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Twin Bombings in the Philippines: Abu Sayyaf Group is “Back in Game”
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, 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
A Guide to India-Australia Relations

For the first time in India’s diplomatic history a summit was held on a virtual platform. On 4th June 2020 Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed a range of issues with his Australian counterpart, Prime Minister Scott Morrison. This summit is signi....

June 22, 2020 Terrorism , India , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Australia , International Relations , Maritime Security , Indian Ocean , COVID-19
What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat by Prof Louise Richardson, Publishers: Random House/New York, 2006, USD 25.95
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF

Professor Louise Richardson’s book “What Terrorists Want” is one of the primers on the study of terrorism. The book is organised in two parts— 1) The Terrorists, consists of five chapters and 2) The Counter terrorists which consists of....

May 24, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism , LTTE , Book Reviews , Social life , Irish Republican Army , PLO
In their Own Words-Understanding Lashkar-e-Tayyaba by C. Christine Fair, Second Edition; By Christine Fair; India: Oxford University Press, 2019. 303pp. ISBN 10: 0-19-949521-1
Soumya Awasthi

The goal of every state is to survive. Many countries adopt various kinds of strategies to achieve their ends. The strategies are a mix of military, economic and diplomatic ways and means to realise their policy goals. However, in the case of Pakista....

May 20, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , LeT , Book Reviews , Understanding Lashkar , C. Christine Fair , Lashkar
Kashmir: Another one Bites the Dust—HM Commander Naikoo Eliminated
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The pandemic of COVID-19 may have halted or transformed the way of carrying out activities around the world, but nothing has changed in India’s counter-terrorism operations in the Kashmir Valley. These remain very robust and strongly driven by accu....

May 15, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India; Riyaz Naikoo; Gazi Haider; Ghazi; Saifullah; Pakistan; Hizbul Mujahideen; LeT; Kashmir Terrorism; Zakir Musa; Burhan Wani; Awantipora; Shopian; Syed Salahuddin; ISI
Islamic State Attack on Kabul Gurdwara Raises Several Questions
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Amid the ongoing global panic caused by Coronavirus (aka Covid-19), the Sikh and Hindu communities in Kabul were subjected to the mortifying experience of the killing of their loved ones, not from Covid-19 pandemic, but the “ugly monster” of terr....

April 13, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Kabul , Islamic State , IS-KP , ISKP , Khurasan Khorasan , Gurdwara Attack
Islamic State: A Game Changer International Terrorism a talk by Mayank Sharma

The Islamic State (hereafter IS)/Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)/Daesh is a transnational terrorist organisation which is based on the ideology of fundamentalism and Salafism teachings of Islam towards the creation and establishment of the Cal....

March 18, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Interaction , Islamic State , ISIS , international terrorism , Mayank Sharma
The United Kingdom Hit by another Islamist Extremism Inspired Terror Attack
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

The knife terror attack on 02 February 2020 in Streatham High Road in London, United Kingdom (UK) brought back memories of a similar terror incident on the streets of London on 29 November 2019 in which a Pakistan-origin British national—Usman Khan....

February 13, 2020 Terrorism , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Islamic State , Terrorism , Islamist Extremism , Streatham terror attack , London attack , UK , London Sudesh Amman , Stabbing
Turkey’s Islamist Agenda in India

Post revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, India faced a month and a half long diplomatic ordeal at various multilateral diplomatic platforms. India successfully navigated the dire strategic straits with most of the countries either support....

February 12, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , India , Turkey , UNGA , President Erdogan , Islamist Agenda , Islamic Countries , Islamist organizations
Terrorism and Counter Terrorism: Review of Year 2019 and Projections for 2020
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The year 2019 had significant developments in global terrorism. The review covers the important activities of terrorism and counter-terrorism (CT) around the globe. There have been ongoing conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Yemen which includes terrorist a....

January 22, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , Pakistan , national security , Counter-terrorism , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Srilanka , al-Qaeda , UnitedKingdom , IslamicState , al-Qaida
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