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Terrorism

France & Austria Terror Attacks 2020: The Looming Shadow of Islamic Terrorism over Europe

Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Article

“We [EU Member States] reiterate that terrorism, radicalisation, recruitment and financing related to terrorism are main common threats to the internal security of the EU”.

The 2015 Riga Joint Statemen....

December 03, 2020 Terrorism , International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Article , Islamic State , Radicalisation , Terrorism , Europe , France , Germany , Islamic terrorism , Austria , Charlie Hebdo , Vienna , Nice , Extremism

Terror Revelations from Pakistan

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

On 29 October Fawad Chaudhry, Minister for Science & Technology while speaking in the National Assembly, boasted that the Imran Khan government was responsible for the Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir that had taken place in February 2019. The Pul....

November 02, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Terrorism , NIA , JeM , ISPR , Pulwama , Fawad Chaudhury , Gen Bajwa , Pakistan Democratic Movement

Jammu and Kashmir: A Compendium

Jyoti Kumar

Over the last seventy years, Jammu & Kashmir has seen political machinations, violence, cross-border terrorism, instability and economic stagnation. On August 5, 2019, the Indian Government decided to amend Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and ....

October 22, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Terrorism , radicalization , Indian Constitution , Article 370 , Book Published

Chinese Stance in United Nations Security Council towards India

Dr Teshu Singh, Research Fellow, VIF Article

Amidst the on-going stand-off at the Galwan Valley, China had once again tried to raise the Kashmir issue in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Also, China has persistently tried to block India’s entry into the UNSC, Nuclear Suppliers Grou....

October 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Pakistan , China , UNSC , Terrorism , Article 370 , NPT , LAC , Galwan valley , NSG

Twin Bombings in the Philippines: Abu Sayyaf Group is “Back in Game”

Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Article

In the 2019 Global Terrorism Index report published by the Institute for Economics and Peace, Philippines moved up a rank at ninth (9th) position among top 10 countries impacted by the act of terrorism. However, the data depicts a decline of 1....

September 01, 2020 Terrorism , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Islamic State , Terrorism , Philippines , Al Qaeda , Abu Sayyaf Group , ASG , Mindanao , Jolo , Sulu , Islamist , Suicide Bombings

Article 370 Fully Integrates J & K with India

Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

The revision of Article 370 removed a long festering abscess in our body politic. India had been divided in 1947 but Article 370 blurred a neat division by preventing the full integration of J&K with India. J&K obtained a special status because of th....

August 03, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Pakistan , Kashmir , Radicalisation , Terrorism , Article 370 , OIC , Article 35 A , Sufi Islam , Hurriyat

Pakistan Stock Exchange Attack— BLA’s Thwarted Attempt

Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Article

“You can't keep snakes in your backyard and expect them only to bite your neighbours. You know, eventually, those snakes are going to turn on whoever has them in the backyard.”¹

July 15, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , China , Iran , Afghanistan , Terrorism , CPEC , Balochistan , Sindh , Baluchistan , BLA , Karachi , PSE , StockExchange

Kashmir - Is the Time Ripe for a New Outreach Strategy?

India’s historic move on August 5, 2019, heralded a new era in Jammu and Kashmir, a state which witnessed an uncertain political status and 30 years of Pak-sponsored Jihadist militancy. Before the abrogation of article 370, the normal life had come....

June 26, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , Terrorism , IS , Al Qaeda , Article 370 , Big Outreach

What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat by Prof Louise Richardson, Publishers: Random House/New York, 2006, USD 25.95

Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF

Professor Louise Richardson’s book “What Terrorists Want” is one of the primers on the study of terrorism. The book is organised in two parts— 1) The Terrorists, consists of five chapters and 2) The Counter terrorists which consists of....

May 24, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism , LTTE , Book Reviews , Social life , Irish Republican Army , PLO

Post Tablighi Jamaat Fiasco - The Way Forward

Soumya Awasthi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Last one week has seen an exponential rise in N-COVID-19 cases, with the religious congregation of Tablighi Jamaat (TJ) followers at the Markaz in Delhi, acting as a significant trigger. It is appalling that despite so many advisories from the state ....

April 13, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Terrorism , COVID-19 , Tablighi Jamaat , Super spreader , Markaz