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Religious Terrorism: Civilisational Context and Contemporary Manifestations
March 11 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
Views: 7641
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: 8194
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: 8170
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: 8003
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: 7582
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...
India-Pakistan Foreign Secretary Level Talks : An Assessment
February 27 , 2010 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF
Views: 6148
In making an assessment of the India-Pakistan foreign secretary level talks held on February 25th 2010 three points must, at the very outset, be noted.

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

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