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National Counter-terrorism Centre (NCTC): Issues and Options
Dr N Manoharan

Going by the recent claims of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, NCTC would see the light of the day after next month’s Chief Ministers’ conference. Earlier attempts to set-up an umbrella body on counter-terrorism failed mainly because of opposi

April 01, 2013 Terrorism, Leftwing Extremism, Jammu & Kashmir, North-East Insurgency, National Security and Strategic Studies, Police - Law and Order
National Counter Terrorism Centre
Dr M N Buch (late)

When we were caught unawares by the Pakistani intrusion into Kargil a high powered committee was set up under Shri K.S. Subramaniam, who had been Defence Secretary of India, to suggest measures whereby we could avoid intelligence failures, provide fo

March 02, 2013 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies
Failing on Terror Yet Again
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Hyderabad is bloodied again by terrorism, exposing once more our failure to marshal the political will, the legal instruments, the organizational structure and the required technical skills and manpower resources to combat this grave threat to the na

February 26, 2013 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies
Afzal Guru’s Execution: Propaganda, Politics and Portents
Sushant Sareen

More than 12 years after the most audacious and outrageous act of terrorism against India – the attack on the Indian Parliament – one of the prime accused in the case, Afzal Guru, was finally executed after he had exhausted all available legal op

February 12, 2013 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies
India’s Compass on Terror is Faulty
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Afzal Guru’s hanging shows the ineptness with which our political system deals with the grave problem of terrorism. The biggest challenge to our security, and indeed that of countries all over the world that are caught in the cross currents of reli

February 12, 2013 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies
Countering New Tactics of the Maoists: Good Intelligence is the Key
Dr N Manoharan

As the whole nation was looking with concern at the brutal mutilation of Indian Army jawans at the Line of Control by Pakistani soldiers, few took notice of similar wanton act by Maoists in Latehar district of Jharkhand. After killing few CRPF jawans

January 17, 2013 Terrorism, Leftwing Extremism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Police - Law and Order
Going by The Script
Amb Kanwal Sibal

All those who have criticized the Indian government’s decision to invite Pakistan’s interior minister Rahman Malik to the country to operationalize the revised liberalised visa regime have missed several pertinent points. If Indian ministers of e

December 19, 2012 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan
Violence in Bodo Areas: Address the Armed Component
Dr N Manoharan

After a three-month lull, violence has once again erupted in the Bodo areas of Assam. It was in July-August this year the areas witnessed major violence between Bodos and Muslims resulting in over 100 deaths and about 400,000 displaced. If the issue

December 03, 2012 Terrorism, Ilegal Immigration, National Security and Strategic Studies, Police - Law and Order
SAARC Home Ministers’ Meet: Injecting Multilateralism in Counter-Terrorism
Dr N Manoharan

How significant did the fifth meeting of SAARC Home/Interior Ministers held in Maldives on 24-26 September 2012 prove to be? It is difficult to answer this question exactly in qualitative terms, but quantitatively, the meet was noteworthy in three as

October 17, 2012 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies
When Bastions Become Insecure, Orderly Retreat Becomes Unavoidable
Sushant Sareen

The portents of the Taliban strike against Camp Bastion in Helmand earlier this month are rather depressing and disheartening. Despite the brave face being put on by the NATO commanders, the devastating attack raises serious questions about the viabi

September 28, 2012 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Neighbourhood Studies, Afghanistan
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