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A Professional Journal of National Defence College Volume 6 Number A Professional Journal of National Defence College Volume 6 Number 1 June 2007 National Defence College Bangladesh EDITORIAL BOARD Chief Patron Lieutenant General Abu Tayeb Muhammad Zahirul Alam, rcds,psc Editor-in-Chief Air Commodore Mahmud Hussain, ndc, psc Associate Editors Captain M Anwarul Islam, (ND), afwc, psc, BN Lieutenant Colonel Md Abdur Rouf, afwc, psc Assistant Editor CSO-3 Md Nazrul Islam Editorial Advisors Dr. Fakrul Islam Ms. Shuchi Karim DISCLAMER The analysis, opinions and conclusions expressed or implied in this Journal are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the NDC, Bangladesh Armed Forces or any other agencies of Bangladesh Government. Statements of fact or opinion appearing in NDC Journal are solely those of the authors and do not imply endorsement by the editors or publisher. ISSN: 1683-8475 INITIAL SUBMISSION Initial Submission of manuscripts and editorial correspondence should be sent to the National Defence College, Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh. Tel: 88 02 8059488, Fax: 88 02 8013080, Email : [email protected]. Authors should consult the Notes for Contributions at the back of the Journal before submitting their final draft. The editors cannot accept responsibility for any damage to or loss of manuscripts. Subscription Rate (Single Copy) Individuals : Tk 300 / USD 10 (including postage) Institutions : Tk 375 / USD 15 (including postage) Published by the National Defence College, Bangladesh All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electrical, photocopying, re- cording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Design & Printed by : GraphNet Limited (a joint venture of UCEP Printing Press and GraphNet Limited) 55/B, Purana Paltan (3rd Floor), Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh Tel : 880-2-9566649, 7168945, E-mail : [email protected] CONTENTS Page College Governing Body iv Vision and Mission Statement of the College v Foreward by the Commandant v Editorial vii Faculty and Staff viii List of Individual Research Papers: 2006 ix Abstracts xiv Strategic Management of Post Insurgency Situation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts 01 - Major General Abu Roshde Rokonuddawla, ndc, psc Asian Highway: Dilemma between National Development and Security of Bangladesh 21 - Brigadier General Abu Belal Mohammad Shafiul Huq, ndc, psc Decision Making Process for Strategic Leadership: Developing Countries Perspective 41 - Brigadier General Anwar Hussain, ndc, psc National Interest and Nigeria’s Participation in Peacekeeping Operations: An Assessment 59 - Brigadier General Daniel Arum Bako, ndc Pharmaceutical Industries: Potential and Possibilities 73 - Joint Secretary Razia Begum, ndc Warship Building in Bangladesh-Problems and Prospects: Analysis and Recommendations 91 - Captain S A M Arshadul Abedin, (E), ndc, psc, BN Political Economy of Illegal Migration: Profits and Fallouts 113 - Group Captain M Obaidur Rahman, ndc, psc Gradual Changes in Organizational Behavior of Bangladesh Armed Forces: Leadership Challenges in the New Millennium 135 - Lieutenant Colonel D S M Shaheedul Islam , afwc, psc United States Interest in South Asia and Geo-Strategic Options for Bangladesh 159 - Lieutenant Colonel Md. Shafiqur Rahman, afwc, psc Foreign Direct Investment: Impact on Sectoral Growth in Bangladesh 181 - Mr. Iftekhar Ahmed Robin COLLEGE GOVERNING BODY PRESIDENT Prof Dr Iajuddin Ahmed Hon’ble President People’s Republic of Bangladesh VICE PRESIDENT General Moeen U Ahmed, ndc, psc; Chief of Army Staff Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam, (E), ndu, psc; Chief of Naval Staff Air Marshal S M Ziaur Rahman,, ndc, psc; Chief of Air Staff MEMBERS Mr Kamrul Hassan Lieutenant General Abu Tayeb Secretary, Ministry of Defence Muhammad Zahirul Alam, rcds, psc Md Abdus Salam Khan Commandant Secretary, Ministry of Establishment National Defence College Dr Mohammad Tareque Lieutenant General Masud Uddin Acting Secretary, Ministry of Finance Chowdhury, ndc, psc Md Touhid Hossain, ndc Principal Staff Officer Acting Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Armed Forces Division Affairs Major General Md Abdul Mubeen, ndc, psc Md Momtazul Islam Commandant Secretary, Ministry of Education Defence Services Command & Staff Professor Dr. S M A Faiz College Vice Chancellor, Dhaka University Professor Khandaker Mustahidur Rahman Vice Chancellor, Jahangir Nagar University Professor Dr. Wakil Ahmed Vice Chancellor, National University MEMBER SECRETARY Commodore Bazlur Rahman, MCD, ndc, psc, BN; Senior Directing Staff (Navy), National Defence College Captain Farid Habib, ndc, psc, BN; Colonel General Staff, Defence Services Command & Staff College IV VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS OF THE COLLEGE VISION The National Defence College is dedicated to be the premier National Centre of Excellence in Security, Strategic and Development Studies. MISSION To Educate and Train Selected Senior Armed Forces and Civil Services Officers at Operational and Strategic Level of National Security and Development. To Focus on Long Term National Security and Development Issues and Suggest Appropriate National Response. To Support the National Agencies in Policy Making on Security and Development Matters. To Support the Armed Forces on Strategic and Operational Level Planning of Warfare. To Strengthen Civil-Military Relation in Bangladesh. To Strengthen Military to Military Cooperation in the Region and Beyond. V FOREWARD Ninth year into our ongoing quest for better understanding of defence and security, the National Defence College, Bangladesh is constantly striving to offer a pragmatic and time-befitting academic curricula to the potential policy planners, leaders and strategic thinkers of the future. In the ever changing perspective of its internal and external dynamics, Bangladesh has to constantly adjust and align its policy perceptions to keep up with the globalized world yet meeting the challenges of a developing small state within the South Asian geo-political reality. I firmly believe that our endeavor to constantly review , analyse and assess our security dy- namics and search for viable strategy options will contribute to securing our nation and its citizens positively. We clearly see a reflection of that as we notice that the alumni of the College have already begun to make the difference in their respective fields. In this contemporary era defence and security is a broad and comprehensive concept. It is no more only traditional security although it is an important pillar of it. It is state, human, environment and trans-state security in one whole. Therefore, insularity within a nation’s geo-political boundary and military power alone can no longer make a state secure. External and international imperatives are too obvious and interlinked and their implications are bound to affect the state, be it large or small, weak or strong. Environmental degradation, syndicated crimes, terrorism and radicalism, for example, are issues which obviously have global linkages and therefore can no longer be addressed alone by individual states. Most issues need a concerted understanding by all in the international community and states need to devise their policies and strategies to address these in line with the global policy and strategic framework complimenting each other. The National Defence College over the years has been promoting this concept and to that end encouraging free flow of diverse opinions and sharing of ideas through international exposure and international participation. As of the year 2006 officers, from ten overseas countries shared a common roof here in the college with their Bangladeshi peers from the military and the civil service to freely exchange ideas and views to make tomorrow’s world a better place to live. I am happy to note the publication of the 6th issue of NDC journal bears the testimony of our contemporary thinking and attitude. A number of selected research works of the course members of both National Defence Course and Armed Forces War Course of diverse subject and merit have been accommodated here. As usual the articles have been condensed from the originals in the interest of space management. Yet abridgement of the article will not deprive the avid readers of thcir merit and brilliance. I congratulate the course members and the guest contributor for contributing to the Journal. I also compliment the Editorial Board for editing and publishing the Journal on time. I wish that our alumni and the readers find this journal useful in consolidating their conviction of attaining ‘Security through Knowledge’ and evok- ing greater understanding and interest of the gamut of defence and security. Abu Tayeb Muhammad Zahirul Alam, rcds, psc Lieutenant General Commandant National Defence College VI EDITORIAL Our ideas are born in our imagination. They represent the intelligence with which we clothe our consciousness and empirical investigation of the phenomena in subtle and sensitive analysis. Power of ideas carries far beyond the individual creation of subjective cognitive frontier. Their accomplishment lies in their collective share of under- standing and intellectual empathy. As every age is Captured in the images of ideas that control the particular moments of time, so is every scholastic institution portrayed by unbridling the thoughts in creative work by its scholars. Excellence of thoughts can only come through a process, which is both sublime and arduous. The passion of thought is to seek the pedestal of idealistic truth.
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