International Relations in India & Beyond
A joint operation centre to be established in Ankara by the United States and Turkey, for coordinating and managing a planned safe zone in Northeastern Syria. This move is planned to reduce any chances...
Recent Arrest of IS Operatives in India On November 20, 2017, reacting to a question on growing spread of Islamic (IS) ideology in India, the Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh had said, “Indian...
Islamic State looks about to lose its last foothold – on the banks of the Euphrates near the Iraq border – but while its era of the territorial rule may be over, for now,...
The Yemen civil war has its roots in the unstable transition of political power. The widespread Arab Spring-inspired protests against the longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh led to the signing of an agreement to...
On 12 February, the convoy of the Nigerian Borno state’s Governor Kashim Shettima was attacked by militants linked with Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). The Governor was going to a village of Gamboru...
Much remains to be done to address the root causes of radicalization in Tunisia. Switzerland could make a meaningful contribution by creating spaces for dialogue, focusing on the grassroots level and supporting research....
China appears to be shifting gears in its multi-billion dollar Belt and Road initiative. Long projected as driven by economics and the benefit of infrastructure linkages, China appears to be increasingly adding a security...
Saturday, the 21st of July, marked the closure of all military operations of the Iraqi Army to oust the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) from Mosul and officially retake governance over the...
Kabul The Islamic State group today claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan that killed at least 19 people, mostly Sikhs, and Hindus. The bomber targeted a delegation from the minority communities as...
The Pakistani government’s removal of a virulently anti-Shiite militant from its terrorism list at the very moment that an international money laundering and terrorism finance watchdog was deciding to put the country on a...
