Asian Strategic Review 2016 -Terrorism: Emerging Trends
About the Book
Under the US leadership, the international community has been fighting the war on global terrorism for the past decade and a half. Strategies and targets have undergone several changes in this war, but terrorism continues to show no signs of decline. It continues to pose a major security challenge to world order and stability. Concrete and chilling evidence for this was provided by the recent attacks in Paris, Egypt, Indonesia, Nigeria, Kunduz, Kabul, Peshawar and Pathankot. The list is indeed long and extensive to be fully recorded here. During the first 15 days of 2016, one website records 17 terrorist attacks in different parts of the world.
the Editors
For nearly forty years, Prof. S.D Muni taught, conducted and supervised research, in international relations and South Asian Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University (1974-2006), National University Of Singapore (2008-2013), Banaras Hindu University (1985-86), and University of Rajasthan (1972-73). At Jawaharlal Nehru University he held the prestigious Appadorai Chair of International Politics and Area Studies. Prof. Muni also served as India’s Special Envoy on UNSC Reforms (2005) and Ambassador in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (1997-99). In 2005 he was bestowed with ‘Sri Lanka Ratna’, Sri Lanka’s highest national honor for a foreign national. He was invited to address the UN Special Committee on Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace in 1985. Author and editor of twenty five books and monographs and more than 150 research papers, Prof. Muni has travelled extensively. He has been sitting on the selection committees for vice-chancellors and faculty members for different Indian universities. Presently he is based at the Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses as Distinguished Fellow.
Colonel Vivek Chadha (Retd) served in the army for over 22 years before joining IDSA in 2011, as a Research Fellow, His areas of research include defence studies, counter insurgency and terrorism finance. His published books include, Lifeblood of Terrorism: Countering Terrorism Finance, Low Intensity conflicts in India: An Analysis and Indo-US Relations: Divergence to Convergence. He has also edited, Armed Forces Special Powers Act: the Debate. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Defence Studies
Contents
Foreword
List of Contributors
Introduction
— S.D. Muni
IDEOLOGY, FINANCE, TECHNOLOGY AND WMDS
1. The Rise of the Islamic State: A New Chapter in Militant Islam
— Yaqoobul Hassan
2. Triggers to Tabs: ISIS and the Information Age
— Munish Sharma
3. Armed with a Tweet: The Islamic State’s Virtual Propaganda Wars, Its Appeal and Looming Threat to India
— Shruti Pandalai
4. Islamic State and the Threat of Chemical Weapons
— Reshmi Kazi
5. Financing of Terrorism in Asia: Emerging Trends
— Vivek Chadha
WEST AND CENTRAL ASIA
6. Islamic State and the Changing West Asian Geopolitics
— Prasanta Kumar Pradhan
7. Iran and the Islamic State: Implications for India
— M Mahtab Alam Rizvi
8. Present Danger: Terrorism and the Israeli Experience
— S. Samuel C. Rajiv
9. The Syrian Uprising and the Rise of ISIS
— Tsupokyemla and Neha Kohli
10. Managing Threats and Challenges of Terrorism in the Eurasian Region
— Meena Singh Roy and Rajorshi Roy
SOUTH ASIA
11. Reaping Whirlwind: The Defiant Genies and their Masters in Pakistan
— Ashok K Behuria and Smruti S Pattanaik
12. Radicalisation in Pakistan: Youth Bulge as a Factor
— Priyanka Singh
13. Growing Radicalism in Bangladesh: Assessing the Response of the State
— Smruti S Pattanaik
14. The Maldives’ Approach to Islamic Radicalism, Terrorism and Terrorist Financing
— Gulbin Sultana
15. Islamist Terrorism in India: Is the State Prepared to Combat Terror?
— Amit Kumar
16. The Obama Administration’s Approach to Terrorism in South and West Asia: Implications for India and India-US Relations
— Saroj Bishoyi
CHINA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
17. Terrorism and Unrest in Xinjiang: Drivers, Policies and External Linkages
— Avinash Godbole and Gunjan Singh
18. Buddhist versus Islamic Extremism: A Case Study of Myanmar
— Sampa Kundu
19. The ISIS Conundrum in Southeast Asia: The Case of Indonesia
— Titli Basu
20. Terrorism in Malaysia
— Udai Bhanu Singh
Conclusion
— Vivek Chadha
Index
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