The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is India’s powerful neighbor since the first year of 1950’s. Before that, without prejudice to the issue of its status of sovereignty or Chinese suzerainty, Tibet had de facto fulfilled the role. That fact of past unfamiliarity with Chinese way of politico-diplomatic expressions, aided by China’s unilaterally adopted adversarial posture towards India, makes it imperative for India’s strategic community to study China’s moves very carefully, and draw conclusions for the purpose of managing the strained relationship. This book is a compilation of such observations, analyses and inferences.

Terrorism did not begin with 26/11 or even 9/11. However, the massive investments made by different countries for its eradication seem to have yielded only sub-optimal results. From Paris to Pathankot, acts of terror continue to cause havoc throughout the world. Diverse groups like the Boko Haram compete with those like the Lashkar-e-Taiba in causing mayhem. The rise of the Islamic State presents a unique case of a proto-state established and run by a terrorist organisation, which combines public brutality with revenue-generating activities to emerge as the face of global terror today.

Terrorism Today: Aspects, Challenges and Responses is the outcome of an international Counter-Terrorism Conference convened by the India Foundation at Jaipur in March 2015. It brings together a wide variety of scholars, practitioners, analysts and policymakers to help in a better understanding of the phenomenon of terrorism and the way forward.