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Only unsettled Issue is Continued Occupation
March 12 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
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THE ENEMIES, both within and without, use bullets and bombs, not to kill people. They are collateral damages. The real objective is to subdue the enemy by breaking its will and dictating its terms of pe...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir

Religious Terrorism: Civilisational Context and Contemporary Manifestations
March 11 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
Views: 7079
Transcending time and space, religions have influenced civilisations-in cultural, social, material and spiritual arenas- more profoundly than any other single factor. Tangible achievements of man’s poss...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Bleeding From Within
March 11 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
Views: 7529
The country’s internal security environment, which suffered steady deterioration during UPA’s earlier five-year rule, continues to remain a cause of serious concern. Now that the government is no more f...

Terrorism, Leftwing Extremism, Jammu & Kashmir, National Security and Strategic Studies

Right kind of strategy can defeat the Maoists
March 11 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
Views: 7591
THEY HAVE VULNERABILITIES THAT CAN BE EFFECTIVELY EXPLOITED WHEN the government proclaims Left Wing Extremism as the most serious security threat faced by the country, the obvious question that arises i...

Leftwing Extremism, National Security and Strategic Studies

Abject Surrender at Sharm-el-Sheikh
March 11 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
Views: 7458
Whatever the mode of engagement — war or diplomacy — nations interact to maximise their national interest. In adverse conditions, like defeat in war, they work to minimise their losses. The icing of ide...

Terrorism, Pakistan, National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies

Changing Terror Matrix in Af-Pak Region
March 9 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
Views: 7177
There is a perceptible change in security environment in Af-Pak region following the December 1 policy assertion by US President Barrack Obama on Afghanistan and developments thereafter. Obama unveiled...
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