Military: Guardians of National Interest

             Military: Guardians of National Interest

The military was devised as a tool to safeguard the domestic boundaries of a State. The greed for power has enabled to states to use their military to safeguard the interest of allied nations and themselves. Although the sovereignty of another state is no business of a state, the national interest of the state motivates it to use military force. The most obvious of user of military force to safeguard national interest is the United States. Ever since it dawn as a sovereign state, the United States has been involved in mote than a 100 conflicts. Most recent use would be in Iraq in effort to topple the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein who refused to trade his nations oil with US Dollars; this irked US officials leading to the Iraqi invasion under the pretense of WMD’s. China is also under the spotlight for claiming island in South China Sea, which may or may not be Chinese. Some unpopular examples are British involvement in Afghanistan during the Great Game or US involvement in Russia during Bolshevik Revolution. These are just some of the examples of the game we call National Interest.  

With the rapid economic growth and Militaristic Growth of India another player has the joined the game of National Interest. The question remains whether India will be able to use Military Force as effectively as the US, UK, Russia or China in order to bolster it Strategic and Economic interests.

Mohammed Ali Khan

20153038