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ISIS and Radicalization in the Central Asian Republics
Navroz Singh

The pristine Hanafi school of Islam that prevails in the Central Asia is under severe threat of being displaced by a highly intolerant and violent version of Islam adopted by the likes of the IS. Increasingly marked by poverty and radicalization, the....

October 28, 2016 Terrorism , Central Asia , Islam , radicalization , ISIS , Radicalization of Women
From Terrorism to Terror: Worrisome Developments for the International Community
Dr 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 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism , ISIS , Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Rising presence of Daesh in India
Dr 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 Terrorism , ISIS , Islamic State of Iraq and Syria , Islamic Radicalisation , Daesh in India
Terror Strikes Dhaka
C D Sahay

"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 Terrorism , Neighbourhood Studies , radicalization , ISIS , Bangladesh , Terror - Dhaka
The Crises within Daesh
Dr Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

In less than a year, the Daesh as come a long way from being considered as the world’s wealthiest terror organisation in 2014, to struggling to finance its operations in 2016. In mid-2015, Daesh’s overall monthly revenue in the territories under ....

May 11, 2016 Terrorism , Daesh , ISIS , Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Losing Territories, the new challenge for Daesh
Dr Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

For an outfit like the Islamic State or Daesh, which swears by its ambition to establish a global Caliphate, loss of territory is definitely a setback. A US-based information agency estimated that between 1 January and 14 December 2015, Daesh’s ....

April 13, 2016 Terrorism , Daesh , ISIS , Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Syria: The Russians are leaving, or are they?
Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Russian President Putin’s decision to pull out his military resources from Syria has been received with much skepticism and analysts are pulling out all the stops to examine the decision from every angle. Till late the Russian Air Force was using i....

April 02, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Islamic State , Daesh , ISIS , Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Daesh in Iraq: A Concern for Iran
Dr Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

Living with challenges has become a norm for the Islamic Republic of Iran. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, it witnessed some mega problems, including eight-year war with Iraq, controversial nuclear programme, international sanctions, etc. Curre....

March 30, 2016 Terrorism , Iran , Islamic State , Daesh , ISIS , Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Libya: An Emerging Model for the Islamic State
Dr Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

Introduction Instability created by terror-related activities is not a new phenomenon in the Maghreb region or Northwest Africa. Looking at the present scenario in this region, there are no signs of improvement, particularly on security sph....

March 05, 2016 Terrorism , Islamic State , Daesh , ISIS , Islamic State of Iraq and Syria , Libya
Detailed Report of the Seminar on Countering Online Radicalization and Recruitment

1. A joint workshop organized by the VIF in collaboration with the University of Maryland, US Embassy New Delhi and Facebook was organized from 17 to 18 November 2015 at the VIF premises. A number of eminent international experts and scholars besides....

December 30, 2015 Conference , National Security and Strategic Studies , Conferences , World war , radicalization , ISIS , Radical Islam , ISIL , Social Media , Recruitment to Violence , Civil Society , Daesh modus
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