Deconstructing terrorism Why do we understand and deconstruct terrorism? Because the issue is concerned with the very existence or survival of the human race as the continuing gory violence or such brutal acts particularly in the present age of nuclear weapons, cyber warfare and bio-weapons may create a situation where no one can survive. Why is this change in the present times? This needs to be carefully understood by uncovering or penetrating into the inner core of the terrorism. In fact, terrorism is a kind of large-scale organised violence aimed at challenging the very might of the state but that does not explain its real meaning because terrorism is not an ordinary crime. As such terrorism continues to evolve as an agenda of brutal cruelty or savagery targeting its distant goals rather than immediate victims leading to wider repercussions in the world. Indeed terrorism is an exceptionally complex matter that human beings continue to encounter. The danger is that wi...
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India–UK counter-terrorism cooperation: convergences and challenges Cooperation on counter-terrorism is an important, but little-known, aspect of the India-UK security relationship . This was formally institutionalised in 2002 with the establishment of their foreign ministry-led Joint Working Group (JWG) on Terrorism. Continued and more sustained cooperation on counterterrorism will remain key to a meaningful bilateral strategic partnership. Both countries have a strong shared interest in preventing terror attacks on their mainland, having suffered such attacks in the recent past. The deadliest single terror act on British soil took place in London on 7 July 2005; one of the most devastating terror attacks in India took place in Mumbai on 26-28 November 2008. With the Indian government now perceiving terrorism as the single biggest threat to peace, security and development, counter-terrorism has emerged as one of Indian Prime Minister Modi’s top priorities f...
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Terrorism in India is Not Just an Internal Threat The car bombs that last month killed 52 people and wounded more than 150 in Mumbai are the latest and deadliest manifestation of a widening Islamic terrorist campaign in India. The campaign may signal an important new center of terrorist activity and needs to be closely watched by governments around the world. The disputed territory of Kashmir has historically been the focus of Muslim terrorist attacks in India. But in the past two years some terrorist groups appear to have shifted their focus to India's urban centers. Kashmiri groups have, for example, attacked India's parliament building and US information center in Calcutta. At the same time, whereas most of the past terrorist activity could be traced to Pakistan, India is now seeing the rise of indigenous Muslim terrorist groups. Perhaps most ominously, some of the terrorists operating in Kashmir and in Indian cities are adopting the tactics and philosophies of ...