Articles By Nikita Kohli
Significance of the New Baghdadi Video
By: Nikita Kohli | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 May , 2019
Five years after he stood at the pulpit of the al-Nuri Mosque and declared a new Caliphate, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reappeared in a rare video uploaded and dissemated by the group’s...
Rise and Fall of the Islamic State
By: Nikita Kohli | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Mar , 2019
The Islamic State (ISIS) is the only terrorist group in recent times to have held control over large territory and to run it with a proper administration. It is also the only terrorist group to...
Taliban and Talks
By: Nikita Kohli | Date: 01 Feb , 2019
Introduction Taliban conducted its deadliest attack yet at the training centre of the National Directorate for Security in Maidan Wardak province, west off Kabul on January 21st, leaving 126...
Reflecting on Mumbai 2008 Attacks Ten Years on
By: Nikita Kohli | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 24 Nov , 2018
November 2018 marks ten years since the devastating Mumbai attacks which claimed the lives of 166 individuals[i], injured hundreds more, and brought one of India’s largest metropolis to its...
Reflecting on 9/11 Seventeen Years on: The Resilience of Al-Qaeda
By: Nikita Kohli | Date: 22 Sep , 2018
September 2018 marks 17 years since the devastating 9/11 attacks. Seventeen years marked by an increasing attention being paid to the phenomena of terrorism, and al-Qaeda in particular. Chronicled...
An Analysis of the Trump-Kim Summit
By: Nikita Kohli | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 16 Jun , 2018
The Singapore summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un is now over. While the massive ups and downs leading up to the meeting had led to almost the entire world being interested in the summit...
A Strategic Analysis of the Kabul Peace Process II
By: Nikita Kohli | Date: 05 Apr , 2018
Introduction After months of deliberation and internal national consensus building, the Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani offered one of the most comprehensive offers a government has made to...