🔆 Understanding Key Security Terms

📍 Insurgency
✅ Political in nature, seeks significant change or autonomy
✅ Often involves external support
✅ May include militants, extremists, and non-violent supporters
✅ Example: Maoist insurgency in India, Kurdish insurgency in Iraq

📍 Militancy
✅ Can manifest in various contexts (political, social, religious)
✅ Uses violence to advance agendas, challenge authority, or defend perceived injustices – Not limited to insurgencies
✅ Example: Militant environmental activists, extremist religious groups using violence

📍 Extremism
✅ Uncompromising positions, willing to use any means necessary (including violence)
✅ Advocates for drastic societal or political change
✅ May reject mainstream norms or values
✅ Example: White supremacist groups, religious extremists advocating for theocracy.

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🔆 National Security Advisory Board (NSAB)

📍 Composition & Role
✅ Comprises eminent national security experts from outside the govt.
✅ Includes retired civil & military officials, and experts in security, diplomacy, economy, S&T
✅ Advises the National Security Advisor (Ajit Doval) & NSC on policy matters

📍 Origin & Contributions
✅ Conceptualized by NSA Brajesh Mishra
✅ First NSAB (1998) led by K. Subrahmanyam
✅ Drafted Nuclear Doctrine (2001), Strategic Defence Review (2002), Security Review (2007)

📍 Structure & Tenure
✅ Originally had a 1-year term, changed to 2 years since 2004
✅ Meets monthly or more frequently for policy forecasting

📍 Recent Boards
✅ 2015: Led by Shyam Saran (14 members)
✅ 2018: Chaired by P. S. Raghavan (Ex-Ambassador to Russia)

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