Author: Lt Gen Dalip Bhardwaj PVSM, VSM (Retd)
Maoist / Naxalite movement started in 1967 by Charu Majumdar who staged an uprising in Naxalbari, West Bengal, against the seizure of peasants land by local landlords. The movement spread to the neighbouring states of Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Assam after 1977. The base was drawn from the tribal and rural poor fighting for equitable rights and land reforms.

Author: Maj Gen Dipankar Banerjee AVSM (Retd)
Concerned as we are with the present, today’s geopolitical reality cannot be undone and not many would wish to see it altered. Even our limited attempts at South Asian cooperation have floundered in the face of constant disharmony and distrust.

Author: Dr Vijay Sakhuja
Issues relating to the expansion of the trilateral initiative to include other smaller Indian Ocean littoral countries were also discussed at the National Security Advisor (NSA) level trilateral meetings.

Author: Lt Col Rajiv Ghosh SM (Retd)
The threat to India is from the potential dominance of Myanmar by another power. This can happen when Myanmar paves that way for dominance. China happens to be among the top five exporters of arms in the world and transfers approximately 8 per cent of its total exports to Myanmar. Does Bangladesh need to be worried about external threat and aggression? If yes, then from whom or from which country?  So does Bangladesh really have to partake 7 per cent of arms export from China?