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Illegal Migration as a Threat to India’s Internal Security
Dr N Manoharan

Among other things, one of the major aspects that have come out of the recent communal violence in Bodo areas of Assam is illegal migration. According to the Group of Ministers Report on National Security, illegal migration

has generated

October 22, 2012 North-East Insurgency, Ilegal Immigration, National Security and Strategic Studies, Neighbourhood Studies, Bangladesh
Arms and The Country
Amb Kanwal Sibal

European nations compete for defence ties with India When listing India’s defence partners Europe is mentioned, but it would be more accurate to speak of individual European countries as partners. Europe is unified economically bu

February 11, 2010 National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Defence, Europe
Preparing for Cyberwar - A National Perspective
Commander Mukesh Saini (Retd.)

On November 12th, 2011 Maj. Gen. Moghaddam, the "architect" of Iran's missile program, was showing a new type of warhead for nuclear weapon capable missile Sejil 2, to a group of experts for their comments, at a site about 50 Kms from Tehran. Warhead

October 23, 2012 National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security
Political - Civil - Military Participation in National Security
Vice Admiral (Retd.) Venkat Bharathan

Opener Analysis of India's approach towards it's national security reveals an unacceptable hiatus between the Political -Civil- Military systems. We perhaps were lucky enough to get away thus far even despite the 1962 China debacle. Ne

October 22, 2012 National Security and Strategic Studies
The State of Law and Order
Dr M N Buch (late)

Recently in Guwahati, the capital of Assam, a seventeen-year old girl accompanied by a male friend was accosted by a mob and for almost half an hour subjected to molestation, including physical assault, sexual molestation, disrobing and worse. There

October 22, 2012 National Security and Strategic Studies, Governance and Political Studies
Naresh Chandra Task Force’s Report on National Security: An Appraisal
Nitin Gokhale

The high-powered Naresh Chandra Task Force, appointed by the government last year, submitted its detailed report to the Prime Minister a couple of months ago but so far there is no indication that the report will be made public soon. We do not even k

October 22, 2012 National Security and Strategic Studies
Abu Jundal’s Arrest and India-Saudi Arabia Counter-terrorism Cooperation
Dr N Manoharan

The arrest and deportation of Abu Jundal alias Abu Hamza alias Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) handler, involved in several terror attacks in various parts of India, by Saudi Arabia is a classic case of good counter-terrorism cooperat

October 22, 2012 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy
Why India’s Mega Cities Need to be Protected
Nitin Gokhale

Mumbai in July 2011. Three bomb blasts in a matter of half an hour shook Mumbai again, killing 21 people. A sense of déjà vu prevailed. But there was a vital difference between earlier attacks on Mumbai and the July 2011 bombings. This t

October 22, 2012 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies
Threats in The Long Range
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Tensions between the United States of America and Russia over the deployment of a ballistic missile defence system by the US in eastern Europe are sharpening. Japan is deploying such a system to ward off the North Korean missile threat.

February 11, 2010 National Security and Strategic Studies
J&K Interlocutors, Indian Constitution and the Dustbin
Dr Makkhan Lal, Distinguished Fellow, VIF (2015 - 2017)

Jammu and Kashmir is not a problem of the Kashmiris alone but of every ordinary citizen of this country. A closer look at the correspondence among Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, Maharaj Hari Singh and Sheikh Abdullah; file notings and government doc

October 22, 2012 Jammu & Kashmir, National Security and Strategic Studies, Governance and Political Studies
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