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Despite being a victim of terrorism for decades, India has demonstrated remarkable consistency in the irrational and incoherent response of its policy makers, people and sections of its mass media to dramatic and outrageous terrorist violence.
The attack that killed seven military personnel in Nagrota is a loud wake up call for the Indian Army
Pakistan cannot afford to turn off its terrorism tap.
China will continue to shield Pakistan. The Wuhan spirit, if it ever existed, is gasping for breath — and New Delhi will have to firm up its response to China.
There is a sort of consensus among the security agencies that this attack couldn’t have happened without the Pakistani army’s involvement.
GIS systems allow predictions based on mobility information relating to speed and distance travelled.
Terrorism follows no rules and is not likely to disappear suddenly. Counter-terrorism can be harsh but is required to follow some rules. We need state-of-the-art intelligence but we need the freedoms. It is always going to be a difficult choice.
Terror attacks cannot be avoided, whatever be the security grid. But repeated major attacks send a signal about our preparedness and abilities. Capabilities must be enhanced and sharpened to make the adversary pay a price. The army and security forces must introspect how such attacks take place.
Despite the severity of the attack and the pressure for action, New Delhi’s choices are much more limited than they may initially appear.
India must consider military retaliation, as further inaction will only go on to reinforce Pakistan’s nuclear deterrence.
Dr. Gary LaFree of the University of Maryland says in his studies of the data gathered by his department, he has noticed that in recent years, terrorist attacks have become deadlier with advances in technological knowhow. However, attacks using high technology, radiological, chemical and biological attacks, made up only a meager percentage of the total number of attacks.
Though small at the moment, the ISKP has the potential to gain momentum from the rebuilding of Afghanistan post US withdrawal
Monday's terrorist attack on Dinanagar police station in Gurdaspur district, the first major terror attack in Punjab since 2002, and that took the lives of 11 persons, is a puzzle. This could be a routine warning from the LeT to both the Indian and Pakistani governments against getting too close to each other.
Questioning the choices made by the government in terms of its response to the Pulwama terror strike is not 'questioning the forces' and thus unpatriotic
The Pulwama tragedy has set in an electoral dynamic that is sure to affect the outcome of the general elections that are due to be held in April-May t
On the anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks of 2008, it is not surprising that the first thoughts that come to mind relate to the safety and security of the country. The obvious question to be posed here is: Are we safer today than we were five years ago? Sadly, the answer will be no.
India’s attempts at strengthening its intelligence infrastructure and capabilities have historically been reactive and incremental, rather than holistic and sustainable. This was seen, for instance, in the aftermath of the Kargil War, and following the terror attacks on Mumbai in November 2008. India has rarely undertaken proactive reforms and done little to implement corrective measures subsequent to these crises. This brief offers recommendat
The recent shift by the Middle East prioritising geoeconomics over the Palestinian issue could suffer a setback. The crisis ignited by Hamas highlights that the gap between top-heavy policy decisions and groundswell public opinions, movements, and crisis points need to be addressed by regional powers to ensure long-term sustainability of economic cooperation programmes
Despite the official narrative of a peaceful Jammu and Kashmir, the ground realities depict a rather different story.
Kashmir is a live political issue in India in a way that it never has been before. The India of the 1990s had to deal with an insurgency and managed without worrying about national machismo. This is no longer the case.
The geography of terror groups is fluid. Kokernag to Kandahar is in the throes of security being provided by actors who were part of the crisis to begin with
Whatever little sympathy Pakistan wanted to milk for its position on Kashmir was lost because of the Uri terror attacks.
Given the state of India-Pakistan relations, India doesn’t have much diplomatic leverage with Islamabad at this juncture.
Few days before the fourth anniversary of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) is planning a two-day training convention at Muridke (near Lahore), its former headquarters from where the terror attack was planned and executed.
In the aftermath of Uri terror attack, India has been putting pressure on Pakistan by using multiple levers of power
The serial terror attacks in Paris on Friday was the third terror incident in recent times and by far the largest ever in France. These attacks were on the French or Western way of life, for its support to the US in Syria, and are meant to instil fear in the French.
The immediate consequence of the Pulwama carnage is the sense of fear developed in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
Terrorist attacks of this nature do not happen overnight. They take time to organise and plan.
Kinetics help in neutralising certain type of threats. They do not help in the real problem — the battle of mind space.
In many ways, some of the worst fears of the security forces have come true.
Despite Hamas’s elevation in the scale of global terrorism, India’s reasons for banning this group are much more complex
A scrutiny of the Pulwama terrorist attack clearly shows it is undoubtedly a result of serious security lapse along with intelligence failure.
While the ongoing geopolitical tremors will cloud much of MBS’s visit, India and Saudi Arabia have witnessed a pivotal shift over the past decade or
It is now a well-known fact that how Pakistani terrorists and ISI operatives exploited the visas in plotting terror attacks against India. And, it is a matter of serious concern that there are 7,000 Pakistanis still in India after their visas had expired.
The shocking Easter Day terror attacks in Sri Lanka underscore a regional problem.
GOI would have to develop a new counter-radicalisation programme and state-supervised counselling initiatives to curb lone-wolf terrorism
While it is imperative to address the vulnerabilities exposed by past terrorist attacks — it is even more critical is to anticipate and game the nex
Notwithstanding Pakistan’s best efforts to steer the Pulwama narrative to its advantage, what should worry us is the political orchestration that has not ceased yet.
What has happened in Balakot is a punitive strike against known camps of terrorists — especially Jaish-e-Mohammed.
With Israel’s intended strategy in the aftermath of the 7/10 attacks, the conflict is all set to go well into 2024
एफएटीएफ ने आतंकी फंडिंग व मनी लांड्रिंग मामलों पर अंकुश लगाने के प्रयासों को घटिया करार दिया है. आइए जानते हैं कि पाकिस्तान और एफएटीएफ के बीच बड़ी बाधा क्या है. इसके साथ यह भ
संयुक्त राष्ट्राच्या सुरक्षा समितीने मसूद अझरचे नाव काळ्या यादीत समाविष्ट केले. संयुक्त राष्ट्राचा हा निर्णय नव्या दिशेचे सूतोवाच करतो.
आयसिसचा म्होरक्या अबू बक्र अल बगदादी जिवंत असण्याच्या बातमीचे जागतिक राजकारण आणि दहशतवाद या संदर्भातले महत्त्व विशद करणारा लेख.
पुलवामा दहशतवादी हल्ल्यानंतरची प्रतिक्रिया आणि त्यानंतरच्या हवाई कारवाईच्या अंमलबजावणीमध्ये जबाबदार राष्ट्र म्हणून असलेली भूमिका भारताने सोडलेली नाही.
