Articles

Radical Islam in the Maldives: Hotbed for al-Qa’ida and Islamic State

Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Article

In his address at the Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) in Male city, the Republic of Maldives (hereafter Maldives) on 04 September 2019¹, former Maldivian President—Mohamed Nasheed highlighted concerns over the emerging threat posed by radi....

October 16, 2019 Radical Islam in Maldives , Radicalisation , al-Qa’ida , al-Qaeda , Islamic State , ISIS , ISIL , India-Maldives Counter-Terrorism cooperation , Article , Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives

Mosul Recaptured: Is This the End of Daesh?

Ramanand Garge

Iraqi Prime Minister Announces the Fall of Mosul July 10, 2017 is rightly being acknowledged as a historic day in the fight against dreaded phenomenon of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) brand of terrorism. The Iraqi Pri....

August 09, 2017 Iraq , Mosul , Daesh , ISIS , Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism

दक्षिण फिलीपींस में दाएश के खिलाफ संयुक्त सैन्य अभियान

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

प्रासंगिक मुद्दे राजनीतिक और सैन्य मकसद पूरे करने के लिए आतंकवाद को युगों से हथियार बन�....

July 27, 2017 दाएश , फिलीपींस , आतंकवाद , Joint Military Operations , Daesh in Southern Philippines , Islamic State of Iraq and Syria , ISIS , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism

Marawi: Crisis in the Philippines and the need for ASEAN-India Counter-Terror Cooperation

Varun Nambiar

The rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and its myriad franchisees around the world as a trans-national phenomenon that threatens global peace, security and stability has been a popular topic for research and discussion since 2014. Unf....

July 05, 2017 Abu Sayyaf and Maute group , Marawi , ISIS , combating terrorism , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Attacks in the United Kingdom and the Wider Implications

Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

The string of recent attacks in the United Kingdom (UK), in less than three months, has once again brought to the fore the vulnerability, not only of the UK, but of the international community at large, arising from the activities of rabid terrorist ....

June 28, 2017 United Kingdom , Daesh , ISIS , Manchester , Terrorism , International Relations and Diplomacy

The Perils of the United States Strategy in Syria

Abhilash Prasann

In March, at least four hundred United States (US) troops were deployed to Syria without congressional approval.ⁱ The stated US objective is to join the offensive against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Raqqa. There are unofficia....

May 09, 2017 Syria , ISIS , US , United States Strategy in Syria , post ISIS , Central Intelligence Agency , Obama , Vietnam , Iraq and Afghanistan , International Relations and Diplomacy

War Against Daesh (ISIS) – An Assessment of Mosul Campaign

Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

After having crushed the concept of the Caliphate little over 90 years ago by Kemal Ataturk, the first president of the modern-day Turkey, a renewed effort was made by a newly-founded Sunni militant group, which, today, is known by the name Islamic S....

November 13, 2016 Daesh , Mosul , IS , Al Baghdadi , Peshmerga , Mosul Campaign , ISIS , Alvite Singh , Kemal Ataturk , Iraq , International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

From Terrorism to Terror: Worrisome Developments for the International Community

Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

Ever since the territories under the captivity of the terrorist organisation—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)—began to be recaptured, several analyses have been made predicting the outfit’s doomsday. The rapidly depleting financial source....

October 07, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria , Terrorism , ISIS , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism

Rising presence of Daesh in India

Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

Until very recently in India, there have been several interpretations of threat perceptions of Daesh or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). This was primarily because few Indian Muslims joined the outfit in Syria or Iraq and there has been, s....

August 01, 2016 Daesh in India , ISIS , Islamic Radicalisation , Islamic State of Iraq and Syria , Terrorism

Terror Strikes Dhaka

C D Sahay, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

"This was waiting to happen"- this is how the initial reaction of shock and disbelief expressed itself. A stunned Bangladesh that has always believed in and practiced moderate and tolerant Islam, just could not come to terms with the dastardly act of....

July 04, 2016 Bangladesh , Terror - Dhaka , ISIS , radicalization , Terrorism , Neighbourhood Studies