Course Scholars

GP Commentaries
The World Today #275, 10 March 2026
The World Today
The Indian Neighbourhood Today

March 2026 | CWA # 2015

Global Politics Team

The World Today #274, 09 March 2026
The World Today
The Indian Neighbourhood Today

March 2026 | CWA # 2014

Global Politics Team

Conflict Weekly Column
Violence in South Sudan and the US sanctions on Rwanda
Conflict Weekly #322, 06 March 2026

March 2026 | CWA # 2013

Anu Maria Joseph

Conflict Weekly Column
The War in Ukraine
Long-range strikes, Defence adaptation and the EU’s energy dependence
Conflict Weekly #322, 06 March 2026

March 2026 | CWA # 2012

Padmashree Anandhan

The World This Week
Canada’s PM Mark Carney’s India Visit
Resetting Economic, Strategic and Cultural Ties
The World This Week #347, 08 March 2026

March 2026 | CWA # 2011

Tanvi Thara Harendra Jha

Global Politics Early Bird
Nepal Elections 2026
The Rise of the “New” and the Fall of the “Old”

March 2026 | CWA # 2010

Mahesh Bhatta

The World This Week
Nepal Elections 2026
Rise of a new leadership and Reset in political landscape
The World This Week #347, 08 March 2026

March 2026 | CWA # 2009

Sreemaya Nair

The World This Week
Canadian PM's India Visit I Nepal Elections and its Political Reset
The World This Week #347, Vol 8, No 09, 08 March 2026

March 2026 | CWA # 2008

Global Politics Team

The World Today #272, 06 March 2026
The World Today
The Indian Neighbourhood Today

March 2026 | CWA # 2007

Global Politics Team

Early Bird
Nepal Election 2026, Day One
Peaceful polling, with over 60 per cent turnout

March 2026 | CWA # 2006

Mahesh Bhatta

The World Today #271, 05 March 2026
The World Today
The Indian Neighbourhood Today

March 2026 | CWA # 2005

Global Politics Team

Conflict Weekly Note
The “Forgotten” South Sudan Conflict
Instability returns, with a fragile peace agreement, uptick in violence and limited international engagement
Conflict Weekly #322, 06 March 2026

March 2026 | CWA # 2004

Akshath Kaimal

The World This Week
PM Modi’s Visit to Israel
From bilateral ties to a special strategic partnership
The World This Week #346, 01 March 2026

March 2026 | CWA # 2003

Yesasvi Koganti

The World This Week
German Chancellor’s China Visit
Reducing trade deficit and recalibrating economic cooperation with Beijing
The World This Week #346, 01 March 2026

March 2026 | CWA # 2002

Femy Francis

The World This Week
Trump’s State of the Union Address
Six major takeaways on the economy, border and internal security and Iran
The World This Week #346, 01 March 2026

March 2026 | CWA # 2001

R Preetha

Conflict Weekly Note
The US-Iran War, Week One
Rapid Escalation, Regional Spillover, Global Uncertainty
Conflict Weekly #322, 06 March 2026

March 2026 | CWA # 2000

Rohini Reenum

Conflict Weekly
The US-Iran War, Week One | The Return of Violence to South Sudan
Weekly Column on Ukraine & Africa
Conflict Weekly #322, 06 March 2026

March 2026 | CWA # 1999

IPRI Team

Conflict Weekly Column
Instability in Sudan
Response to the genocide call and the threats of a regional spillover
Conflict Weekly #321, 27 February 2026

February 2026 | CWA # 1998

Anu Maria Joseph

Conflict Weekly Column
Four Years of War in Ukraine
Continuing Uncertainty
Conflict Weekly #321, 27 February 2026

February 2026 | CWA # 1997

Padmashree Anandhan

Conflict Weekly Note
Pakistan-Afghanistan Clashes
Another round of cross-border attacks
Conflict Weekly #321, 27 February 2026

February 2026 | CWA # 1996

Akshath Kaimal

GP Insights
The US Supreme Court calls  Trump’s tariffs “illegal”  

March 2026 | GP Insights # 949

China and Africa relations are going strong: Predictable ties in unpredictable times

January 2026 | GP Insights # 948

China’s draft legislation on Antarctica: Legal and institutional clarification and environmental pro

December 2025 | GP Insights # 946

Germany-China Tensions over Chinese EVs: From Procurement to Protectionism

December 2025 | GP Insights # 947

Hong Kong court convicts Jimmy Lai

December 2025 | GP Insights # 945

China’s rare-earth export control exemption for one year

December 2025 | GP Insights # 936

SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing and military service report: China’s revenue declines by 10 per cent

December 2025 | GP Insights # 945

Ten Takeaways on White Paper

November 2025 | GP Insights # 944

China-India squabble over Arunachal Pradesh: What is it about? What are the claims?

November 2025 | GP Insights # 943

Taiwan: Flailing defence conscriptions

November 2025 | GP Insights # 942

Other Scholars

Abhimanyu Solanki is a Research Intern at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru, and is part of the NIAS Pakistan Reader team, contributing to the PR Daily Brief. He is also a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) and PhD scholar in the Department of Political Science at the University...

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...

Akshath Kaimal is a Research Assistant with NIAS Area Studies-Pakistan, and is a postgraduate in International Studies and International Humanitarian Action

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...

Brighty Ann Sarah is a Research Assistant at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) under the Science, Technology and International Relations (STIR) Programme. She serves as an Assistant Editor for The Conflict Weekly and The World Today, and part of the NIAS Pakistan Reader team.   She...

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...

Lekshmi MK is a Research Assistant at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), working with the Area Studies-Pakistan Programme and the NIAS Polar and Ocean Studies initiative. She also serves as an Assistant Editor for The World Today and The World This Week. Her research interests include...

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...

R. Preetha is a Research Assistant at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) - Science, Technology and International Relations (STIR) Programme. She serves as an Assistant Editor for The World This Week and The World Today, and is also part of the NIAS Pakistan Reader team. She is currently...

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,...

Tanvi Thara Harendra Jha is an intern, and is undergraduate student double majoring in BSc Clinical Psychology and BA Political Science at the School of Liberal Arts, Alliance University, Bengaluru.

Vani Vyshnavi Jupudi is an undergraduate student at the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be university) BGR campus. Her research interests include Geopolitics, Conflict Studies, Political Communication and Public Policy.