Dr Raj Kumar Sharma writes: The IS attacks outside Iraq and Syria help in keeping their ideology alive and also brush aside prospects of IS weakness.
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Is China’s Obstructionism to Indian Entry to NSG a Strategic Miscalculation?
Shashi Asthana Writes: While China may feel that these actions of showing support to all weather friend Pakistan and appeasing the terrorist groups there, are in their strategic interest, but there is a considerable strategic cost attached with these decisions.
Has the Post-Jihadist Era Begun?
Dr Adil Rasheed writes: It might come as a surprise to many readers, but there have been several instances of jihadist disengagement from violence for several decades and many extremist Islamist groups have given up their campaign of violence for good.
South East Asia another Home for Terrorist Groups?
Anumeha Singh Writes: Reportedly, huge number of local inhabitants around 1000 people from the South East Asian nations like Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, have left their country to join terrorist groups like ISIS/ISIL
The American ‘Left of Launch’ Defense Strategy
Dr. Roshan Writes: One of the reason for developing this can be that the Americans are contemplating developing ‘Full Spectrum Response’, which is going to include a full new approach to the BMD’ specially incorporating ‘Left of Launch’ and non-kinetic warfare as they will be more cost-effective.
Journey Behind Development of SSBN
News reports indicate that India has test fired a missile from its SSBN, Arihant. With such a news as backdrop, MH Rajesh ruminates how an SSBN came into being as a combination of some core technologies at the end of the World War.