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Reconciliation is the Way Forward for Durable Conflict Resolution in the Northeast

March 18, 2021 Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.) Article

Introduction Conflict settlement is a significant achievement for a state to put an end to a violent protracted armed engagement. In fact, Johan Galtung gave new idea of concept of peace as negative peace that is absence of violence but i....

North-East Insurgency , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article , Conflict Resolution , Communication , Kuki , Naga Tribes , Naga Peace Accord , Reconciliation

Tripura and a North-Eastern Perspective

January 30, 2018 Gautam Sen

India`s north-east is a fascinating geo-political entity in the country`s internal context. The developments in the region, or rather the sub-region, has continued to have ramifications since the first decade of India`s nationhood, both internally an....

North-East Insurgency , Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Tripura , North-Eastern , National Congress , West Bengal , developments , economy , TTAADC , administrative structure

Naga Accord: Challenges Remain

August 13, 2015 Prakash Singh

“Today, we mark not merely the end of a problem, but the beginning of a new future.” Thus spake the Prime Minister on August 3, after the Naga Peace Accord was signed in New Delhi. The terms of agreement were not released – only the framework w....

North-East Insurgency , National Security and Strategic Studies

Nagaland: Reasons to be Optimistic

August 04, 2015 Nitin A Gokhale

Late on Monday evening, the question uppermost in the mind of every observer who watches the north-east closely was: Will the Naga accord usher in permanent peace in the region, wracked by conflict for decades? More than 12 hours after the pact was s....

North-East Insurgency , National Security and Strategic Studies

Military Action in Myanmar: Managing the Message

June 17, 2015 Sushant Sareen

The Special Forces operation in Myanmar against insurgent camps is being widely perceived as a possible new template to deny safe havens to terrorists. The message appears to be that if terrorists launch attacks inside India from bases outside India,....

North-East Insurgency

New signals in the Northeast

June 16, 2015 PM Heblikar

The decision of the BJP-led NDA government to take military action against the northeast militants, particularly those involved in the recent attack ( June 04, 2015) on the Indian army in Chandel district of Manipur has brought to the fore several im....

North-East Insurgency

Strategic Stalemate: State of the Internal Security Environment in the North-east

May 01, 2015 Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

Paresh Baruah’s United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent and S S Khaplang’s National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K) have joined hands with seven other militant organisations active in India’s north-east to form the United National L....

North-East Insurgency

National Counter-terrorism Centre (NCTC): Issues and Options

April 01, 2013 Dr N Manoharan

Going by the recent claims of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, NCTC would see the light of the day after next month’s Chief Ministers’ conference. Earlier attempts to set-up an umbrella body on counter-terrorism failed mainly because of opposi....

Terrorism , Leftwing Extremism , Jammu & Kashmir , North-East Insurgency , National Security and Strategic Studies , Police - Law and Order

Special Laws to Counter Terrorism in India: A Reality Check

November 20, 2012 Dr N Manoharan

A National Convention held recently in New Delhi on ‘Politics of Terror’ has brought to focus the need to re-look into provisions of special laws that are currently in use to counter terrorism. When confronted with armed militancy, democracies fa....

Jammu & Kashmir , North-East Insurgency , National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Police - Law and Order

Violence in Bodo Areas: Issues and Options

September 01, 2012 Dr N Manoharan

Violence in Bodo areas is not a simple story of communal conflict between Bodos and non-Bodos, but is a complex issue with socio-cultural, economic, political and security dimensions. Clashes have erupted from time-to-time1 in the area, bu....

North-East Insurgency , National Security and Strategic Studies