Counter Insurgency
A Passage Through India?
Given the fragility of ISAF’s southern lines of communication passing through Pakistan, India could consider offering a passage through its territory as a meaningful alternative.
India’s Northeast 2020: Four Alternative Futures
This Occasional Paper focuses on the insurgency problem in the Northeast and give policy recommendations to bring about peace and development in the region.
Whither Pakistan? Growing Instability and Implications for India
IDSA Task Force Report
Publisher: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (2010)
Rs. 299
ISBN 81-86019-70-7
Free E-Book Available
Pakistan has invariably evoked a great deal of interest among India’s strategic affairs community. Because of historical, geographical, economic and cultural linkages, developments in the neighbourhood have important implications for India’s politics, economy and security. The basic argument that flows from the report is that Pakistan is likely to remain unstable because of inherent weaknesses in its political, economic and security policies.
AFSPA: A Soldier’s Perspective
An absence of legal statutes in the insurgency affected areas would adversely affect the utility and efficacy of the security capacity of the state.
Countering the Naxals
The Grid-Guard-Govern strategy would do away with the sequential application of socio-economic solutions by undertaking security-led governance cum development action.
The Maoist Menace: Time for Serious Action
Air presence is a critical factor in counterinsurgency operations as it provides a high level of dominance and control over the situation.
The Hard Lesson of Chintalnar
The hard lesson of Chintalnar is that the police are simply not investing enough in their frontline leadership and training to tackle the situation. Even when attempts have been made to bring in competence, the efforts to acquire required counterinsurgency skills have been marginal.
Anti-Naxal Operations: Employment of Armed Forces
Whereas employing Armed Forces may appear to be an attractive idea to control the naxal menace, the adverse effects of their long term commitment, particularly of the Army, need to be understood.
Tackling Insurgency
Commanders and troops must understand that they are operating in a No Win situation and their overall aim will always remain achievement of a more perfect peace.
