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

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
Rethinking National Security in an Age of Pandemics
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction
National security has traditionally been defined and understood in military terms. This notion of national security focuses on threats such as external armed aggression, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), terrorism, insurgenc....

April 10, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , China , national security , Internal Security , National Security Strategy , Terrorism , insurgency , Jammu and Kashmir , Security , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Pandemic , North-East , Left Wing Extremism
Afghanistan: Taliban abandons the 'peace talks'
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

Amid the global pandemic, when the countries are fighting for their very survival, the war in Afghanistan is slowly simmering. On Tuesday, the Taliban directed their negotiating team to end the ongoing discussions with the Afghan government on 'priso....

April 09, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , India , US , War , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Taliban , Peace talks , troop withdrawal , COVID-19 , aid cut , minorities , Sikh minorities , Hazara minorities
Pakistan and the FATF: The Sword Still Dangles
Aakriti Vinayak, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

Pakistan is in deep trouble. It was and continues to be under the penetrating gaze of the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog- the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). To prevent organized crime, terrorism and corruption, FATF has....

April 02, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , FATF , Terrorism , Terror Financing
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 , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Islamic State , Terrorism , Islamist Extremism , Streatham terror attack , London attack , UK , London Sudesh Amman , Stabbing
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 , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , Pakistan , national security , Counter-terrorism , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Srilanka , al-Qaeda , UnitedKingdom , IslamicState , al-Qaida
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