Articles

The United Kingdom Hit by another Islamist Extremism Inspired Terror Attack

Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

The knife terror attack on 02 February 2020 in Streatham High Road in London, United Kingdom (UK) brought back memories of a similar terror incident on the streets of London on 29 November 2019 in which a Pakistan-origin British national—Usman Khan....

February 13, 2020 Terrorism , Islamist Extremism , Streatham terror attack , London attack , Islamic State , UK , London Sudesh Amman , Stabbing , Commentary , Terrorism , International Relations and Diplomacy

Terrorism and Counter Terrorism: Review of Year 2019 and Projections for 2020

Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Article

The year 2019 had significant developments in global terrorism. The review covers the important activities of terrorism and counter-terrorism (CT) around the globe. There have been ongoing conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Yemen which includes terrorist a....

January 22, 2020 Terrorism , Counter-terrorism , national security , India , Srilanka , UnitedKingdom , IslamicState , al-Qaeda , al-Qaida , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Article , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism

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