Tripura’s Post-Insurgency Paradox

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Tripura sustained its status as a “zero-insurgency” State through 2025 and into 2026, with no reported insurgency-related fatalities and no active militant violence. The gains achieved through the September 4, 2024, Memorandum

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Manipur: Fragile Transition

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Manipur entered 2026 in a deeply unsettled political and security context, marked by an uneasy transition from a prolonged period of direct central administration under President’s Rule to the restoration of representative

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Autonomy Without a State

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On February 5, 2026, the Government of India (GoI), Government of Nagaland (GoN), and the Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation (ENPO) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) in New Delhi to establish the

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Stable, But Not at Peace

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Sri Lanka entered 2026 with a security environment that remained broadly stable but layered with unresolved structural vulnerabilities rooted in post-war reconciliation failures, persistent diaspora activism, narcotics trafficking, and evolving regional security

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Assam’s Uneasy Calm

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On December 29, 2025, the Assam Police’s Special Task Force (STF) dismantled an Islamist extremist module linked to Imam Mahmuder Kafila (IMK), an offshoot of the Bangladesh-based Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), with

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The Taliban’s Northern Failure

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On December 23, 2025, at least five security personnel, including three Afghan nationals and two Tajikistan Border Guards, were killed in a cross-border armed clash along the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border, highlighting persistent instability

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India: When Autonomy Burns

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On December 23, 2025, two persons were killed and several were injured, including 48 Police personnel, as fresh violence erupted in Assam’s West Karbi Anglong District, marking a serious escalation in a

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Factional War in Manipur

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On December 14, 2025, Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) cadre, Paogaigam Gangmei, was killed in a gunfight with National Socialist Council of Nagaland- Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) militants in an area between Joupi and Khoirok villages,

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Syria as a Zone of Denial

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Three Americans – two service members and a civilian interpreter – were killed on December 13 in Syria in an ambush attack by an Islamic State (IS) group member, according to the

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