Removing a Thorn With A Thorn: Evaluating India's Use of Militias in Counterinsurgency

Despite being a popular tool for counterinsurgency, the literature on pro-government militias remain divided. One strand focuses on the security benefits that the militias bring, while the other argues that they generate a political backlash. Using India's counterinsurgency campaigns in Kashmir and Chhattisgarh, I test a wide variety of hypotheses generated from the literature.

Author

• Prasad, Hari

Language

• en

Keyword

• Salwa Judum
• Counterinsurgency
• Kashmir
• Chhattisgarh
• India
• Militias

Date created

• 2017

Type of Work

• Master's Thesis

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• International Studies

Degree

• M.A.

Advisor

• Downes, Alexander

Committee Member(s)

• Hughes, Paul

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/etd/9g54xh65x