The security is also being viewed from the conditions of life like food, shelter, water, employment, health and public safety rather than flowing downward from the country's foreign relations and military strength. Tensions and instability heighten when problems in any of these areas are mismanaged, adding to the responsibility of the law enforcement agencies. The worst victims of the adverse fall out of such tensions is likely to be the third world, for it is mired in history of conflict, division, separation and secession. The regions endlessly involved in conflicts provide the breeding grounds for extremism and terrorism. Today's terrorism is marked by different motives, different actors, and different sponsors and has demonstratively shown greater lethality with access to sponsorship from across the border.
Terrorism occupies an increasingly broad base on the conflict spectrum.
In developing countries institutions are often inadequate for coping with emerging problems of the enormity of population, lack of development and resources. A sizeable chunk of these areas will be both within and in close proximity to India's neighborhood. All these issues, if not tackled holistically and with the instrument of Rule of Law, are bound to create serious social, economic and political problems and keep the hands of law enforcement agencies more than full. What is needed is a fundamental rethink on how co-operation and collaboration on professional matters between the agencies of the world can be raised and used, both tactically and strategically, as a supplement and as a catalyst for better management of tension, conflict and violence. Ladies and Gentlemen, threats of challenges are diverse, dispersed and daunting.