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Change of Tactics
March 12 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
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Instead of an episodic response, we need stronger laws and proactive intelligence backed by political will

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

Only unsettled Issue is Continued Occupation
March 12 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
Views: 6751
THE ENEMIES, both within and without, use bullets and bombs, not to kill people. They are collateral damages. The real objective is to subdue the enemy by breaking its will and dictating its terms of pe...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir

Religious Terrorism: Civilisational Context and Contemporary Manifestations
March 11 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
Views: 7447
Transcending time and space, religions have influenced civilisations-in cultural, social, material and spiritual arenas- more profoundly than any other single factor. Tangible achievements of man’s poss...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Bleeding From Within
March 11 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
Views: 7885
The country’s internal security environment, which suffered steady deterioration during UPA’s earlier five-year rule, continues to remain a cause of serious concern. Now that the government is no more f...

Terrorism, Leftwing Extremism, Jammu & Kashmir, National Security and Strategic Studies

Right kind of strategy can defeat the Maoists
March 11 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
Views: 7911
THEY HAVE VULNERABILITIES THAT CAN BE EFFECTIVELY EXPLOITED WHEN the government proclaims Left Wing Extremism as the most serious security threat faced by the country, the obvious question that arises i...

Leftwing Extremism, National Security and Strategic Studies

Abject Surrender at Sharm-el-Sheikh
March 11 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
Views: 7790
Whatever the mode of engagement — war or diplomacy — nations interact to maximise their national interest. In adverse conditions, like defeat in war, they work to minimise their losses. The icing of ide...

Terrorism, Pakistan, National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies

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