Prem Mahadevan
Prem Mahadevan is a senior fellow with the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. Previously, he was a senior researcher with the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, where he was responsible for tracking jihadist terrorism. He has written three books: The Politics of Counterterrorism in India (London: IB Tauris, 2012), An Eye for An Eye: Decoding Global Special Operations and Irregular Warfare (New Delhi: Wisdom Tree, 2014) and Islamism and Intelligence in South Asia (London: IB Tauris, 2018). He has been consulted by the Indian National Security Guards and National Police Academy on emerging terrorist threats, as well as delivered briefings to the Swiss Foreign and Defence Ministries, Federal Intelligence Service, NATO Headquarters and the Global Counterterrorism Forum, where he has spoken about Pakistani state sponsorship of terrorism in the context of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack.
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Pakistan’s “Three Ds” of Foreign Engagement (Dr. Siegfried O. Wolf on Substack)
An external confrontation can serve an internal purpose: keeping those in power beyond scrutiny.
Dr. Siegfried O. Wolf examines this connection through Pakistan’s “Three Ds” of foreign engagement: Delay India’s international advance, Distract from domestic governance failures and Discredit New Delhi abroad. His analysis links disputes over Kashmir and the...
Indus Water Treaty – Countering Pakistan’s War of Narratives (Siegfried O. Wolf on Substack)
Putting a water treaty on hold is not the same as stopping a river.
The dispute over the Indus Waters Treaty reveals how water, security and political narratives intersect in a changing South Asia. Understanding it requires looking beyond diplomatic accusations to the infrastructure that controls water—and the institutions that...
Truncation of Academic Freedom in Today’s Bangladesh (Dr. Siegfried O. Wolf on Substack)
Truncation of Academic Freedom in Today’s Bangladesh
Can universities sustain democracy when disagreement becomes dangerous?
In “Truncation of Academic Freedom in Today’s Bangladesh”, Dr. Siegfried O. Wolf argues that the post-2024 political transition has failed to secure independent campus governance. He describes forced resignations, political labelling and competing student organisations asserting...