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Part 1
• Based on the readings provided (and whatever other resources you may consult), what would you say are this country’s (India):
1. Identity
2. Values
3. Norms
4. Perceptual lens, respectively?
Part 2
Use the attachment to answer the questions: by Philip H. J. Davies, “The Original Surveillance State: Kautilya’s Arthashastra and Government by Espionage in Classical India,” Chapter 4 in Davies and Gustafson, eds., Intelligence Elsewhere (2013), pp. 49-66.
1. Indian leaders are often characterized as “arrogant” and “entitled.” What is it about India’s strategic culture that might explain that?
2. According to Davies, how was espionage institutionalized in ancient Indian history?
3. How do religion and the caste system provide context for Indian approaches to intelligence?
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