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'''Ajai Sahni''' is an author on [[counter-terrorism]], and serves as the Executive Director of the Institute for Conflict Management in [[New Delhi]], which maintains the ''South Asia Terrorism Portal'', a [[website]] focusing on [[terrorism]] in [[South Asia]].<ref name =SATP>{{cite web|url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/icm/Profiles.htm#researcher |title=South Asian Terrorism Portal - profiles |publisher=Satp.org |date=2001-01-13 |accessdate=2010-02-17| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100218032729/http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/icm/Profiles.htm| archivedate= 18 February 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
Sahni earned his PhD at the [[University of Delhi]], where his dissertation was titled ''Democracy, Dissent & the Right to Information''.<ref name =SATP/><br />
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In 2006, Ajai Sahni submitted written evidence to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|UK House of Commons]], [[Select committee (United Kingdom)|Select Committee]] on [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office|Foreign Affairs]] regarding [[Islamic terrorism]] in South Asia which is available on the House of Commons' website.<ref>[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmfaff/55/55we16.htm THE CORE OF ISLAMIST TERROR], [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]], 2006-10-29</ref><br />
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In February 2009, [[Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne]], included Sahni in a panel of leading experts debating how to combat global terrorism with UK Parliamentarians.<ref>[http://emmanicholson.info/european-parliament/leading-experts-debate-combating-global-terrorism-with-uk-parliamentarians.html Leading experts debate combating global terrorism with UK Parliamentarians] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410021834/http://emmanicholson.info/european-parliament/leading-experts-debate-combating-global-terrorism-with-uk-parliamentarians.html |date=10 April 2009 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.iiss.org/whats-new/iiss-in-the-press/february-2009/mumbai-could-have-been-a-small-incident-anti-terror-expert/ Mumbai could have been a small incident: anti-terror expert], [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]]</ref><br />
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Sahni also edits 'South Asia Intelligence Review' and 'Faultlines'.<ref name =SATP/><br />
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== Political position ==<br />
After the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]], Sahni criticized the [[India]]n [[Government of India|government]]. Madhur Singh, writing in [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']], quoted Sahni "We have such an incoherent and incapable leadership, and across all [[political parties]]. While [[Prime Minister]] [[Manmohan Singh]] seems to understand the scale of the challenge, he doesn't seem to carry the weight with his own [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]] colleagues. And the irrational [[opposition (parliamentary)|opposition]] has been blocking all forward-looking steps, irrespective of national interest."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081212012937/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1865554,00.html Botched Mumbai Arrest Highlights India's Intel Failures], ''Time'', 2008-12-10</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.satp.org/ South Asia Terrorism Portal]<br />
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