Redefining Counter-Insurgency in the Chhattisgarh-Telangana Borderlands through Operation Black Forest
Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) has historically posed one of the most persistent and potent challenges to India’s internal security fabric.
Nina Slama is a Guest Lecturer, Teaching Assistant, and Project Manager at Reichman University (IDC Herzliya). She is also an Indo-Israel Affairs Analyst at Usanas Foundation. She holds an M.A. in International Relations from Bar-Ilan University (BIU). Her thesis focuses on ‘’Foreign Policy Turning Points: India’s Israel Policy 1948-2018’’. She also holds a B.A. in Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, and a Certificate in European Studies from Reichman University (IDC Herzliya). Her areas of interest are international relations, India’s politics and foreign policy, India-Israel relations, Israel’s foreign policy, and the European Union. She is fluent in English, French, and Hebrew.
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Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) has historically posed one of the most persistent and potent challenges to India’s internal security fabric.
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