The Rajapaksa Model of Combating Terror

Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 18 March 2012

Mahinda Rajapaksa, President, Sri Lanka spoke to VK Shashikumar of the Indian Defence Review on a range of issues on August 7, 2009, in an exclusive interview.

The...

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Indian built Zaranj Delaram Highway under Taliban Control

Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 October 2011

The Zaranj-Delaram highway in Afghanistan built by India and handed over to the Afghan government on January 22, 2009 is now under Taliban control. Within two years of the commissioning of this strategic highway, Taliban effectively dominates...

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Operation Nandigram: The Inside Story

Issue: Vol 23.1 Jan-Mar 2008 | Date: 29 December 2010

A Primitive Territorial Conflict

Nandigram is like any other town in Marxist West Bengal. Even the new in-your-face CPI (M) flags look familiar. Narrow proletarian streets, packed with walking feet; nothing betrays the town’s recent...

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China Pak spy web in Northeast

Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 20 February 2012

India’s Defence Minister, circumspect at most times, surprised senior army officers by publicly admitting that China was demonstrating “increasing assertiveness”. He was addressing the addressing the annual combined...

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Gaps in Maritime Security III

Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 02 August 2011

The Customs Department: There is a Customs office at every major fishing centre. Strictly in accordance with the rules and regulations and in accordance with its charter of activities, every Customs office at the fishing harbours and along the...

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Gaps in Maritime Security II

Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 02 August 2011

Revamping Coastal Security Apparatus: Considering the inadequate coastal security infrastructure along the vast and porous Indian coastline the issues relating to registration of boats, transponders and bio-metric identity cards for fishermen,...

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Gaps in Maritime Security I

Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 07 May 2012

Cross border terrorism has taken an entirely new dimension. The Indian security establishment is on high alert to tackle the newest frontier of terror – Maritime Terrorism. The Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP)...

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The Subverted Indo Bangladesh Border : III

Issue: Vol 24.2 Apr-Jun 2009 | Date: 28 July 2011

Cattle Smuggling and Terrorism: Let’s come straight to the point. The cattle-smugglers of West Bengal, their knowledge of the border areas, the gaps and the vulnerable areas through which infiltration could happen, their contacts with...

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The Subverted Indo Bangladesh Border : II

Issue: Vol 24.2 Apr-Jun 2009 | Date: 21 November 2010

Illegal Migrant 1, Name Withheld: “We paid the dalals (human traffickers). The amount varies depending on the security environment extant on that day when the illegal crossing over has been for. It varies from Rs 200 to Rs 400/-.

The Subverted Indo Bangladesh Border : I

Issue: Vol 24.2 Apr-Jun 2009 | Date: 28 July 2011

Operation Zero Line Investigates the gateway of terror in the East – the 4,095 km (2,979 km land border and 1,116 km riverine border) long India-Bangladesh border, half of which is along West Bengal. Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura are the...

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