Course Scholars

R Preetha

R. Preetha is a postgraduate student at the Department of International Studies, Stella Maris College, Chennai. Her research interests include China and Africa with a focus on critical minerals, climate change and conflicts.


GP Commentaries
TWTW Note
US-Saudi Arabia Reset: Crown Prince meets the American President and sign key agreements on Defense, AI, Critical Minerals

November 2025 | CWA # 1856

R Preetha

Conflict Weekly 300th Issue
The War in Gaza: Alarming Ground Situation, Failed Global Interventions, Competing Visions and Viability of Two-State Solution
The Middle East
Conflict Weekly 300, 25 September 2025, Vol 6, No. 38

September 2025 | CWA # 1817

R Preetha

CW Note
The War in Gaza: US Post-War Plans and Global Accountability Efforts

September 2025 | CWA # 1807

Brighty Ann Sarah and R Preetha

This Week in History
28 August 1963
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech and the Civil Rights Movement in the US

August 2025 | CWA # 1801

R Preetha

CW Note
The War in Gaza: The Ceasefire Conundrum, Attack on Gaza City, and Israel's new settlement plans

August 2025 | CWA # 1799

Brighty Ann Sarah and R Preetha

CW Note
The War in Gaza: Israel's reoccupation plan and International support for the Two-State Solution

August 2025 | CWA # 1794

Brighty Ann Sarah and R Preetha

CW Note
The War in Gaza: Failed negotiations, unfolding famine and the mounting international pressure

August 2025 | CWA # 1783

Brighty Ann Sarah and R Preetha

This Week in History
22 July 1977: Deng Xiaoping returns to power, sets the stage for modern China

July 2025 | CWA # 1774

R Preetha

CW Note
Israel, Iran, the US and "The 12 Day War" in the Middle East: Claims & Counter Claims

July 2025 | CWA # 1755

Brighty Ann Sarah, R Preetha, Santhiya M, Aparna A Nair and M Kejia

Global Politics Explainer
Africa as the Hunger Epicenter
Of the 13 Global Hunger Hotspots, 8 are in Africa: Five reasons why
Armed Conflicts, Economic Fragility, Extreme Weather, Inadeuqate Assistance and Weak Governance

July 2025 | CWA # 1749

R Preetha

Global Politics Explainer
Operation Midnight Hammer: US bombs three nuclear sites in Iran
What were the three Iranian nuclear sites that were targeted? What are the B2 Bombers and Bunker Buster Bombs? What do these attacks mean? What Next?

June 2025 | CWA # 1725

Brighty Ann Sarah, R Preetha, Santhiya M, Aparna A Nair & M Kejia

CW Note
New Zealand: Māori indigenous resistance meets harsh parliament response

June 2025 | CWA # 1712

R Preetha

Global Politics Explainer
Ethiopia bans the TPLF
What does the TPLF ban mean for the Pretoria agreement? What next for Ethiopia?
The TPLF exclusion from the 2026 elections risks further collapse of trust and undermines post war progress made in Ethiopia so far

June 2025 | CWA # 1700

R Preetha

CW Note
Algeria and France: Escalating Diplomatic Tensions
Conflict Weekly # 280-81, 15 May 2025, Vol 6, No.s 19 & 20

May 2025 | CWA # 1676

Brighty Ann Sarah and R Preetha

TWTW Note
East Asia:
Tough Tariff Negotiations with the US
The World This Week #308 &309 Vol 7 Nos 17 &18, 04 May 2025

May 2025 | CWA # 1667

R Preetha and Brighty Ann Sarah

Global Politics Early Bird
Canada Elections 2025:
What do the results convey? What next for Mark Carney?
Carney continues as the PM, as the Liberals consolidate their 2021 performance

May 2025 | CWA # 1663

R Preetha

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-China, East Asia and the Pacific     External Publications Femy Francis, "Pakistan elections: four provinces, mixed results, one message | Data," The Hindu, 29 February 2024 Femy Francis, "China’s ties with Africa | Explained,"...

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...