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The current phase of militancy in Kashmir has a very strong ideological basis. It is completely different from what it was in the early 1990s. Islamist theology originating from Wahabism and Maududism provides the requisite ideological input to the c....

July 12, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Kashmir militancy , Kashmiri radicalization , money and propaganda in radicalization

Al Qaida Affiliate AGuH Leader Zakir Musa Killed in J&K - What Lies Ahead?

Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

On 23 May 2019, while all the prime time news channels in India were intensely pre-occupied with news and analysis of the Parliamentary Election 2019, a few of them found time and space to flash a piece of a very significant security related news fro....

June 17, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , End of terrorist Musa , Islamist terror in Kashmir , Radicalisation in Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir Security Review 2018 -What lies ahead?

… continuing Pakistani support to the militants groups, terrorism in the Kashmir Valley is unlikely vanish anytime soon … however the support system to anti-India activities in the Valley is being continuously degraded … welfare and development....

April 15, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism in Kashmir , Pakistan’s terror war , India’s counter-terrorism

Talk on 'Jammu & Kashmir: The Big Picture', by Lt General Syed Ata Hasnain

Lt General Syed Ata Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar), former General Officer Commanding of Srinagar based 15 Corps and former Military Secretary was invited to disseminate his knowledge on Jammu and Kashmir in the March edition of the V....

April 02, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , China , Indian Army , J&K , Line of Control , Jamaat-e-Islaami , Ladakh Range , Operation All-Out

जम्मू-कश्मीर के लिए 2019 में ठोस राष्ट्रीय नीति जरूरी

Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

यह लेख भावी तस्वीर के बारे में कुछ अनुमानों से शुरू होगा। पहला, निकट भविष्य में जम्मू-कश्मीर पर �....

March 15, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , जम्मू-कश्मीर , राजनीतिक इच्छाशक्ति`

Militancy in Kashmir - A Study

Abhinav Pandya

.. An alternate narrative needs to be created in universities and colleges of J&K to counter lies peddled by cross-border actors. Think-tanks, research forums, youth forums or inter-faith dialogue bodies and cultural interaction clubs can be created ....

March 14, 2019 Terrorism , Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Kashmir militancy , radicalization of Kashmiri youth , Kashmiri separatism

कश्मीर में टकराव की स्थिति टालने के लिए शांति का विचार समझना जरूरी

Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.) Article

कश्मीर में शांति का विरोधाभास

जर्मनी के चांसलर विली ब्रांट ने कहा था, “शांति ही सब कुछ नहीं....

March 13, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , कश्मीर आतंकवाद , कश्मीर शांति समाधान

Suicide Attack in Kashmir - Rejuvenation amongst Terrorist Organisations of the World Post-Legitimising the Taliban

Col Shubhankar Basu, SM, VSM Commentary

The suicide bombing attack on the CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir on 14 Feb 19 is possibly one of the worst terrorist attacks in the country in recent times. The casualty figures being quoted by various news channels and newspapers vary from 39 to 4....

February 15, 2019 Terrorism , Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , US withdrawal from Afghanistan , of Taliban , Terror attack in Kashmir

Review of Governor’s Rule in J&K and the Way Forward

Abhinav Pandya Article

After the break-up of the tumultuous political alliance between the PDP-BJP (19th June 2018), Governor’s Rule was imposed in the State for the eight’s time on June 20, 2018. Once again, it seemed that the history has destined to write-off any pos....

January 23, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article

A Cogent National Strategy is Needed for J&K in 2019

Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

This article commences with a couple of presumptions about future scenarios. First, that in the predictable future there is likely to be no workable agreement with Pakistan on J&K and the issue is likely to continue with status quo. Pakistan will pla....

January 09, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Kashmir in 2019 , Political engagement in Kashmir