Articles

Bharat has been at the receiving end of radicalisation and Islamic terrorism for over three decades. In the study of terrorism/counter-terrorism, the terms radicalisation, religious extremism, and terrorism are frequently used interchangeably. To exp....

January 09, 2023 Terrorism , Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Book Discussions , Counter-terrorism , radicalization , international terrorism , South-East Asia , Harkat network

Ban on Popular Front of India - A Long Overdue Step

… strong legal measures, including a law on radicalization and terror funding are the need of the hour to clearly state that attempts to challenge India’s unity and integrity will be firmly dealt with ... red-lines need to be drawn for the media,....

November 17, 2022 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Islamist terror , radicalization , Violence , PFI , Popular Front of India , anti-terrorist capabilities , anti-national activities

Jammu and Kashmir: A Compendium

Jyoti Kumar

Over the last seventy years, Jammu & Kashmir has seen political machinations, violence, cross-border terrorism, instability and economic stagnation. On August 5, 2019, the Indian Government decided to amend Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and ....

October 22, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Terrorism , radicalization , Indian Constitution , Article 370 , Book Published

BIMSTEC Think Tanks Dialogue on Regional Security

The first BIMSTEC Think Tanks Dialogue on Regional Security was held at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 13-14 November 2018. Delegates from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Sri Lanka and BIMSTEC Secretariat parti....

December 12, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Seminars , Climate Change , BIMSTEC , Maritime Security , Terrorism , radicalization , Regional Security , Cyber Security

Uzbek President’s Roadmap to Check Radicalization

Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal

Since attaining independence in 1991, Uzbekistan and other Central Asian Republics have been struggling to prevent the radicalization of their overwhelmingly Muslim populations. Uzbekistan quickly realized the danger of unregulated religious preachi....

August 17, 2017 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Uzbekistan , radicalization , religious preaching

Treating the ‘Disease of Disconnection’

Author’s Note The previous paper by this author, while addressing the broader concerns and implications of Daesh for the Indian context, built on theoretical insights from multidisciplinary domains in pursuit of a possible count....

May 17, 2017 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Counter-terrorism , radicalization , Violent Extremism

Round Table Discussion on Bangladesh

A Round Table Meet on ‘Developing Counter Narrative to Radicalization: Bangladesh Experience’ was held at Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi, on the 11th of November, 2016. Visiting expert from Bangladesh, Lt. Col. (Retd.), Quazi Sa....

April 25, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Seminars , radicalization , Islamist ideology , Counter-narrative

India Resilient to Daesh Recruitment but Threats Will Continue

Dr Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

Since the past few days, various Indian media agencies have been covering the statements released by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) about the involvement of a few Muslim youths with Daesh or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Not onl....

January 28, 2017 Governance and Political Studies , radicalization , Daes , Indoctrination , Terror attack

ISIS and Radicalization in the Central Asian Republics

Navroz Singh

The pristine Hanafi school of Islam that prevails in the Central Asia is under severe threat of being displaced by a highly intolerant and violent version of Islam adopted by the likes of the IS. Increasingly marked by poverty and radicalization, the....

October 28, 2016 Terrorism , Central Asia , Islam , radicalization , ISIS , Radicalization of Women

Rising Trend of Religious Radicalization in Bangladesh

Bangladesh, world's third largest Muslim majority nation has, right from its independence, cherished and followed the cardinal democratic values of freedom, equality, justice and religious tolerance. These, in a major way, also played a pivotal role ....

October 27, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Terrorism , radicalization , Muslim majority