CONTENTS

Section-I
Naxal Violence in 2015: A Forecast

·         Continuing Decline

·         Persisting Weaknesses

·         Morale Boosting Assaults

·         Enclaves of Strength

·         Southern Expansion

Section-II
2014: A Review

·         Naxal Might and Ideology

·         The Maoist Expansion

·         Combating Naxal Violence

·         A Strategy for the Government

Dr Bibhu Prasad Routray is an independent security analyst and a Visiting Fellow at the IPCS.
He  writes a column for the IPCS titled Red Affairs. Click here for his column

 This report is an updated and compiled version of his earlier commentaries for his column during 2014