Articles in Homeland Security
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...
Is China Changing?
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Aug , 2011
Recent events in the port city of Dalian in north-east China where public protests forced the local Government to accept a demand for closing down a chemical plant following an accident and for...
Afghan Taliban carries out a catastrophic strike against US Navy Seals
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Aug , 2011
Seven officers of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the US and an officer of the Jordanian Intelligence related to the royal family of Jordan were killed in a suicide attack launched on...
Maoists and the Armed Forces
By: Gp Capt RK Prasad | Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 06 Aug , 2011
Armed forces personnel hailing from the Red Corridor are being subjected to intimidation and extortion by the Maoists for at least two decades now. The families of the servicemen residing in their...
Coastal Security remains as vulnerable as ever due to poor human reflexes
By: B Raman | Date: 04 Aug , 2011
India’s coastal security remains as vulnerable as ever due to poor human reflexes despite the lessons learnt (hopefully) from the immense tragedy of 26/11 when 10 members of Pakistan’s...
Blasts in Pune
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Aug , 2011
In the light of the four low-intensity blasts in Pune on August 1, 2012, there is a need for a co-ordinated revisit to reports being received from time to time since 2002 on the attraction of Pune...
The Subverted Indo-Bangladesh Border : III
By: VK Shashikumar | Issue: Vol 24.2 Apr-Jun 2009 | Date: 28 Jul , 2011
BSF Jawan checking the fence on Indo-Bangladesh border Cattle Smuggling and Terrorism: Let’s come straight to the point. The cattle-smugglers of West Bengal, their knowledge of the border...
How Pakistan's Proxy War Began - VIII
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpts: A Terrorist State as a Frontline Ally | Date: 27 Jul , 2011
Wanted: A Counter Proxy War Doctrine In the absence of a meaningful and effective response from our side, it is India, which has been bleeding at the hands of this Army of Islam, with the...
Suicide & Suicidal Terrorism
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpt: TERRORISM-Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | Date: 25 Jul , 2011
Suicide protests are not unknown in history. As recent examples, one could cite the self-immolation of many Tamils in Tamil Nadu in the 1960s to express their opposition to the introduction...
Investigate the Indian Angle in Kashmir American Council
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Jul , 2011
There are two aspects to L’Affaire Fai, the case relating to the arrest earlier this week and the proposed prosecution of Ghulam Nabi Fai, the head of the Washington DC based Kashmiri American...
Explosion in Oslo
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Jul , 2011
According to the British Broadcasting Corporation, a large bomb blast has hit near government headquarters in the Norwegian capital Oslo, killing at least one person. The offices of Norwegian...
Maoists: Should India allow a PoK within the country?
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Jul , 2011
The cynics and vested interests have been portraying Chhattisgarh as a remote, underdeveloped, violence ridden region, where tribal are exploited and live like primitive humans in sub-human...
Forebodings in J&K over spring
By: Anand K Verma | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 18 Jul , 2011
The advent of spring in Kashmir is creating apprehensions in some quarters in the State. Will there be a repeat of turmoil and tension, which marked the post spring period from 2008 to 2010? In...
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...
Harvest of Hate
By: Wilson John | Issue: Vol 21.4 Oct-Dec 2006 | Date: 17 Jul , 2011
It is important to understand that of the multiple objectives a terrorist attack has, the least articulated and understood is the cycle of terror and hate. When groups like LeT carry out attacks,...
Xinjiang, Tibet Continue to Haunt CPC/PLA Leadership
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Jul , 2011
The situation in the Chinese-controlled Xinjiang region of China and in the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region continues to haunt the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which has...
Evolution of Militancy in Indian Muslim Community
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Jul , 2011
The following three events have contributed to the growth of militancy, often amounting to terrorism, in the Indian Muslim community, particularly among its young members: The demolition of...
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...