Articles in Courtesy: Aakrosh
Osama's Death: Affect on US Policy towards Pak & Afghan - III
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 02 Sep , 2011
U.S.-Pakistan Relations: What to Expect It is likely that the killing of Osama bin Laden, which may trigger other developments within Pakistan and beyond, will allow Washington to set in place an...
Osama's Death: Affect on US Policy towards Pak and Afghan - II
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 01 Sep , 2011
Pakistan’s Response The U.S. lawmakers’ and population’s response to the Osama killing put both Islamabad and Rawalpindi—at least those who tacitly approved the operation, prior to it or...
Osama's Death: Affect on US Policy towards Pak & Afghan - I
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 31 Aug , 2011
The 2 May killing by U.S. Navy Seals of the notorious al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, at his residence next door to Pakistan’s principal military academy, Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), in...
General Kayani and Future of Pakistan - II
By: Bhashyam Kasturi | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 27 Aug , 2011
The Army and Counter-Terrorism Pakistan’s counterterrorism strategy in Afghanistan is rife with inherent contradictions, caught between an inclination to fight militant forces and yet having to...
General Kayani and Future of Pakistan - I
By: Bhashyam Kasturi | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 26 Aug , 2011
Recent events in Pakistan, including the special forces assault on the Abbottabad compound in which Osama bin Laden was hiding and living, the attack of PNS Mehran in Karachi and many more have...
The Child Guerrillas of the Northeast - II
By: Rajeev Bhattacharyya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 15 Aug , 2011
Dearth of cadres has forced outfits to adopt ingenious tactics also in Assam albeit in a manner more devastating than in Manipur. The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has been forced to...
The Child Guerrillas of the Northeast - I
By: Rajeev Bhattacharyya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 15 Aug , 2011
Adults fight wars, but often they drag children into it. The Spartans of Ancient Greece created a highly martial society, with boys as young as seven being introduced to rigorous military...
The New Fundamentalist Challenges
By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 14 Aug , 2011
The vulnerability of the Indian coastal areas and islands of the Western Indian Ocean to the activities of al-Qaeda and Pakistan based terrorist groups became apparent following the terrorist...
Naxalism: Revisiting the Principles of Fourth-Generation Warfare
By: Vinita Priyedarshi | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 18 Jul , 2011
All warfare is guided by certain principles and established rules, and asymmetrical conflicts like Naxalism are no exception. A critical analysis of the tactics and strategy pursued by the...
Indo-Pak Relations - II
By: Nilofar Suhrawardy | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 17 Jul , 2011
Communication Revolution: Undeniably, communication revolution has added a new chapter to the field of diplomacy. Irrespective of whether their bilateral ties are tense or not, whether the...
Indo-Pak Relations - I
By: Nilofar Suhrawardy | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 15 Jul , 2011
Ironically, though India and Pakistan still entertain differences over Kashmir and several other issues, prospects of their being engaged in an open and full-fledged conflict over the same may be...
Indian Nuclear Command and Control - II
By: Ali Ahmed | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 13 Jul , 2011
The Indian system at the political level comprises the National Security Council and the Political Council of the Nuclear Command Authority. The change from the Draft was in a Council authorising...
Indian Nuclear Command and Control - I
By: Ali Ahmed | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 12 Jul , 2011
Little is known of India’s nuclear command and control (C2) systems. It cannot, therefore, be assumed that these only exist in a rudimentary form. However, from what is in the open domain, it is...
Naxalism - the Internal Bane of India
By: Savita Singh | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 08 Jul , 2011
The Naxalites, also called Naxals, are groups who claim that they are waging a violent struggle on behalf of landless labourers and tribal people against landlords and the government. They say...
Pakistan: Unstable and Not at Peace - III
By: Pinaki Bhattacharya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 06 Jul , 2011
Dysfunctional Polity: The duopoly of Pakistan’s polity denoted by Zulfiqar Ali–Benazir Bhutto family of Asaf Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif family continues unabated in the feudal,...
Pakistan: Unstable and Not at Peace - II
By: Pinaki Bhattacharya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 05 Jul , 2011
The current spate of violence by the Deobandis against the Barelvis began after the 1990 formation of Sunni Tehreek (ST) by Mohammad Salim Qadri. The organisation was believed to be an offshoot...
Pakistan: Unstable and Not at Peace - I
By: Pinaki Bhattacharya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 04 Jul , 2011
Pakistan’s polity is in a crisis. Its society is in turmoil. And the country is in a state of flux, waiting to survive the deluge and see another day. On top of all that comes the deepening...
Internal Conflicts
By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 28 Jun , 2011
Many mini-wars are raging around the world, but internal conflicts where the main instrument of destruction is terrorism pose a great danger to the entire world directly or indirectly. Internal...
Small Arms Proliferation in the Northeast: The Chinese Connection - II
By: Rajeev Bhattacharyya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 28 Jun , 2011
Hubs, Routes and Rates: Most of the consignments used to originate in Thailand, which received arms from China and Cambodia. Ships with arms would reach Cox Bazar and other regions of Chittagong,...
Small Arms Proliferation in the Northeast: The Chinese Connection - I
By: Rajeev Bhattacharyya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 27 Jun , 2011
The illicit proliferation and misuse of small arms is among the most pressing security threats that have affected a large number of countries. Thousands of people are killed or wounded every year...