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Can't give in at this juncture
February 19 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
Views: 9751
Let political considera­tions and communal pressures not weaken our resolve to the outrage in Mumbai. And let us not sugarcoat our response lest it sends an ambiguous signal to India's enemies. They hav...

Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies

Releasing Masood Azhar was a political decision
February 19 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
Views: 26962
At a time that fresh debate has broken over the handling of the IC-814 hijack, former IB Director AK Doval makes controversial revelations on the Kandahar deal and other crises in a candid interview t...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

Nuclear deal is an unmitigated disaster
February 11 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF
Views: 12030
The India-US nuclear deal will stunt India's emergence as a genuine nuclear weapon state, cripple its strategic deterrence, and reduce it to a US satrapy. Government's motivations in pushing ahead with ...

Nuclear and Disarmament, National Security and Strategic Studies

Bangladeshi infiltration is the biggest threat
February 11 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
Views: 5548
He belongs to the 1968 batch of the Kerala cadre and retired as chief of the Intelligence Bureau in January 2005. Mr. Doval, who belongs to Garhwal, has outstanding credentials as an operations man. He ...

Bangladesh, Ilegal Immigration, National Security and Strategic Studies, Neighbourhood Studies

Terrorist Strikes – Deny Space to the Terrorists
February 10 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
Views: 10786
Text of the article sent to Hindustan Times – Published in Hindustan Times on 16 April 2006 under the caption “We have not kept terrorists on the run”

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

Combating Left Wing Extremism
February 10 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
Views: 10712
Does Left Extremism really pose a threat to India’s security or is it something that media has hyped for want of better stories? After all, they don’t stand for secession, do not question India’s terri...

Leftwing Extremism, National Security and Strategic Studies

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