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India’s Approach to Countering Violent Extremism: Issues and Prospects
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

This is an updated version of paper presented at an international conference on Countering Violent Extremism organized by China’s Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing in December 2019

General
India has been at the receiving ....

January 01, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , CVE , Definition , Measures , Cooperation , Counter narrative
London Bridge Attack: An Islamic State-Inspired Knife Terror Attack
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

“We are resolute, we stand United in the face of terrorism, and we will not allow anybody to divide us”. - Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London. On 29 November 2019, a 28 years-old British terrorist identified as Usman Khan—a British cit....

December 12, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , London terror , English laws & terror , Islamist radicalisation in UK
Finally, Islamic State’s “Caliph” is “Dead”! – An Initial Assessment
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

“No group or nation should mistake America’s intentions: We will not rest until terrorist groups of global reach have been found, have been stopped, and have been defeated.” – Former US President George W. Bush (06 November 2001)1....

November 13, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Al-Baghdadi’s killing , Islamic State after Baghdadi , Terrorism in India
The Killing of Abu Bakral-Baghdadi: Implications
Amb K P Fabian Commentary

On 27th October President Trump of the United States announced the killing of Al Baghdadi and claimed that his was a bigger achievement than that of a similar capture and killing of Osama bin Laden, believed to be the inspiration, if not the master ....

October 30, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , end of Baghdadi , IS terror lives
Counter-Terrorism Framework of the United Nations and India’s Approach of De-Radicalisation1
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction
Due to lack of an internationally accepted definition, terrorism continues to haunt every nation in the World. The perspective of terrorism differs from a nation to nation; therefore, every country has its own definition and ....

September 26, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Counter-terrorism , Radicalisation , De-radicalisation , Terrorist , India’s Approach of De-Radicalisation
Jurisprudence of Anti-Terrorism Laws- An Indian Perspective
Dr Ramanand Garge

Counter-terrorism practices cannot be effective in the absence of firm and clear anti-terrorism law. In the last several decades, India has developed wide-ranging counter-terrorism practices and mechanism. Yet, it has neither a comprehensive anti-ter....

July 09, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism , Jurisprudence , Anti-Terrorism Laws , An Indian Perspective , Terror Legislations , Monograph
Modi Government 2.0: Sure Footed Firmness vis-a-vis Pakistan
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

India, following the re-election of the Modi Government, is to be commended for its sure footed firmness in its dealings with Pakistan. Pakistan's repeated feelers for a resumption of talks have been rebuffed on the eminently legitimate ground th....

June 19, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan’s anti-Indian DNA , Pakistan a terror factory , India’s new Pakistan policy
Burkina Faso to Indonesia : ‘Glocal’ Jihad of Brand ISIS
Dr Uddipan Mukherjee Article

It’s not just the spread of capital, goods and services which go in tandem with globalisation. The spread of terror is also a part of multifarious activities that globalisation proliferates. Information is one instrument which facilitates dissemina....

May 24, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , ISIS’ global jihad , spread of radicalization , caliph of terror
The Sri Lanka Attacks and the Threat Within
Mayuri Mukherjee Commentary

The Easter Sunday carnage in Sri Lanka that killed more than 250 people1 last month caught many by surprise2. The island nation had been enjoying a period of relative peace and stability since the civil war came to an end with t....

May 21, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Islamic Radicalisation , Sri Lanka terror attack , IS jihadi international
Re-emergence of Islamic State’s Caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

On Saturday, April 27, 2019, Islamic State’s (IS) central media outlet, Al-Furqan, released an 18-minute propaganda video featuring its ‘underground’ leader and self-proclaimed ‘Caliph Ibrahim’, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.1 It was the....

May 09, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Islamic State Caliphate , Al-Baghdadi’s video , international terrorism
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