing in law by AsiaLaw Profiles, leading financial lawyer by IFLR1000 leading financial lawyer (Legal 500), leading
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National Security Advisor (Pakistan)


accompanies the Prime Minister on foreign trips. The National Security Advisor is supported by the National Security Staff (NSS) at the Prime Minister's Secretariat in Islamabad that produces research and briefings for the National Security Advisor to review and present, either to the National Security Council or directly to the Prime Minister. The post was created in 1969 by then-President Yahya Khan with Major-General Ghulam Omar being the first advisor. As of current, Nasir Janjua, a retired army general, serves in this capacity since 23 October
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India and weapons of mass destruction


's nuclear policy. However, the civil leadership, in the form of the CCS (Cabinet Committee on Security) is the only body authorised to order a nuclear strike against another offending strike. The National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon signalled a significant shift from "No first use" to "no first use against non-nuclear weapon states" in a speech on the occasion of Golden Jubilee celebrations of National Defence College in New Delhi on 21 October 2010, a doctrine Menon said reflected India's "strategic culture, with its
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Asanga Abeyagoonasekera


articles in international journals and media on foreign policy, security and geopolitics. He has delivered lecturers in many think tanks and Universities around the world. In 2016 he authored a chapter for “The Modi Doctrine: New Paradigms in India’s Foreign Policy” In 2016 he authored a children's book "The Sacred Tooth Relic of Sri Lanka" published by Buddhist Cultural Center His latest book is "Sri Lanka at Crossroads:Geopolitical challenges and national interests(2019)"published by World Scientific The book was praised by former national security advisor of India Shivshankar
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Arvind Virmani


Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance. During his period as the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India, Virmani wrote the Economic survey of India (2008-2009). In 2009, he was appointed as India's representative in the International Monetary Fund, a position that is often considered to be a reward for bureaucrats who are coming close to retirement and that has a three-year period of office. He published several articles in the areas of Macroeconomics, growth and finance, International trade & Tariffs and International
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Presidency of John F. Kennedy


make the increased number of quick decisions required in such an environment. Though the cabinet remained an important body, Kennedy generally relied more on his staffers within the Executive Office of the President. Unlike Eisenhower, Kennedy did not have a chief of staff, but instead relied on a small number of senior aides, including appointments secretary Kenneth O'Donnell. National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy was the most important adviser on foreign policy, eclipsing Secretary of State Rusk. Ted Sorensen was a key advisor on domestic issues who also wrote many of Kennedy
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Rangin Dadfar Spanta


Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta (born December 15, 1954) is a politician in Afghanistan who last served as National Security Advisor of President Hamid Karzai. Prior to that he served as Foreign Minister from April 2006 to January 2010. He was appointed to that position by President Karzai during a cabinet reshuffle on March 21, 2006 and approved by the 249-seat lower house on April 20, 2006. He was previously the Senior Advisor on International Affairs to President Hamid Karzai. On January 18, 2010 Zalmai Rassoul became the Foreign Minister of
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History of the United States National Security Council 1989–93


Adviser managed the Deputies Committee, and a Principals Committee screened matters for the NSC to consider. Eight Policy Coordinating Committees assumed regional and functional responsibilities in place of the multiple interagency groups from the Reagan era. NSC policy papers were named National Security Review papers (NSRs) and National Security Directives (NSDs) to distinguish them from the Reagan era documentation. President Bush brought deep experience to the NSC leadership with his appointment of General Brent Scowcroft as National Security Advisor. Scowcroft had served in the Kissinger NSC, had been National Security
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National Security Advisor (United States)


. In 1949, the NSC became part of the Executive Office of the President. Robert Cutler was the first National Security Advisor in 1953. The system has remained largely unchanged since then, particularly since President John Kennedy, with powerful National Security Advisors and strong staff but a lower importance given to formal NSC meetings. This continuity persists despite the tendency of each new president to replace the advisor and senior NSC staff. President Richard Nixon's National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger, enhanced the importance of the role, controlling the flow
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Undraa Agvaanluvsan


nuclear energy policy in the International Policy Studies program. Upon returning to Mongolia, Undraa was appointed as Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategic Studies of the National Security Council and was advisor to the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy. In 2010, Undraa was appointed as Ambassador-at-large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia. She is a Co-chair of Mongolia chapter of the Women Corporate Directors, a global organisation of women who serve on public and private boards. Undraa has served and serves on several
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Viral Acharya


Viral V. Acharya (born 1 March 1974) is an Indian economist who was appointed as Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He also served as a member of the advisory council of the RBI Academy and was a member of the Academic Council of the National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM), Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) since 2014. As of 23 January 2017, he is serving a three-year term as a Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He went
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United States National Security Council


of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the White House Chief of Staff, the Director of National Intelligence, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Homeland Security Advisor, and the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. The White House Counsel, the Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Deputy National Security Advisor, the Deputy National Security Advisor
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Anil Khandelwal


Anil Khandelwal is an author, speaker, corporate advisor and a board member. Currently he is on the board of GAIL Gas Authority of India Ltd and serves as senior advisor at KPMG, a Maharatna company in the public sector. He is also advisor to Corporates and also a board member of Centre for Micro Finance, a company promoted by Sir Ratan Tata Trust. He is also on the governing board of National Institute Securities Market (SEBI). Earlier he retired as chairman and managing director of Bank of Baroda, a
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