Adil Rasheed

The menace of terrorism has existed for centuries, but its modern, transnational version has ‘metastasized’ to the extent of threatening global peace and security. In 1975, security expert Brian Jenkins observed: ‘Terrorists want a lot of people watching and not a lot of people dead.’

• Adil Rasheed |
• July 2019 |
• Strategic Analysis

Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s article on ISIS in India, titled ‘India was of little value to ISIS. That’s all set to change now’ has been published by ‘The Print’ on May 22, 2019.

The article claims that global jihadist organisations like ISIS and al-Qaeda now believe they have a more ready audience in India for their brand of radicalisation.

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The Sri Lanka Easter bombings has allowed ISIS chief Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi to launch a public relations offensive and enunciate a dangerous new strategy.

• Adil Rasheed |
• May 06, 2019 |
• IDSA Comments

Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s article on India-Saudi relations, titled ‘India-Saudi Ties: Diverse Patterns of a Design’ was published in February 14, 2019 edition of Outlook.

The article discusses the evolution of India-Saudi Arabia relations in recent decades from a 'energy buyer-seller' paradigm into a comprehensive strategic partnership.

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Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s article on global economy, titled ‘Global Economy: Time to Pay the Piper,’ was published on the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV channel website on December 30, 2018.

The article discusses the causes and trajectory of the predicted slowdown in global economy by international institutions such as IMF, ECB, OECD etc. for the year 2019, following dismal third quarter (2018) growth recorded in all the major economies and one of the worst performance across all asset classes - stocks, bonds, money markets and property, around the world.

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Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s Op-Ed article on determinist discourse, titled ‘The determinist discourse: How science moved away from humanism’ was published in Al Arabiya website on November 21, 2018.

The article argued that science in the 20th century was quite popular among people around the world. It raised hope of progress for the common man, telling him or her that anything was possible, from space travel to a long and prosperous life. That dream has now come under a cloud, after science started getting associated in the popular perception as a preserve of big corporations and as a problem in itself as it has raised the specter of climate change, nuclear holocaust and mass unemployment (thanks to automation). Today, scientists believe in determinism, focusing more on the metaphysical than the freewill positivism of liberal humanism.

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Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s article, titled ‘Identity politics and the threat to individualism’ was published in Al-Arabiya website, Dubai-based news channel, on October 29, 2018.

The article underscores the importance of the liberal ideal of individualism as a bulwark against the rising tide of identity politics, based on the denominations of race, religion, gender, caste, etc.

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Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed contributed a chapter titled 'Effective Management of Islamic Radicalization of Youth: An Indian Perspective' to the newly published book titled 'India-Uzbekistan Partnership in Regional Peace and Stability: Challenges and Prospects', launched by the United Service Institution of India (USI) on September 28, 2018.

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Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s article on militant fundamentalism, titled ‘Why militant fundamentalism is post-modern,
not orthodox," was published in the Al-Arabiya TV channel website on September 28, 2018.

The article posits that transnational Jihadism may have more in common with Neo-Marxist postmodernism than with orthodox Islam.

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Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s article, titled ‘The dangers of apocalyptic discourse’ was published in the Al-Arabiya TV channel website, on August 31, 2018.

The article discusses how the madness of doomsday cults has become the ideology of terror groups, even of nation states that is now affecting global geopolitics and is influencing present conflicts.

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