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Xinjiang: China’s Playground for Repressing Uyghurs
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF

“Great crimes feed on great silences. And the Uyghur today have fallen into a kind of black hole”.1 - Dilnur Reyhan, President of the European Uyghur Institute The quote is a part of an open letter by Dilnur Reyhan and Raphael Glucksman (Memb

September 24, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, China, Xi Jinping, Uyghur, United States, Xinjiang, Human Rights, Uighur, Han, Kashgar, Urumqi
Twin Bombings in the Philippines: Abu Sayyaf Group is “Back in Game”
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF

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 13 per c

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
Pakistan Stock Exchange Attack— BLA’s Thwarted Attempt
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF

“You can't keep snakes in your backyard and expect them only to bite your neighbours. You know, eventually, those snakes are going to turn on whoever has them in the backyard.”1 - Hillary Rodham Clinton The “snake” of terrorism has bit

July 15, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Article, Pakistan, China, Iran, Afghanistan, Terrorism, CPEC, Balochistan, Sindh, Baluchistan, BLA, Karachi, PSE, StockExchange
Kashmir: Another one Bites the Dust—HM Commander Naikoo Eliminated
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF

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
Lockdown Scenario- A Golden Opportunity for Cyber Criminals
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF

“Anyone who thinks that security products alone offer true security is settling for the illusion of security.”1 - Kevin D Mitnick The emergence of Coronavirus (hereafter COVID-19) and its rapid spread has emerged as a pandemic situation in wh

May 08, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, Article, India, Cyber Security, Cybercrime, lockdown, COVID19, Cyberspace, Cybercriminals, Ransomware, Phishing, Child Protection
Islamic State Attack on Kabul Gurdwara Raises Several Questions
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF

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
The United Kingdom Hit by another Islamist Extremism Inspired Terror Attack
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF

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
Pegasus— A Powerful Tool of WhatsApp Surveillance
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF

The Facebook’s subsidiary company—WhatsApp, on 29 October 2019, filed a lawsuit in the United States California’s Northern District Federal Court against Israel-based cyber-arms1 firm— the NSO Group, for infecting ‘specific’ group of What

February 05, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, Article, Israel, India, technology, Pegasus, WhatsApp, CyberEspionage, CyberSurveillance, NationalSecurity, Malware, Spoofing
Terrorism and Counter Terrorism: Review of Year 2019 and Projections for 2020
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF

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

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 end of terrorism

January 01, 2020 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, CVE, Definition, Measures, Cooperation, Counter narrative
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