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Kashmiris Long for Vikas not Azadi and Youth Need Counselling

Every Indian longs to see Kantian peace in Kashmir as much as every Kashmiri does. The Valley has been on the boil for the past 30 years. The essence of the strife has now taken a vicious turn from self-determination to a religious struggle. Protract....

June 11, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Kashmiri youth , Kashmir peace measures

A Social and Psychological Approach to Conflict Management in Jammu and Kashmir

Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.)

People of the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) region practiced Hinduism, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism at the time when Islam entered the Kashmir Valley. One aspect that remained constant in Kashmir was that in spite of the arrival of foreign Sufi Saints such ....

April 17, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Counter-terrorism , Kashmir , technology

J&K Security Review-2017: State of Conflict Continues

C D Sahay

The Security Situation While recovering from a sense of acute betrayal in 2016 (Pathankot and Uri attacks) by Pakistan, to the various positive overtures and initiatives taken by the NDA government, there still was a faint ray of ....

February 26, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , J&K situation , terror incidents , Kashmir policy

Stone Pelting: Is it an Expression of Anger or a Strategy?

Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.)

No state can survive if it overlooks the collective act of violence by its subjects. It is not only unlawful but a revolt against the constitutionally elected government. Allowing people to take law in their own hands is undermining the authority of ....

February 23, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies

Commentary: Exhibition - India at 70 and the Jammu & Kashmir Saga

Ramanand Garge Commentary

On the occasion of 70 years of Jammu & Kashmir’s accession to India, an interactive digital exhibition was organised by the National Archives of India from January 11, 2018. The exhibition has been organised at the National Archives of India, Janpa....

February 07, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , Commentary

गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान में हालिया विरोध क्यों

Prateek Joshi

गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान काउंसिल, इस्लामाबाद द्वारा आयकर (अनुकूलन) कानून, 2012 के तहत प्रत्यक्ष कर लागू ....

February 06, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान विरोध प्रदर्शन , गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान आंदोलन

Commentary: Understanding the Recent Protests in Gilgit-Baltistan

Prateek Joshi Commentary

A wave of strong protests swept across Gilgit-Baltistan recently, after the Gilgit-Baltistan Council, Islamabad, announced the imposition of direct taxes under the Income Tax (Adaption) Act, 2012. The protests were jointly led by Anjuman-e-Tajiran (w....

January 15, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , India , Pakistan , China , Gilgit-Baltistan protests , Indian policy , Jammu & Kashmir , Shrinagar , Army , Protests

कश्मीर – सामने आया नया मौका

C D Sahay

केंद्रीय गृह मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने एक बड़ा कदम उठाते हुए 23 अक्टूबर, 2017 को ऐलान किया कि भारत सरकार न�....

December 05, 2017 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , India , Pakistan , Kashmir , कश्मीर राजनीतिक प्रक्रिया , केंद्र सरकार प्रतिनिधि , POK

जम्मू कश्मीर: विशेष प्रतिनिधि के लिए आसान नहीं होगी राह

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

खुफिया ब्यूरो के पूर्व निदेशक श्री दिनेश्वर शर्मा को सरकार ने कश्मीर के लोगों की “जायज इच्छाओं....

November 24, 2017 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , India , Rajnath Singh , Kashmir , POK , जम्मू कश्मीर , Jammu , Pakistn , Indian Army

Key to Conflict Management in Kashmir is People, Politics and Perception

Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.)

Violence is a type of backwardness and it is enormously powerful tool to coerce the communally fractured population to revolt against the state. But sustaining the uprising would need psychological mentoring and shaping of the perception of the peopl....

November 06, 2017 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , India , Pakistan , Kashmir , Jammu , Pakistan strategies , hybrid war , Kashmiri culture , 360