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  • Red Affairs
    Militancy in J&K: An Annual Review
    Bibhu Prasad Routray.    ·   26 Jan, 2024    ·    #5867    ·    Commentary    
    On 15 January 2024, the Indian army chief said that militancy in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) was under control. Before that, the home minister indicated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre had been successful in c ...
  • Red Affairs
    The Permanence of Chaos in Kashmir
    Bibhu Prasad Routray.    ·   30 Sep, 2023    ·    #5860    ·    Commentary    
    Official claims about the security situation in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), especially since the August 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, portray a vastly improved scenario. The Minister of State for Home Affairs Ni ...
  • Women and the Kashmir Conflict
    Zoya Raj Singh.    ·   24 Sep, 2021    ·    #5786    ·    Commentary    
    The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) conflict witnessed an evolutionary turn with the onset of militancy in the region from the late 1980s onwards. The women of J&K took on multitudinous roles as the conflict progressed. These roles often varied fr ...
  • COVID-19 and the Insurgency in Kashmir
    Mohammed Sinan Siyech.    ·   13 May, 2020    ·    #5688    ·    Commentary    
    The COVID-19 pandemic has had a multi-dimensional impact across the world, including in conflict theatres. This commentary explores strategies that terror outfits might employ vis-à-vis the insurgency in Kashmir.Infiltration AttemptsThe most imme ...
  • Rehabilitating Surrendered Militants in J&K: Lessons from Past Experiences
    Shivangi Seth.    ·   09 Mar, 2020    ·    #5657    ·    Commentary    
    In 2018, New Delhi directed the then Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Governor, Satya Pal Malik, to formulate a new surrender and rehabilitation policy for ex-militants to J&K, a draft of which was floated in 2019. Post the state’s reorganisatio ...
  • Kashmiri Pandits and J&K Reorganisation
    Shivangi Seth.    ·   22 Jan, 2020    ·    #5645    ·    Commentary    
    In early 2019, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi remarked about the injustice of the 1990 Kashmiri Pandit (KP) exodus and reiterated his commitment towards facilitating their dignified return to Kashmir. After Article 370 was abrogated in lat ...
  • Women’s Rights and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019
    Akanksha Khullar.    ·   24 Dec, 2019    ·    #5639    ·    Commentary    
    Since August 2019, several explanations have been provided to justify the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. Among these is a claim that this decision facilitates equal rights for women domiciled in the now erstwhile state of Jammu and Ka ...
  • IPCS Discussion
    Jammu and Kashmir Today
    Discussion Report.    ·   17 Sep, 2019    ·    #5621    ·    Commentary    
    On 21 August 2019, IPCS hosted Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain, Member, IPCS Governing Council, and former GOC, 15 Corps, Srinagar, for a talk entitled Jammu and Kashmir Today. This is a summary of the proceedings. In light of BJP’s recent de ...
  • Kashmir: Incorporating CEDAW into AFSPA
    Anam Mumtaz.    ·   14 Jul, 2019    ·    #5599    ·    Commentary    
    The imposition of the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir in 1990 appears to have resulted in a drop in crimes against women. However, in any conflict-affected society, women tend to be much more vulnerable, and Kashmir i ...
  • IPCS Book Discussion
    In Their Own Words: Understanding Lashkar-e-Tayyaba
    Discussion Report.    ·   31 Mar, 2019    ·    #5575    ·    Commentary    
    On 13 February 2019, IPCS hosted Dr C Christine Fair, Associate Professor with Security Studies Programme at Georgetown's University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, for a discussion on her book, In Their Own Words: Understanding Lashk ...
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