Articles By Prabha Rao
How North Korea was Armed
By: Prabha Rao | Date: 01 Nov , 2017
The enfant terrible of international politics, North Korean President Kim Jong-un, has a talent for generating war clouds and intercontinental nightmares. The Kim dynasty, which has tenaciously...
Barcelona Attacks: India has Cause for Disquiet
By: Prabha Rao | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 16 Sep , 2017
Mohammad Adnani, the erstwhile spokesman of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Tunisian cleric Abu Muqatil, one of the main ISIS ideologues, were killed in 2014 and 2016 respectively....
St. Petersburg Metro Bombing: Al Qaeda Redux
By: Prabha Rao | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 25 May , 2017
The bomb blast which ripped through the metro line in St. Petersburg on April 3, 2017, claimed 16 lives, including that of the suicide bomber, and seriously injured over 50 people. One of the...
Deciphering Pakistan’s Kashmir Lexicon
By: Prabha Rao | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 10 Sep , 2016
Kashmir has been claimed by Pakistani leaders as central to their foreign policy. But a closer look shows that it has been more of a political convenience for Pakistan since 1947, both as a...
Elections in PoK and Protests in Kashmir Valley: The Linkage
By: Prabha Rao | Date: 01 Aug , 2016
Burhan Wani’s death on July 8 occurred just before the elections in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Expectedly, election rhetoric from all concerned political parties, including the ruling...
Online Radicalisation: The Example of Burhan Wani
By: Prabha Rao | Date: 20 Jul , 2016
Burhan Muzaffar Wani, a Hizbul Mujahideen commander for South Kashmir, died in an encounter in Bundoora village of Kokernag on July 8, 2016, along with two other militants, Sartaj Ahmad Sheikh and...