Dr N Manoharan

Expertise: Internal Security Policies, Terrorism, Insurgencies, Left Wing Extremism and Functioning of Internal Security Agencies

Contributions

Terror Attacks in Bodh Gaya: Prevention is Better than Cure

July 24, 2013 Dr N Manoharan

When serial blasts rocked Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya on 07 July 2013, it was for the first time that a Buddhist holy spot was targeted in India. Ten of the 13 bombs planted at the temple were indeed of low intensity, but their psychological impact...

Tags: Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies

Maoists Attack in Chhattisgarh: Points to Ponder

June 03, 2013 Dr N Manoharan

The ruthless attack by Maoists on a convoy of Congress leaders and workers at Jeeram Ghati in Jagdalpur district of Chhattisgarh on 25 May 2013 claimed 28 lives and injured scores of others. Those killed included Mahendra Karma, a former Minister of ...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies

The Phenomenon of Urban Terrorism in India

April 22, 2013 Dr N Manoharan

Recent bomb blast in Bangalore (17 April 2013) and twin bomb blasts that took place in Hyderabad in February 2013 have reiterated that the phenomenon of urban terrorism has taken firm root in India. In less than a decade, the Indian urban areas like ...

Tags: Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Border and Coastal Security, Police - Law and Order

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

April 01, 2013 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...

Tags: Terrorism, Leftwing Extremism, Jammu & Kashmir, North-East Insurgency, National Security and Strategic Studies, Police - Law and Order

Sri Lanka, UNHRC Resolution and India

March 06, 2013 Dr N Manoharan

Sri Lanka is facing second successive resolution in as many years at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) this month. Exactly last year at the 19th session of the UNHRC, a US-sponsored resolution was passed against the island state. Backed by 24 co...

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, Sri Lanka

Monographs/Compendiums

China’s Involvement in India’s Internal Security Threats: An Analytical Appraisal

October 08, 2012 Dr N Manoharan

Twenty-first-century India faces multifarious security challenges. At the core of India’s security concerns is its ‘internal security’ – a major national security challenge. Among many imponderable factors of India’s security calculus, inte...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, China, Monograph, India’s security concerns