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India’s Approach to Countering Violent Extremism: Issues and Prospects
Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Article

This is an updated version of paper presented at an international conference on Countering Violent Extremism organized by China’s Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing in December 2019

General
India has been at the receiving ....

January 01, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Measures , Definition , CVE , Counter narrative , Cooperation
London Bridge Attack: An Islamic State-Inspired Knife Terror Attack
Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

“We are resolute, we stand United in the face of terrorism, and we will not allow anybody to divide us”. - Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London. On 29 November 2019, a 28 years-old British terrorist identified as Usman Khan—a British cit....

December 12, 2019 London terror , English laws & terror , Islamist radicalisation in UK , Commentary , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism
Finally, Islamic State’s “Caliph” is “Dead”! – An Initial Assessment
Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Article

“No group or nation should mistake America’s intentions: We will not rest until terrorist groups of global reach have been found, have been stopped, and have been defeated.” – Former US President George W. Bush (06 November 2001)1....

November 13, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Terrorism in India , Islamic State after Baghdadi , Al-Baghdadi’s killing
The Killing of Abu Bakral-Baghdadi: Implications
Amb K P Fabian Commentary

On 27th October President Trump of the United States announced the killing of Al Baghdadi and claimed that his was a bigger achievement than that of a similar capture and killing of Osama bin Laden, believed to be the inspiration, if not the master ....

October 30, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , IS terror lives , end of Baghdadi
Counter-Terrorism Framework of the United Nations and India’s Approach of De-Radicalisation1
Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction
Due to lack of an internationally accepted definition, terrorism continues to haunt every nation in the World. The perspective of terrorism differs from a nation to nation; therefore, every country has its own definition and ....

September 26, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Terrorist , Radicalisation , India’s Approach of De-Radicalisation , De-radicalisation , Counter-terrorism
Modi Government 2.0: Sure Footed Firmness vis-a-vis Pakistan
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

India, following the re-election of the Modi Government, is to be commended for its sure footed firmness in its dealings with Pakistan. Pakistan's repeated feelers for a resumption of talks have been rebuffed on the eminently legitimate ground th....

June 19, 2019 Pakistan’s anti-Indian DNA , Pakistan a terror factory , India’s new Pakistan policy , Article , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism
Burkina Faso to Indonesia : ‘Glocal’ Jihad of Brand ISIS
Dr Uddipan Mukherjee Article

It’s not just the spread of capital, goods and services which go in tandem with globalisation. The spread of terror is also a part of multifarious activities that globalisation proliferates. Information is one instrument which facilitates dissemina....

May 24, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , spread of radicalization , ISIS’ global jihad , caliph of terror
The Sri Lanka Attacks and the Threat Within
Mayuri Mukherjee, Consultant, VIF Commentary

The Easter Sunday carnage in Sri Lanka that killed more than 250 people1 last month caught many by surprise2. The island nation had been enjoying a period of relative peace and stability since the civil war came to an end with t....

May 21, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Sri Lanka terror attack , Islamic Radicalisation , IS jihadi international
Re-emergence of Islamic State’s Caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Article

On Saturday, April 27, 2019, Islamic State’s (IS) central media outlet, Al-Furqan, released an 18-minute propaganda video featuring its ‘underground’ leader and self-proclaimed ‘Caliph Ibrahim’, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.1 It was the....

May 09, 2019 international terrorism , Al-Baghdadi’s video , Islamic State Caliphate , Article , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism
Terror Strike in Sri Lanka: Expanding Footprints of Jihadist Movement in the Indian Subcontinent
Brig Narender Kumar Article

Gauging the Current State of the Jihadist Movement1
In the 20th Century, the world confronted three totalitarian revolutionary movements: Nazism; communism; and fascism. Now the world is under assault from a fourth such movemen....

May 06, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article
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