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The Future of Security: The Lanka Blasts

7th June 2019 | Synergia Forum : 57

The Future of Security: The Lanka Blasts
Pratap Heblikar
Director, Asia Dialogue Society, Singapore, and Former Special Secretary, Government of India
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Though the suicide bombers from the Easter Sunday Attacks in Sri Lanka were of Sri Lankan origin, the scale of operation and sophistication of the attacks suggests foreign assistance. 

Pratap Heblikar, Former Special Secretary, Government of India unwraps the national security implications for India at the 57th SynergiaForum.

Key Questions?

  • What are the possible motives behind the attacks?
  • Were the blasts an act of retaliation to the Christchurch mosque attacks?
  • Could the deficit of trust among the different communities in the country have set the trigger for these attacks?
  • Why was Sri Lanka targeted?
  • How were the attacks carried out?
  • How do we tackle terrorism and insurgency?