137 Occasional Paper DECEMBER 2017
India and the Global Discourse on State-sponsored Terrorism
PREM MAHADEVAN India and the Global Discourse on State-sponsored Terrorism
PREM MAHADEVAN ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Prem Mahadevan is a senior researcher with the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zürich, Switzerland. From 2002 to 2009, he studied War Studies and Intelligence Studies at King s College in London and has since been conducting briefings for Indian, Czech, Ukrainian and Swiss security officials on combating asymmetric warfare threats. He has also been consulted by NATO and the Global Counterterrorism Forum.
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ABSTRACT
India has had modest success in its efforts to internationally isolate Pakistan as a state-sponsor of terrorism. More effective in this regard has been Pakistan s own duplicity vis-à-vis the West. Indian discourse has not resonated abroad because it relies too heavily on respect for vague global norms rather than adherence to specific national interests, which are more easily comprehended by foreign governments. New Delhi