MANTRAYA ANALYSIS#43: 02 MARCH 2020 Military and the Monks: Future of Civil-Military Relations in Myanmar Bibhu Prasad Routray – Abstract There are widely held perceptions that the National League for Democracy (NLD) government led by Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) has not only failed to act against the military perpetrators of crime against the Rohingya minorities, […]
MANTRAYA POLICY BRIEF#32: 12 FEBRUARY 2020 Surging Jihadist Wave in Western Africa: Conflict Spillover Shanthie Mariet D’Souza & Bibhu Prasad Routray Abstract The Sahel region in Western Africa is witnessing a massive surge in terrorist attacks. Three countries- Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso- reported 4000 deaths in 2019 and the trend of staggering casualties in […]
MANTRAYA ANALYSIS#41: 27 JANUARY 2020 India: Left-wing Extremism in 2019: State of Play Bibhu Prasad Routray – Abstract In 2019, the Government of India and state governments affected by Left-wing Extremism (LWE) continued to take steps to deal with what used to be the country’s ‘biggest internal security challenge’. Today, in terms of its capacities […]
MANTRAYA POLICY BRIEF#31: 12 NOVEMBER 2019 Nagaland: Conflict Fragility, Intractability, and Resolution Bibhu Prasad Routray – Abstract More than four years after it signed the framework agreement with the NSCN-IM in 2015, New Delhi appears distant from signing a final peace deal in the restive state of Nagaland. Conducted under the close of watch of […]
MANTRAYA ANALYSIS#40: 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 In the Naxal heartland: A ‘turnaround’ in sight? Bibhu Prasad Routray – Abstract Since 2018 (till August 2019), over 350 cadres of the Communist Party of India (CPI-Maoist) have been killed in various states of India. Rapid cadre depletion and continuous security force operations have dented the group’s ability to […]
MANTRAYA ANALYSIS#39: 20 SEPTEMBER 2019 Peace Making in Afghanistan: Future Pathways Shanthie Mariet D’Souza – Abstract The much-awaited peace deal with the Taliban by the U.S. collapsed before its final approval by President Trump. This was hardly surprising given the roadblocks that existed to such deal making. This calls for the rationale behind the now-derailed peace […]