Course Scholars
Lakshmi V Menon
Lakshmi Venugopal Menon is currently a Research Consultant at the International Strategic and Security Studies Programme (ISSSP), National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru. She has contributed to the database on Pakistan relating to CPEC, Balochistan and Pakistan elections 2018.
Her research interests include the following: Peace and Conflicts in Middle East and South Asia, Refugee crisis, Psychological profiling of Terrorists and Human Rights violations in conflict zones. She is currently working on the ISIS in the Af-Pak region and Radicalization.
Lakshmi is a graduate in Psychology from Women’s Christian College, Chennai and a post graduate in International Studies from Stella Maris College, Chennai. Her masters’ dissertation was titled “Radicalization of Youth in Kerala: A Critical Analysis of Psychological Impact of Radicalization on The Youth of Kerala.”
She can be contacted at lakshmimenon0410@gmail.com
GP Commentaries
Iran, US and the Nuclear Deal
Amidst the US-Iran standoff, Saudi Arabia should be cautious
July 2019 | CWA # 145
Lakshmi V Menon
GP Insights
Italy: Experiments with a new coalition
August 2019 | GP Insights # 140
Lakshmi V Menon
In the Gulf, new tensions between Iran and the UK
July 2019 | GP Insights # 108
Lakshmi V Menon
Libya: Attack on Migration Centre kills 60
July 2019 | GP Insights # 96
Lakshmi V Menon
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