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Global Terrorism Trends in 2021 & Projections for 2022
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

संधिविग्रहयोस्तुल्यायां वृद्धौ संधिमुपेयात्।
[Translation: If there is an equal benefit in peace or war, he (the king) should choose peace.] ....

April 12, 2022 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Israel , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Islamic State , Terrorism , Iraq , ISIS , Syria , West Asia , Counter terrorism , America , Sub Saharan Africa , Al Qaida
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 01-15 March 2022

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VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 15-28 February 2022

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Terrorism Studies (National): Review of 2021 & Projections for 2022
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

Despite the outbreak of the China-origin coronavirus aka COVID-19 in late 2019 and the continuation of this fatal virus spread globally in 2020, the year 2021 has witnessed the continuation in the terrorism-related incidents, linked directly or indir....

January 14, 2022 Terrorism , Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , Pakistan , Islamic State , J&K , ISIS , LWE , Punjab , Counter terrorism , AlQaeda , Srinagar
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 01-15 December 2021

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Annual Review of Islamic State and Al Qaeda: What is on the Horizon in 2021?
Soumya Awasthi Article

Background
The past year began with a pathological threat for the world which was detrimental not only for public health, politics, and economics but also for global security. The keywords for the year 2020 were COVID-19, geopolitical rea....

January 21, 2021 Terrorism , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , West Africa , Iran , Islamic State , ISIS , IS , Al Qaeda
International Security: Review of 2020 & Projections for 2021
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

The year 2020 shall be recorded as an unprecedented year in the modern history of humankind. The outbreak of China-origin Coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) has eclipsed the events in global security. On one side, the spread of coronavirus enforced....

January 18, 2021 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , India , Pakistan , Iran , Afghanistan , Islamic State , United States , al-Qaeda , International Security , Counter terrrosim , Review
Pakistan: The Relentless Killings of the Hazaras1
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

The cold-blooded killing of 11 Shia Hazara miners in Geshtari area of Machh, Balochistan on 03 January 2021 by the Islamic State (IS) refocused attention on the brutal persecution of minorities in Pakistan in recent decades. However, even among the m....

January 15, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Islamic State , Balochistan , Taliban , Imran Khan , Hazaras , Lashkar e Jhangvi , Shia
France & Austria Terror Attacks 2020: The Looming Shadow of Islamic Terrorism over Europe
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

“We [EU Member States] reiterate that terrorism, radicalisation, recruitment and financing related to terrorism are main common threats to the internal security of the EU”.

The 2015 Riga Joint Statemen....

December 03, 2020 Terrorism , International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Article , Islamic State , Radicalisation , Terrorism , Europe , France , Germany , Islamic terrorism , Austria , Charlie Hebdo , Vienna , Nice , Extremism
Twin Bombings in the Philippines: Abu Sayyaf Group is “Back in Game”
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

In the 2019 Global Terrorism Index report published by the Institute for Economics and Peace, Philippines moved up a rank at ninth (9th) position among top 10 countries impacted by the act of terrorism. However, the data depicts a decline of 1....

September 01, 2020 Terrorism , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Islamic State , Terrorism , Philippines , Al Qaeda , Abu Sayyaf Group , ASG , Mindanao , Jolo , Sulu , Islamist , Suicide Bombings
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