IDR Blog
Restructure CRPF as the first prong of new strategy
The terrible loss suffered by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Sukma is painful. Already volumes have been written and spoken of on the subject and academically there is nothing left to add on. One does not find anything cowardly in an ambush laid out in the middle of the day and it is definitely not a sign of desperation. It simply...
Be tough with Pak sympathisers
The growing unrest in Kashmir and youth being radicalized has once again brought the ugly face of Pakistan to fore. The neighbouring country after losing the proxy war, which it launched in 1990 by promoting terrorism in Kashmir, is finding it hard to digest the defeat. Pakistan seems to have forgotten that it lost three conventional wars and...
Warning bells in Kashmir: Politicians must reach out to the youth
The Indian media is agog with the viral video depicting a group of paramilitary CRPF personnel returning from polling duty being heckled, manhandled and abused by a few Kashmiri youths in Budgam area of Srinagar parliamentary constituency that saw a by-poll on April 4. While the media is full of praise for the restraint shown by the troopers,...
Is President Trump’s Foreign Policy Shaping Up?
April has been an eventful month geopolitically so far. President Trump carried out a much-trumpeted-about Tomahawk missile strike at the Syrian regime, held responsible by him for a nerve-agent attack on the village of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, a province largely held by rebels. Trump has changed his mind on China, which he previously accused...
Myanmar: Ceasefire on the Rocks: A Set back to Suu Kyi?
The recent attack by the MNDAA on the Army Posts at Laukkai, the headquarters of the Kokang region on 6th March, 2017 was followed by quick and heavy retaliatory attacks by the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Army) on the 10th. This is yet another indication of serious fault lines that exist among the government, the Army and the ethnic militant groups...