A National Strategy –– involving governance, development, empowerment and security –– is the basic prerequisite for resolving the challenge posed by Naxalism/Left Wing Extremism in the country, Lt Gen VK Ahluwalia (Retd) said, on June 5, 2014, while delivering a talk at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) on the theme, “Future of the Naxalite Movement”. Author of a recently published book entitled ‘Red Revolution 2020 and beyond: Strategic Challenges to Resolve Naxalism’, he is presently Member, Armed Forces Tribunal, Jaipur Bench.