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Ajai Sahni

Ajai Sahni

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  • Been There, Not Done That...

    Twin blasts. 44 dead. 54 injured. After the familiar media-storm and the incident-led patterns of response and analysis, it is high time we addressed the tremendous capacity deficits that afflict every aspect of security and intelligence management

    BY Ajai Sahni 24 September 2021

    Been There, Not Done That...
  • The Hatred Comes Home

    The attack in Peshawar is an index and manifestation of the wider radicalisation and brutalisation of large segments of the Pakistani population and society.

    BY Ajai Sahni 22 December 2014

    The Hatred Comes Home
  • Mindless Adventurism

    It remains unclear what strategic purpose the apparently massive use of firepower has served, or what material damage it has inflicted on military or vital infrastructure.

    BY Ajai Sahni 12 October 2014

    Mindless Adventurism
  • Storms In Media Teacups

    Eminent Indian experts were particularly agitated by the fact that the Zawahiri's declaration specifically mentions three Indian States, Jammu & Kashmir, Gujarat and Assam, and that these would 'now become immediate targets'

    BY Ajai Sahni 8 September 2014

    Storms In Media Teacups
  • The Burden Of Expectations

    The Modi government has hit the ground running and provided significant indicators of its approach to the principal internal security challenges. Will it be up to the task?

    BY Ajai Sahni 1 July 2014

    The Burden Of Expectations
  • Ever Unready

    Despite recent claims of arrests of terrorists, India's internal security apparatus continues to suffer extreme susceptibility under the control of an ignorant, deeply compromised and corrupt political executive.

    BY Ajai Sahni 30 March 2014

    Ever Unready
  • Programmed To Fail

    The country has been fortunate that the attention of its adversaries has, for some time, been turned elsewhere. But India cannot think itself secure if her only defence remains a reliance on the inattention of her enemies.

    BY Ajai Sahni 25 November 2013

    Programmed To Fail
  • Culpable Neglect

    Rarely has precedent intelligence been as specific as it was in the case of the threat to Bodh Gaya.

    BY Ajai Sahni 7 July 2013

    Culpable Neglect
  • An Idiot's Argument

    ' After 9/11, the US created its NCTC and, since, had no further terrorist attacks on its soil; ergo, we must have the NCTC, and there will be no further terrorist attacks in India as well.'

    BY Ajai Sahni 2 June 2013

    An Idiot's Argument
  • The Wages Of Self-Deception

    This was a disaster waiting to happen. Deliberate and sustained falsification of realities led to the complacency that resulted in the Maoist massacre of May 25

    BY Ajai Sahni 26 May 2013

      The Wages Of Self-Deception

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