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Articles are short 800-850-word commentaries that provide a more analytical view of issues currently in the news.
Kashmir: Protests and the Return of the Fidayeen
Zainab Akhter explores the possible impetus behind the revival of militancy in the Valley

Pakistan's Trespass at LOC: Is 'Kargil Plan 2.0' Underway?
J. Jeganaathan explores the possibility of an ulterior Pakistani strategy behind the recent tensions along the Line of Control (LoC)

Conversions in Zanskar: A Nascent Concern
Zainab Akhter comments on the low castes of Ladakh and how a recent incident of conversion has led to communal tensions

Kashmir: Religious-Extremism on the Rise
Zainab Akhter highlights the bifurcation of societal norms along radical lines in Kashmir

Maulana Showkat Shah: One More Dead; How Many More To Go?
D Suba Chandran questions the apathy surrounding the assassination of a religious leader in J&K

An Attack on Sufism
Radha Vinod Raju discusses the threat posed by Wahabism to Sufism

SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/DISCUSSIONS
Kashmir: A Way Forward
18 March 2004

News
JCO killed, jawan injured; militants flee back
Daily Excelsior, 19 May 2013
Srinagar, May 18: A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) was killed while a soldier was injured as Army today foiled a major infiltration bid by militants in Macchil sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in  North Kashmir’s Kupwara district.Srinagar...

Boy killed in grenade blast
Daily Excelsior, 19 May 2013
JAMMU, May 18: A teen-aged boy was killed while his sister had a narrow escape in a grenade blast at village Kither in Bunjwah area of Kishtwar district this afternoon.Reports said Mohammad Yusuf, 15, son of Noor Mohammad, a resident of village Bakerwal...

Another ‘intrusion plot’ foiled on IB in Jammu
Daily Excelsior, 18 May 2013
JAMMU, May 17: In a rare case of its kind, the Border Security Force (BSF) today recovered four Pakistani SIM cards and two mobile handsets of Nokia and Samsung companies on the International  Border (IB) after thwarting an infiltration attempt...

Powerful IED defused in Kupwara
Rising Kashmir, 15 May 2013
SRINAGAR, May 14: Army claimed to have averted a major tragedy on Tuesday by detecting  and defusing  a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the frontier district of Kupwara in north  Kashmir. Sources said a Road Opening...

Army averts tragedy, defuses IED
Daily Excelsior, 15 May 2013
SRINAGAR, May 14: Army today recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by militants in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district bringing the number of explosive devices recovered on the highway during past two weeks to three.Police sources...

  Suicide Terrorism / Jammu & Kashmir
Issue Briefs, Special Reports, Research Papers
Naxalites' Urban Push: Will They Succeed?
R Venkata Ramani
Issue Brief 138
Terrorism and Armed Violence in India: An Analysis of Events in 2008
Devyani Srivastava
Special Report 71
Major Terrorist Attacks in Jammu & Kashmir (January July 2006): A Profile
Priyashree Andley
Special Report 28
JAMMU & KASHMIR: Suicide & Suicidal Attacks - A Chronology (2004-2005)
Rekha Chakravarthi
Special Report 24
books
Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2011: The Promise and Threat of Transformation
Edited by D. Suba Chandran and P.R. Chari
New Delhi: Routledge India
Book reviews
Raghav Sharma reviews
A Kashmiri Memoir
EVENTS
Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh: Building Peace and Countering Radicalization - Release of the IPCS Workshop Report
9 March 2010 , 1000-1300hrs
Book Discussion - Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2009
7 January 2010 , 1800-2000hrs
 
 

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