Here is the entire 35 min conversation with @india_anju on the genesis of violent disturbances in south asia, with a 2 min promo. youtu.be/4vT-qvekFlY?si… Have attached a 4 minute clip mainly of her view on regime change as well!! @india_anju @PPFNewDelhi

PPF organised the 11th episode of the Risk and Resilience podcast series on the subject of "Genesis of Terrorism in South Asia," an insightful conversation with @india_anju (Retd. IPS). The session, moderated by @SafiAhsanRizvi , features Anju Gupta discussing her recently published book, "Glocal Terror in South Asia," which examines the roots, evolution, and current trajectory of terrorism across the region. Watch full conversation here - youtu.be/4vT-qvekFlY?si=X9r_… She argues that "global jihad" was a manufactured political project built on Abdullah Azzam's 1984 fatwa and state-backed mobilisation. She discusses her idea of glocal terrorists: locally rooted actors like Headley, Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar and KSM who plug into Al-Qaeda’s global networks while pursuing their own local agendas, making them harder to detect and far more resilient than a single hierarchy like Al-Qaeda alone. On Kashmir, she is precise that it is not “Kashmir jihad” that failed but Pakistan’s effort to manufacture one. She treats Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya as proof that regime change shatters systems rather than just removing leaders, generating insurgencies that global jihadist entrepreneurs, from AQ to ISIS, then weaponise. #SecurityAnalysis #SouthAsiaSecurity #GlobalJihad #GlocalTerrorism #AlQaeda #TerrorismStudies #Riskandresilience #policy #policyperspectivesfoundation #Southside #geosecurity #glocalterrorinsouthasia