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  Non-State Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects — A Book Review Article Ian Rice and Craig Whiteside, London: Routledge, 2026, 167 pp., US $190 (hardcover) Nov 10, 2026 · Chuppala Nagesh Bhushan Rice and Whiteside argue that violent non-state actors (VNSAs) do not only bomb, ambush and terrorise: some of them plan and execute operations built to change the course of a whole campaign, much as state special operations forces do. That claim is the core of Non-State Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects , and it challenges a field that has long treated special operations as the preserve of states. Why the question matters Special operations scholarship has been written almost entirely from the state's point of view: elite units, selection, doctrine, and the strategic value of small teams. Terrorism and insurgency scholarship, for its part, tends to treat attacks as a stream of incidents to be counted and categorised. Between the two sits a set of events that f...

  Three Years On, Kamareddy Promises Remain Unfulfilled – Backward Classes Betrayed T. Chiranjeevulu IAS(Ret), Founder President BCIF(BC Intellectuals Forum) (What happened to the 21 promises made to the BCs? Is this the Congress brand of keeping promises?) On 10 November 2023, the Congress party announced 21 major promises to the Backward Classes (BCs) at Kamareddy. Today, three years have been completed. It made numerous pledges on the upliftment of BCs, economic empowerment, educational development, employment opportunities and political representation. Trusting those promises, the BC community lent its political support to bring the Congress party to power. Ahead of the Telangana Assembly elections, the BC Declaration announced by the Congress party at Kamareddy was released by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Let us take a look at how it has been implemented. I.  Grand Promises – Zero Action Of the 21 promises, only the formation of the Munnuru Kapu Co...