It is with a deep sense of loss the Delhi Policy Group mourns the death of its Trustee, Mr. Gopi K. Arora [1933-2009]. Gopi Arora was a close aide of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi who wielded enormous power and authority in the 1980. He was 76. Arora joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1957.
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Delhi Policy Group is saddened by the news Delhi Policy Group is saddened by the news of the death of Sir Michael Quinlan on 26th February ’09, at the age of 78. He was the leading civilian thinker within the British government on defence policy, particularly nuclear issues, and a strong believer in the value of deterrence. After his retirement from the civil service, he maintained his interest in these issues and developed his reputation as a commentator. He worked closely with the International Institute of Strategic Studies, London. He was admired in India and abroad for the quality of his analysis expressed in a unique style. His last publication, Thinking About Nuclear Weapons: Principles, Problems, Prospects (2009), will remain relevant to policymakers.
---------------------------------------- When The Worm Turns The government has finally put security reforms on a fast track. They have announced a Bill to set up a National Investigating Agency, a new coastal command, amending the CISF Act to protect private facilities and a slew of other measures. How far will these help to prevent the security lapses Mumbai made so painfully clear?
---------------------------------------- Say never again to terror Mumbai has been the target of terrorism since the Dawood Ibrahim financed attacks of 1993, which killed over 250. The next attack was in 2003 when 50 people died; then in 2006 a string of bombings in local trains killed 200. And now these attacks,which has turned south Mumbai into a place of horror.
---------------------------------------- Plug The Security Holes The government has finally put security reforms on a fast track. They have announced a Bill to set up a National Investigating Agency, a new coastal command, amending the CISF Act to protect private facilities and a slew of other measures. How far will these help to prevent the security lapses Mumbai made so painfully
---------------------------------------- The Economic Times -Terror attacks: Only a security failure? Let me begin with the question. Terrorist attacks — which is what the bomb blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad were — are obviously not the result of security failures alone. There is a political context, which has unfortunately a plethora of roots, from familial problems to religious and communal grievances, to the global “war on terrorism”.
