Adil Rasheed

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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).

Author of the books Political Islam: Parallel Currents in West Asia and South Asia (2024), Countering the Radical Narrative (2020), and ISIS: Race to Armageddon (2015), he is currently working on a book titled Messianic Geopolitics: Threat to Global Security.

His research papers and monographs, namely Influence Operations: The Sharp Power of Non-Kinetic Subversion (2024), ‘Countering the Threat of Radicalisation: Theories, Programmes and Challenges’ (2016) as well as ‘Jihadist Radicalisation in India: Internal Challenges, External Threats’ (2017), Impact of Vedanta on Indian Strategic Culture (2021) are widely read in the Indian strategic community.

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

Publication

Countering The Radical Narrative

  • Publisher: KW Publishers
Terrorist groups are driven by extremist political ideologies or distorted religious discourses, which they then propagate through traditional and modern means of communication to wean more recruits to their diabolic designs.

The indoctrination of these extremist ideologies lead to transformation of law-abiding citizens into violent extremists, a process known as radicalisation. This book proposes ways and techniques for reversing this process of radicalisation by taking the fight to the terrorists in the ideological domain. It proposes ways for developing and launching counter-narrative campaigns against radicalisation in order to drain the ideological swamp from which terrorist organisations continue to rear their ugly heads. This book specifically provides conceptual insights into developing counter-narratives against jihadist organisations, like Al Qaeda, ISIS and Pakistan-based terror groups.

  • ISBN: 978-938-913-771-2 ,
  • Price: ?.1088/-
  • E-copy available Soon

The Three Pillars of Radicalization: Needs, Narratives, and Networks

Scholars from various academic disciplines have attempted to explain the nature and drivers of the 21st century sui generis phenomenon of radicalization. However, it is rare to find a single book which not only details and builds on the body of work in this still evolving field but also sheds fresh insight into the many unresolved issues that demand fresh perspectives and approaches.

The Phenomenon of Youth Radicalization

Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr. Adil Rasheed’s article on radicalization, titled ‘The Phenomenon of Youth Radicalization’ has been published in Toronto-based newspaper ‘Weekly Voice’ on November 15, 2019.

Many social scientists and activists have pointed out that young individuals coming from ultra-orthodox and conservative households generally have a hard time navigating their way in a society built on liberal values, writes Dr. Rasheed.

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