Explainer: Does Islamic State still pose a threat?
Islamic State looks about to lose its last foothold – on the banks of the Euphrates near the Iraq border – but while its era of the territorial rule may be over, for now,...
Tagged: Counterterrorism
13th India-France Joint meet on Counter-Terrorism
On 15th February 2019, delegations from India & France met for 13th Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism in Paris. The Indian delegation was led by MEA Joint Secretary (Counter-terrorism) Mahaveer Singhvi, while the...
FATF in Pakistan for Final Negotiations: What to Expect?
Pakistan’s financial woes continue. Pakistan lacks the foreign currency reserves needed to sustain its high imports and low exports – running a monthly deficit of $2 billion. Since December, the Pakistani Rupee has been...
“We Do Negotiate with Terrorists!” – Visible Shift in the U.S. Foreign Policy
After a set of repeated efforts by the current Afghan administration to conduct peace talks with the Taliban, the infamous fundamentalist organisation themselves through an unexpected open letter in February 2018 offered to hold...
Xinjiang: China ignores lessons from the past
The assimilation effort is enabled by China’s Great Fire Wall designed to wall the country off of free access to the Internet. In doing so, China hoped in Xinjiang to halt cultural exchanges with...
Islamic State Footprints in Kashmir and Challenges Ahead
A hard professional stance is needed as a surgery of cancerous terrorism, as soft homoeopathic treatment is not good enough. – Maj Gen. S. B. Asthana SM, VSM* To any security analyst, the reported killing...
Sudanese army, insurgents resume fighting in Darfur’s Jebel Marra
On Tuesday, violent clashes broke out between Sudanese government forces and fighters of the Sudan Liberation Movement-Abdel Wahid al-Nur (SLM-AW) in the Central Darfur State, forcing thousands of civilians to flee their villages. A...
A Brief: India’s assessment on Russia’s Counterterrorism Ops and its impact in Syria
If India provides its Air Force prowess in the Syrian conflict, the act will prove a statement—when your friend is in a fight, you enter the fray. The involvement of India in the Syrian...
