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Advantage People’s War Group
PV Ramana cautions that meticulous planning by the PWG prior to their attacks is placing the security forces at a disadvantage

Child combatants in the People's War Group
PV Ramana provides a backgrounder on child combatants in the PWG

Jharkhand: Anti-Naxal Strategy and Use of POTA
Sanjay K Jha points out that an effective counter-Naxal strategy should encompass efficient law enforcement coupled with effective governance

MCC and Maoists: Expanding Naxal Violence in Bihar
Sanjay K Jha cautions that increased naxal activity in Bihar fits into the left extremist strategy of forming a Compact Revolutionary Zone in the region

Nepal: Give Peace a Chance
Praveen Kumar assesses the stakes involved for the three main actors of Nepal’s political drama in making the on-going peace process successful

‘Copy cat’ PWG and the al Qaeda cell model
PV Ramana reports the formation of Permanent Action Teams in the PWG and analyzes its implications

Bihar’s Search for Legitimacy: Shunning the Senas
Aisha Sultanat evaluates how the arrest of the feared Ranbir Sena leader is a relief for the police

Maoist insurgency in Nepal
Report of the IPCS seminar held on 9 August 2002

September 11 and Nepal’s War Against Maoist Insurgency
Dr PV Ramana throws light upon how Nepal used 9/11 to fight its war against Maoist insurgency

Marching CCOMPOSA, Limping SAARC
PV Ramana throws light upon how Maoist insurgency in Nepal is being fought n Belgium

Cross-country left-wing extremist network is real
PV Ramana traces the ties between the Maoists in Nepal and the left-wing extremists in India and elsewhere and speculates on possible implications for India

Unified response can defeat PWG ‘paper tigers’
PV Ramana calls for coordinated and concerted state action to check left extremism in the country

Negotiate with caution with PWG Naxalites
PV Ramana cautions the Andhra Pradesh governments which is engaged in negotiations with the People’s War Group

Counter-Insurgency Operations in Nepal
Brig Khanduri argues that Nepal needs greater support and coordination to liquidate the Maoist insurgency

Maoist Insurgency and Indo-Nepal Border Relations
Kanchan L addresses the issue of complex network of Maoist groups and its implications on the Indo-Nepal relations

Himalayan Trouble for the Himalayan Kingdom
Dr PV Ramana points out that bad politics and inaction have contributed to the growth of the Maoist insurgency

Security threat assessment of Naxalites in India
Mallika Joseph dismisses the newly formed Coordination Committee of the Maoist Parties and Organizations of South Asia (CCOMPOSA) as just another chat forum hardly capable of posing a serious threat to India

Naxalite Violence and Internal Security
Wg. Cdr. NK Pant concludes that the objective of the naxalites is to capture power through armed struggle

Nepal after the Regicide: Maoist Threat Increases
Chandra B Khanduri perceives Maoist insurgency as the biggest emerging threat and pleads for a political solution to overcome it

Nepal under Maoist Threat
Brig Chandra B Khanduri comments on the rise of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal

LTTE and Tamil Nadu: A Nexus
Sabil Francis enumerates the reasons behind the links between the LTTE and the Tamil nationalist groups in Tamil Nadu

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Issue Briefs, Special Reports, Research Papers
Banning the Naxalites: What Next?
Rajat Kumar Kujur
Issue Brief 109

Failure or Functional Anarchy?: Understanding Weak/Failing States in South Asia
D Suba Chandran
Issue Brief 100

Naxal Conflict in 2008: An Assessment

Issue Brief 93

Countering the Naxalites: Deploying the Armed Forces
PR Chari
Special Reports 89

Terrorism and Armed Violence in India: An Analysis of Events in 2008
Devyani Srivastava
Special Reports 71

Naxalite Movements of India: A Profile
Rajat Kumar Kujur
Research Paper 15

The Naxal Problem: Understanding the Issues, Challenges and Alternative Approaches
Aryaman Bhatnagar , Annapoorna Karthika , Anureet Rai , Amruta Karambelkar , Sanghita Datta and Medha Chaturvedi
Conference Reports 38
 
 
 

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