Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
Inequality and government repression in India led to the establishment of the Maoist Naxalite insurgency in the 1960s. Today, the insurgency is weakened, but political parties such as the CPI(M) have taken up their goals. India’s national government remains committed to fighting the insurgency through development programs, but it has yet to retake the “red […]
South Asia has been marred by constant intrastate conflict. Over the past few decades, sustained insurgency movements have proven detrimental to the health of the region and its people. This is the second article in series on the rise, fall, and triumph of South Asian insurgencies in three states in the region: Nepal, Sri Lanka, and […]