Course Scholars

GP Commentaries
China-Africa: The Ninth FOCAC Summit
November 2024 | CWA # 1542

Femy Francis

06 May 1882: The US President signs the Chinese Exclusion Act, restricting immigration from China
May 2024 | CWA # 1344

Femy Francis | Research Assistant at NIAS

China-Arab States Summit, and Xi’s “Five Cooperation Framework”
May 2024 | CWA # 1336

Femy Francis

Antony Blinken’s China Visit
May 2024 | CWA # 1320

Femy Francis

China in Mexico: What, How and Why
May 2024 | CWA # 1319

Femy Francis

President Xi in Serbia: Looking at China's Balkans Strategy and beyond 25th year of bombing anniversary
May 2024 | CWA # 1312

Femy Francis

Germany and China: It’s the economy, stupid
April 2024 | CWA # 1282

Femy Francis

Canada investigates Chinese interference in 2019 and 2020 elections
April 2024 | CWA # 1269

Femy Francis

Expert Interview: Russia in the International Order
January 2024 | CWA # 1215

Padmashree Anandhan, Femy Francis, Rohini Reenum, Akriti Sharma, Akhil Ajith, Shamini Velayutham and Anu Maria Joseph

Taiwan Election 2024: The return of DPP
January 2024 | CWA # 1204

Femy Francis

China in 2023: Cracks in the Great Wall
December 2023 | CWA # 1176

Femy Francis | Femy Francis is a Research Assistant at the National Institute of Advanced Studies.

Ten years of BRI: Xi and the Beijing Summit
October 2023 | CWA # 1118

Femy Francis

The return of the South China Sea
September 2023 | CWA # 1117

Femy Francis

BRICS Summit poised as the Champion of Global South
August 2023 | CWA # 1116

Femy Francis

Japan-Australia's Reciprocal Access Agreement
August 2023 | CWA # 1115

Femy Francis

Pakistan, US and the Cipher Controversy: The problem of an inherently asymmetric relationship
September 2023 | CWA # 1073

Femy Francis

GP Insights
China-Japan-South Korea meeting: “A nearby neighbor is better than a distant relative”

March 2025 | GP Insights # 909

Femy Francis

China’s Two Sessions in 2025: Focus on Economy, domestic consumption, critical tech, and defence 

March 2025 | GP Insights # 904

Femy Francis

China and the Dam across Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet: Political and Environmental Tensions across the R

January 2025 | GP Insights # 964

Femy Francis

Other Scholars

Abhiruchi Chowdhury is a Research Assistant at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS, Bangalore. He is the Assistant Editor of "The World This Week." He is also a part of the Pakistan Area Studies and is a member of the editorial team for Pakistan Reader. His areas of interest...

Akriti Sharma is a doctoral scholar at the Science, Technology and International Relations Programme, National Institute of Advanced Studies. She has completed her Bachelors in Political Science and Masters in Political Science from the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. She is also the recipient of...

Ankit is a Ph.D. scholar at NIAS, his research interests lie South Asia, peace studies and oral history. His research topic is on political economy of external debt in Pakistan (1971-2021).   Research activities In the STIR program, he is currently assisting in preparations of PR evening...

Research Associate, Area Studies-Africa Anu Maria Joseph is a Research Associate in School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. She holds masters in Political Science from Madras Christian College, Chennai. As part of NIAS Africa Studies,...

Aparupa Bhattacharjee is currently pursuing her PhD at the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore.  Her research is focussed on Southeast Asia, primarily Myanmar, Thailand, and Malaysia. In particular, she studies politics, conflicts...

Research Assistant, Area Studies-Europe Fleur Elizabeth Philip is a Research Assistant at NIAS Bangalore. She is associated with the NIAS Europe Studies and NIAS Polar and Ocean Governance Studies. Her research focuses on politics, economy, protests, EU, NATO operations in all of Europe and the Arctic...

Harini Madhusudan is a doctoral scholar with the School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS. Her thesis looks at Militarisation in Outer Space, which draws from a combination of disciplines of International Law, Security Studies, International Relations, and Outer Space as a domain. She is looking...

Padmashree Anandhan is currently a project associate at the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. Her research for the NIAS Europe Studies under the Area Studies initiative focuses on protest movements, conflicts, energy, economic, migration...

Rashmi Ramesh is currently pursuing PhD at the National Institute of Advanced Studies. Rashmi completed her BA in Economics, Political Science and Sociology from Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore. She holds a Masters Degree in Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal Academy of Higher...

Ms Rohini Reenum is a Doctoral Student at the Science, Technology and International Relations Programme, School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies. Her areas of interest in terms of research are Maritime Security, Ocean Governance, International Relations Theory,...

Sourina Bej is a doctoral candidate in the Department of South Asian Studies at the University of Bonn. She has received the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung European International Cooperation (KAS-EIZ) scholarship for her doctoral study on climate migration, sustainability, and resilience among the rural...