Publications

This paper looks at the politicization of the Dalits (i.e., the “untouchables”) in Northern India. More specifically, it focuses on how the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which is a Hindu national...chevron_right

This commentary explains the modern Salafi concept of Al-Wala‘ wal Bara‘ and the challenges it poses, particularly in those areas where Muslims are a minority community. The text's author further desc...chevron_right

This commentary focuses on the internal challenges and external threats currently facing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The text's author specifically zeros in on 1) the processes that are transforming ...chevron_right

This commentary assesses the terrorist attacks which were conducted on 13 November 2015 in Paris, France. More specifically, the text's author contemplates 1) the problem of French jihadists returning...chevron_right

What’s the security status of Northeast Kenya? It’s complicated, says the ICG. The area 1) contains a sizeable community of Somali refugees, 2) has been infiltrated by the al-Shabaab terrorist militia, and 3) is dominated by corrupt power-hording clans. Oh, there’s also the growing belief that the state can’t manage these problems.chevron_right

This commentary argues that ISIS’ 13 November 2015 attacks in Paris may well represent the intensification and refinement of its indirect strategy – i.e., the bypassing of Western military might and s...chevron_right

This issue of the RAD features two articles that focus on Russia’s recent intervention in Syria. The first article argues that Moscow runs a very real risk of getting bogged down in the country and th...chevron_right

This brief highlights the criticisms surrounding the US' use of UAVs to kill suspected terrorists. As the text’s author sees it, the criticisms unnecessarily conflate two separate discussions into one...chevron_right

This backgrounder overviews the political situation in Eritrea and how it's forcing many of the country's people to migrate elsewhere. In analyzing this problem, the author specifically looks at 1) ho...chevron_right

This brief argues that women have borne a disproportionate share of the burdens in Myanmar’s decades-long civil war, including its sexual violence and socio-economic hardships. Now that the country is...chevron_right

In this transcript, India's former Foreign Secretary, Shyam Saran, rebuts the long-standing canard that his country's policymakers lack a strategic culture and then proceeds to explain how they percei...chevron_right

In 2014 the Maghreb region experienced forty-seven times more acts of terrorism than in 2011. According to Fernando Reinares, the assaults may have largely migrated from Algeria to Libya, but they also remain all too familiar. The targets are the same, as are those who are perpetrating them.chevron_right

This commentary argues that in 2015 the US and China lapsed into "a new big power game" in the South China Sea, which has left other countries in the region trapped in the middle. In response, ASEAN m...chevron_right

This brief looks at the geopolitical implications of Maldives' recent political troubles, which include the President Abdulla Yameen’s declaration of a state of emergency and the suspension of democra...chevron_right

This commentary explains the difficult position Southeast Asian states find themselves in over the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Indeed, they’re caught between China's deliberate reclam...chevron_right