Melting Borders: The strategic implication for India's National Security

Author(s)	Dr. DEEPIKA CHETTRI
Country	India
Abstract	India has been witnessing massive climate change in recent years, threatening its biodiversity and ecological balance. The impact of environmental disasters in India is challenging natural ecosystems and human existence across seven Himalayan states from the north to the east, which lie along the Himalayan Faultline, an important geostrategic frontier zone with neighbouring Asian countries. All these states are strategically significant to India. Recently, these states have been experiencing environmental disasters such as flash floods, landslides, cloud bursts, changes in precipitation patterns, heat waves, and thunderstorms in an unbridled manner due to climate change, posing a threat to national security. This article analyses the significance of environmental security in the paradigm of national security. In the first part of the article, an attempt has been made to explain the connection between national security and environmental security. The second part of the article tries to explain how environmental disasters in the Indian Himalayan region are risking the national security of India.
Keywords	Climate change, environmental security, national security, comprehensive security
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On	2025-11-30

About IJFMR Fees & Payment Current Issue Publication Archive	Submit Research Paper Track Submission Status Publication Guidelines Publication Ethics Peer Review & Plagiarism	Join as a Reviewer Editors & Reviewers Reviewer Referral Program Get Reviewer Membership Certi.	Website/Journal Policies Usage Policy Content Policies Privacy Policy

Contact Us		+91-9687-828-838	editor@ijfmr.com

International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research