“Islamic discourse is at a nascent stage and has a long way to go” said Shri Talmiz Ahmad at the launch of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) publication, ‘The Islamist Challenge in West Asia: Doctrinal and Political Competitions after the Arab Spring’, authored by him, on September 5, 2013. Speaking further on the publication, Shri Ahmed said “No political order is sustainable without Islam”.