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.
She is a part of the Conflict Alert team at the IPRI, NIAS.
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
The Middle East
Will the Abraham Accord lead to peace, or is it the end of Palestine state?
September 2020 | CWA # 333
Lakshmi V Menon
The FATF Meeting, February 2020
Pakistan to remain “Grey”; North Korea and Iran in “Black”
February 2020 | CWA # 235
Lakshmi V Menon
GP Insights
The GCC Summit and the thaw in Qatar-Saudi Arabia relations
January 2021 | GP Insights # 455
Lakshmi V Menon
Sudan: To normalize relations with Israel, following UAE and Bahrain
October 2020 | GP Insights # 430
Lakshmi V Menon
Israel: The State resumes new settlements in West Bank, as a US delegation visits Israel, Bahrain an
October 2020 | GP Insights # 428
Lakshmi V Menon
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