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Nabarun Roy

Assistant Professor (Senior Grade)
PhD (Carleton University, 2011)

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nabarun.roy(at)sau.ac.in
South Asian University ,Rajpur Rd, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, Delhi 110068
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Nabarun Roy is Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) at the South Asian University. He did his doctoral studies from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada from the Department of Political Science and has a Master’s degree in Politics (with specialisation in International Relations) from the School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi. His research interests are in theories of international relations, wars, great power politics, Indian foreign policy, Indian security policy, the geopolitics of South Asia, and history. His research has been published in leading journals such as Diplomacy & Statecraft, the International History Review, the Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, and India Review). Along with Rudra Chaudhuri (Director, Carnegie India), he is Guest Editor of a Special Issue of India Review on “India and the Sovereignty Question” (March, 2024).

 

Nabarun has successfully supervised 3 PhD dissertations and 2 MPhil dissertations since joining SAU in 2012. He is currently supervising 3 PhD scholars and 1 MPhil scholar. He has also served as External Examiner for PhD and MPhil dissertations of scholars from JNU and the University of Hyderabad. He has served as reviewer for various journals in the discipline of International Relations such as Asian Security, International Studies Quarterly, Jadavpur Journal of International Relations, Journal of Borderlands Studies, Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, etc.

 

Nabarun has engaged and collaborated with various institutions to further the understanding of International Relations. He has served as Convenor of the Curriculum Task Force instituted to advice and aid the North Eastern Christian University (NECU), Dimapur, in developing its Master’s program. In his capacity as Consultant to Villa College, Maldives, he helped develop module online templates and handbooks for its new BA Political Science and International Relations (Hons) programme. He has also lectured on India-Maldives Relations as part of the Capacity Building Program for senior civil servants from the Maldives organised by the National Centre for Good Governance, Mussoorie.   

Qualifications

  • PhD in Department of Political Science from Carleton University, Ottawa K1S 5B6,Canada , in 2011
  • M.A in Politics with Specialization in International Relations School of International Studies, from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi , in 2003
  • B.A in History (Honors) from Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University, New Delhi , in 2001

Research Interests

  • Theories of International Relations
  • Wars in the International System
  • Great Powers and Middle Powers
  • Order
  • Indian Foreign Policy
  • Geopolitics of South Asia

Recent Publications

    • Rudra Chaudhuri and Nabarun Roy, Guest Editors, Special issue on "India and the Sovereignty Principle: The Disaggregation Imperative," India Review, Vol. 23, No. 2 (March, 2024) 
    • Nabarun Roy, "India’s Use of Military Power and the Sovereignty Principle: Insights from the Neighborhood” in Rudra Chaudhuri and Nabarun Roy (eds.), India and the Sovereignty Question in India Review, Vol. 23, No. 2 (March, 2024) 
    • Book review of Shashi Tharoor and Samir Saran, The New World Disorder and the Indian Imperative,  Vol. 16, Issue 2 issue of Journal of Indian Ocean Region (2020)
    • Nabarun Roy, “India’s Forgotten Links to the Korean War,” The Diplomat, 27 October, 2018
    • Nabarun Roy, “Realism in the Study of International Relations in India,” ORF Issue Brief and Special Reports, Issue 253, 5 September, 2018
    • Nabarun Roy, “Why did Nehru want the People’s Republic of China in the UN?” The Diplomat, 7 April 2018
    • Nabarun Roy, “In the Shadow of Great Power Politics: Why Nehru Supported PRC’s Admission to the Security Council,” The International History Review, Vol. 40, Issue 2 (2018)
    • Nabarun Roy, “Is India Losing Russia?” The National Interest, 27 October 2016.
    • Nabarun Roy, “The Anatomy of a Story Less Told: Nehru and the Balance of Power,” Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, Vol. 3, No. 3 (2016)
    • Nabarun Roy, “Assuaging Cold War Anxieties: India and the Failure of SEATO,” Diplomacy and Statecraft, Vol. Vol. 26, No. 2 (2015)
    • Review of George J. Gilboy and Eric Heginbotham, Chinese and Indian Strategic Behavior: Growing Power and Alarm in Vol. 89, No. 2 (March 2013) issue of International Affairs
    • Brian C. Schmidt and Nabarun Roy, 'Rising Powers: A Realist Analysis' in Rebekka Friedman, Kevork Oskanian and Ramon Pacheco Pardo (eds.) After Liberalism? The Future of Liberalism in International Relations (Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), pp. 67 - 87. For more information, go to http://www.palgrave.com/in/book/9781137303752
    • Review of David Malone, Does the Elephant Dance? Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy in Vol. 87, No. 6 (November 2011) issue of International Affairs
    • Review of Harsh Pant, Contemporary Debates in Indian Foreign and Security Policy: India Negotiates its Rise in the International System in Vol. 85, No. 1 (January 2009) issue of International Affairs
    • Review of Ashok Kapur, India: From Regional to World Power in Vol. 32, No. 5 (November 2009) issue of Journal of Strategic Studies
    • Review of FareedZakaria, The Post-American World in Vol. 85, No. 4 (July 2009) issue of International Affairs
    • Review of RamachandraGuha, India after Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy in Vol. 84, No. 2 (March 2008) issue of International Affairs
    • The Role of 'Security'in India-China-Nepal Relations in M.D. Dharamdasani ed., Role of Japan and Nepal in Asian Politics (New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House, 2005)

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    Last Updated : 15 Mar 2024