Eurasian Security Matters

Among the several fundamental changes that occurred in Eurasia after the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991 the most prominent has been the security scenario. Traditional assumptions about security have undergone a profound change.There was a paradigm shift in the nature of security widening its scope/parameters to include both traditional and non-traditional threats and challenges. Regional/local conflicts re-surfaced and there was a phenomenal rise of religious extremism and terrorism. The on-going War on Terror in Afghanistan amplifies this.