Dr Adil Rasheed is Research Fellow (Selection Scale) and Coordinator of the Counter Terrorism Centre at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Strategic Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA).
Dr. Rasheed joined MP-IDSA in August 2016. Earlier, he was Senior Research Fellow at the United Services Institution of India (USI). He was also Researcher at the UAE’s premier think tank The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) for eight years (2006-14). An Op-Ed editor in Dubai-based English daily Khaleej Times (200-05) and in Abu Dhabi-based Emirates News (1997-2000), he has interviewed many international leaders such as Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, former Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamed, former US Secretary of State Leon Panetta, among many others.
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s article ‘New Great Game: Why India, China should be wary of Trump’s West Asia visit’ has been published in First Post on 17 May 2025.
Perhaps India should seek to decouple China from Pakistan and Turkey by reminding it of the threat posed by jihadists who may still be doing the ‘dirty work of the West’, says Dr Rasheed.
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Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’ opinion piece ‘Pakistan’s terror subterfuge is a case for global sanctions’ has been published in News Laundry on 08 May 2025.
For a long time Pakistan has a history of hoodwinking international organisations like the UN and the FATF by taking cosmetic measures to rescue its jihadist operatives and proxies, says Dr Rasheed.
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Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author are personal and do not in any way reflect the views of MP-IDSA or the Government of India.
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s article ‘Pahalgam terror attack: A sinister attempt to delay progress in the valley’ has been published in The New Indian Express on 24 April 2025.
The Pakistan army chief’s recent speeches indicate a desperate bid to fish in communal waters. But Kashmiris’ loud condemnation of the attack signals a change in the valley’s air, says Dr Rasheed.
Turkiye’s over-ambitious foreign policy based on medieval revisionism can become a threat to regional security while hurting its still struggling economy.
The rise of HTS and the seeming attempt by some Western states to normalise relations with this Al-Qaeda-tainted grouping is bad news for global peace and security.
The US’ immediate response to 9/11 attacks marked the acme of its global hegemonic might, but the 7/10 attacks have fully exposed its receding geopolitical and technological ascendance.
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s article 'What After Nasrallah' was published in English magazine ‘Outlook’ on 02 October 2024.
Hezbollah's top leader succumbs to Israel's military operation 'New Order,' joining the growing list of anti-Israel leaders assassinated, says Dr Rasheed.