Articles By Anant Mishra

Assessing challenges posed by domestic police agencies in countering terrorism

Assessing challenges posed by domestic police agencies in countering terrorism

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Nov , 2017

Nine years ago ten militants “hailing” from the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) landed on the shores of Mumbai. Trained in “military assault tactics”, their targets varied from...

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Assessing India’s Counter-Insurgency (COIN) strategy against Left Wing...

Assessing India’s Counter-Insurgency (COIN) strategy against Left Wing...

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Oct , 2017

Introduction Today, the resurrection of Left-Wing Extremism in India, under the umbrella of CPI-Maoist, poses a grave challenge not only to the stability and security of the regions surrounding...

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Assessing ASEAN’s “Non-interference” principle: A lost cause for...

Assessing ASEAN’s “Non-interference” principle: A lost cause for...

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Oct , 2017

Introduction One of the principle fundamentals of ASEAN is its “non-interference” principle which plays a key role in its extensive interaction with member countries. The principle is...

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From Drug Trafficking to Cultivation: A Global “Unchallenged” Nexus

From Drug Trafficking to Cultivation: A Global “Unchallenged” Nexus

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Oct , 2017

In the light of growing “intense” nexus between transnational organized crime factions, sex traffickers, gun runners and money launderers, today, drug trafficking has become one of the most...

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China’s ‘Contentious’ Path to War?

China’s ‘Contentious’ Path to War?

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Vol. 32.3 Jul-Sep 2017 | Date: 24 Sep , 2017

The traditional US foreign policy of ‘preserve and protect’ could instigate some issues between Washington and Beijing but experts argue that Washington would maintain close proximity with...

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Spectacles of terror: From Islamic fundamentalism to the ‘un’holy Jihad

Spectacles of terror: From Islamic fundamentalism to the ‘un’holy Jihad

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Sep , 2017

Since 9/11, the global press has exclusively covered all major conflicts, from Syria to Libya, to African Union joint task force against Boko Haram in Africa. Witnessing some of these intense...

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Assessing the “Extent” of State Sponsored Terrorism: Impotent...

Assessing the “Extent” of State Sponsored Terrorism: Impotent...

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Aug , 2017

Introduction Nations in the history of international relations have been engaged in conflicts, using “conventional” tactics, or through “non-traditional” means. Although, the global...

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Reviewing ‘Responsibility to Protect’ doctrine

Reviewing ‘Responsibility to Protect’ doctrine

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Aug , 2017

Today, the concept of international warfare has received a paradigm shift, moving away from its traditional concept, it has adapted the “globalization” extending the warfare to socio-economic...

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The Rise of Global “Warlords”: Violent Non-State Actors and Threat to...

The Rise of Global “Warlords”: Violent Non-State Actors and Threat to...

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Aug , 2017

Introduction Today, violent non-state actors are playing a “featured” role in the theories of international relations particularly in the domain of international law. International relations...

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China’s rise in Asia: A contentious challenge?

China’s rise in Asia: A contentious challenge?

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Apr , 2017

While China’s rise in Asia be peaceful? The question, no matter how naïve, has been the centre of discussion for various foreign policy experts. A discussion, which many experts agreed on a...

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Terror in Europe: Assessing the Security Infrastructure

Terror in Europe: Assessing the Security Infrastructure

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Apr , 2017

After witnessing acute violence and terror during World War I and World War II, the west changed its policies towards peace and harmony, a mindset towards development and strength. Today, the...

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When Communism was threatened: How Mujahedeen drove communism out of Afghanistan

When Communism was threatened: How Mujahedeen drove communism out of Afghanistan

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Aug , 2016

The world first knew about Afghanistan in the year 1979. Undoubtedly, Afghanistan then had become a perfect symbol of Russian ambitions in Asia. According to the west, East Germany, Hungary,...

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“Attacks in Europe”: Tet offensive? Or Kamikaze? Or worse?

“Attacks in Europe”: Tet offensive? Or Kamikaze? Or worse?

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Jul , 2016

With ISIS taking the backdoor, their exit strategy included attacks on Paris, Brussels, Baghdad, Orlando, Istanbul and now Nice, France. Their actions have bewildered numerous security experts,...

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“Questioning the Alliance on Syria”: International Coalition and the...

“Questioning the Alliance on Syria”: International Coalition and the...

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Jul , 2016

Introduction Along the parameters of the coalition forces formed in the second Gulf War of 1991, Washington reached out to its NATO allies and power nations to fight against the terrorist...

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Addressing the United Nations status on Taiwan: Opening Doors for New Nations

Addressing the United Nations status on Taiwan: Opening Doors for New Nations

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 May , 2016

Introduction Taiwan has been in a political controversy ever since the Chinese civil war, which instigated a series of disputes between the Republic of China and the People’s Republic of...

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Ending the World’s Worst Atrocities DARFUR

Ending the World’s Worst Atrocities DARFUR

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Vol. 31.1 Jan-Mar 2016 | Date: 28 May , 2016

Darfur has been boiling in conflict since 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement Army (SLM) and the Justice and Equality Movement Army (JEM) took up arms against the then Government of Sudan....

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“More than now, than ever”: The need for a global counter terrorism policy

“More than now, than ever”: The need for a global counter terrorism policy

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 May , 2016

“Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.”  ― Noam Chomsky Post 9/11 shifted the world’s opinion on terrorism as...

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The Kurds and the Turks: Celebrating rivalry and bloodshed since 1925

The Kurds and the Turks: Celebrating rivalry and bloodshed since 1925

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Apr , 2016

The Kurds and the Turks are united by land but defined by community. The Kurds are a sizeable community, living in Turkey, along with some neighbouring states of Syria, Iraq and Iran. In each of...

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“Yemen on its Knees”: Viewing Houthi Insurgency through a Terror Prism

“Yemen on its Knees”: Viewing Houthi Insurgency through a Terror Prism

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Feb , 2016

Introduction In the past couple of months, a coalition led by Saudi Arabia, the richest country in the Arabian Peninsula, has been bombing major cities of Yemen, the poorest Gulf country. There is...

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“Reviewing the Activities UNRWA”: Palestine Refugees and the Conquest...

“Reviewing the Activities UNRWA”: Palestine Refugees and the Conquest...

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Feb , 2016

“As a major recipient of U.S. tax dollars, UNRWA must take more robust measures to ensure its facilities are not being used to facilitate terrorism,” – US Representative Doug...

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