The desire for visibility incentivises groups like the Indian Mujahideen to engage in ‘costly-signalling’ through terror strikes.

• Namrata Goswami
• July 27, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Terrorists are often wealthy, well-employed, and middle class and those who support terrorist causes are often also of a higher income bracket.

• Ellie B. Hearne
• July 25, 2011
• IDSA Comments

With India’s security apparatus once again standing exposed and the security overhaul envisaged after 26/11 being still a work in progress, it is time for some harsh introspection.

• Shruti Pandalai
• July 19, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Aviation has been a favourite target for terrorist groups over the last three decades.

• Shashank Singhal
• July 18, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Although on the ground the areas of conflict are specific and do not cover the entire landmass as a map would indicate, the incoherence of the state’s response makes it appear that India is at war with itself.

• Kishalay Bhattacharjee
• July 15, 2011
• IDSA Comments

There is a need to conclusively revisit the issue of India’s response, and other pro-active measures, to deter and forestall terrorist attacks in future.

• P. K. Upadhyay
• July 15, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The recent activities of SIMI as well as its suspected links with groups like the Popular Front of India and the Karnataka Forum for Dignity and even the Indian Mujahideen suggest that it is regrouping to undertake terrorist attacks in different parts of India.

• Anshuman Behera
• July 15, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Much has been written about terrorism and counterterrorism as forms of communication, but such analyses are usually jettisoned in the arena of “breaking news alerts” and real-time reporting.

• Ellie B. Hearne
• July 14, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The appointment of the Naresh Chandra Committee is an opportunity for India’s strategic community to engage in a long-overdue debate on our approach to national security

• V. P. Malik , Anit Mukherjee
• July 11, 2011
• Issue Brief

Issue Brief tries to establish an understanding of local perspectives on the Chinese claim. It also details the challenges that have been afflicting the state over the years namely related to governance, rivers, and border security....

• Namrata Goswami
• July 11, 2011
• Issue Brief

Civil society in general and the strategic community in particular must demand the release of documents pertaining to India’s security.

• Satish Nambiar
• July 06, 2011
• IDSA Comments

It is imperative that the transport connectivity in the Northeast be strengthened by the establishment of railway networks in the hinterland, by the timely construction of roads that extend to the borders, and by expediting the construction of bridges.

• Shivananda H
• June 15, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The urban presence and activities of Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) [CPI (Maoist], or Maoists, in short, is fast picking pace. On May 13, police arrested 10 Maoists in Pune, though they actually belonged to West Bengal. Nine of them were working as casual labourers while their leader was using the cover of a labour contractor. Four pistols and Naxalite literature running into 300 pages were recovered from their possession.

• P. V. Ramana
• May 20, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Given lack of training, combat exposure and expertise in use of weapons, SPOs are unlikely to be effective even in the defensive line of action.

• Shivananda H
• May 18, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Returning for a third consecutive term the Tarun Gogoi government in Assam should now confront and resolve the sensitive Internal Security Challenges from the perspective of ‘peace talks’ as against the victims’ right to justice

• Kishalay Bhattacharjee
• May 16, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The sense of a liberated zone is apparent as one enters Chitrakonda, with three storey tombs painted in red with the comrades’ name and a hammer and sickle dotting the arid landscape.

• Kishalay Bhattacharjee
• May 12, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Although the causes of insurgency in the region have been primarily political, the ambiguity related to its economic potential has added fuel to the turmoil.

• Shivananda H
• May 12, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The death of Osama bin laden, is not the end of al Qaeda. It may disable it, but will not kill ‘al Qaeda the idea or movement’. We need to remember that bin Laden and al Qaeda articulated a political grievance which will not disappear with his elimination. The 'war of ideas' is still on.

• Shruti Pandalai
• May 03, 2011
• Issue Brief

To make the transition from the prevalent Nash Equilibrium with its lower payoffs to Pareto-optimal which will yield higher pay offs, India and Pakistan must break away from their traditional thinking of making no concessions.

• Arvind Gupta , Sarita Azad
• April 20, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Drug trafficking has become a major source of funding for armed groups in the north east and contributes to the continuance of militancy in the region.

• Shivananda H
• April 13, 2011
• IDSA Comments