Debates Within The Counter-LWE Policy – Analysis
On 14 October, India’s National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval, speaking at the inaugural session of the National Conference of Chiefs
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Author: Dr. Bibhu Prasad Routray
Dr. Bibhu Prasad Routray served as a Deputy Director in the National Security Council Secretariat, Government of India and Director of the Institute for Conflict Management (ICM)’s Database & Documentation Centre, Guwahati, Assam. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the South Asia programme of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore between 2010 and 2012. Routray specialises in decision-making, governance, counter-terrorism, force modernisation, intelligence reforms, foreign policy and dissent articulation issues in South and South East Asia. His writings, based on his projects and extensive field based research in Indian conflict theatres of the Northeastern states and the left-wing extremism affected areas, have appeared in a wide range of academic as well policy journals, websites and magazines.
Articles by Dr. Bibhu Prasad Routray :
India: It’s Still A Stalemate In The LWE Hotbed – Analysis
Weakened insurgencies tend to negotiate. Such decision may be a tactic to buy time, defer defeat, protect their leaders and
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Researching The Unresearched: Left-Wing Extremism And The Future Rules Of Governance – Analysis
In the last week of July 2019, a brother and sister pair, in a representation of the two principal adversaries
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The Afghanistan-India Drug Trail – Analysis
Introduction India’s geographical proximity with the ‘Golden Crescent’- the area comprising Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran, which is infamous for illicit
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Reviving Jagargunda In Chhattisgarh’s Security And Governance Vacuum – Analysis
In June 2019, 13 years after it was demolished by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres using IEDs, a school
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Sri Lanka Terror Strikes: What Next? – Analysis
Under the nose of a state that took peace for granted, members of two lesser-known radical organizations and sons of
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Is ‘Human Rights’ Making A Comeback To Chhattisgarh’s Counter-Naxal Doctrine? – Analysis
Regime changes often are harbingers of major policy shifts. The Congress party which ended the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) 15-year
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Governance Promises And Its Antithesis: A Case Study Of Junglemahal – Analysis
The catchphrase, ‘extremists are anti-development’, is an integral part of the state’s strategic communication strategy in areas affected by Left-wing
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Counter-LWE Security Operations: Season Of Success? – Analysis
On the surface, the months of April and May 2018 appear to have brought about a season of ‘success’ for
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The ‘Al Qaeda’ Stream Of Kashmir Militancy – Analysis
Today, anti-Indian dissent in Kashmir is partly indigenous, partly Pakistan sponsored, and a small part of it is radicalised and
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