Articles By Anant Mishra
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
“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,...
“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...
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...
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....
“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...
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...
“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...
“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...