Course Scholars

Harini Madhusudan

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 at India, France, and Japan for her case studies. Additionally, her areas of interest include Science and Technology Diplomacy, Russia Studies, Global Commons, and Disruptive Technologies. She is currently working with a fellow colleague as Assistant Editor of the NIAS Fortnightly on STIR. 

She can be contacted at harinimadhusudan@gmail.com


Research Activities

24 November 2018
Commentary

The Importance of a Space Force
Harini Madhusudan
Geo Politics, October 2018


1 April 2018
Dissertation

Outer Space and Conflict in the 21st Century
Harini Madhusudan
Department of International Studies and History, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore


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GP Commentaries
Commentary
Russia: Anatomy of Wagner Revolt, and its Fallouts

June 2023 | CWA # 992

Harini Madhusudan, Rishika Yada, Sneha Surendran, Prerana P, Sreeja JS and Padmashree Anandhan

2022: The World This Year
The Space race: Scaling new technological feats

December 2022 | CWA # 882

Harini Madhusudan

Interview with Ambassador Pankaj Saran | War in Ukraine
What next for Russia, Ukraine, Europe, South Asia & India, and China

November 2022 | CWA # 845

Harini Madhusudan, Rishma Banerjee, Padmashree Anandhan, Ashwin Immanuel Dhanabalan, and Avishka Ashok

NIAS Europe Monitor
The Artemis Accords: Three reasons why Europe is not on the same page with the US

January 2022 | CWA # 662

Harini Madhusudan

NIAS Europe Monitor
Belarus: Weaponization of the Migrant Crisis

September 2021 | CWA # 561

Harini Madhusudan

Politics over Rare Earths
The Greenland election result is all about eco-geopolitics, and growing Chinese interests

April 2021 | CWA # 459

Harini Madhusudan

Abortions, Legislations and Gender Protests
In Poland, the protests against the abortion law feed into anti-government sentiments

February 2021 | CWA # 432

Harini Madhusudan

Conflict Reader
Brexit: A year of the UK-EU transition talks and finally, a Deal 

December 2020 | CWA # 404

Harini Madhusudan

The World This Year
Outer Space in 2020: Missions, Privatization, and the Artemis Accords

December 2020 | CWA # 394

Harini Madhusudan

COVID-19
The Vaccine Rush: Expectations vs Realities

December 2020 | CWA # 381

Harini Madhusudan

Global Politics
Open Skies Treaty: The US should not have withdrawn, for five reasons

November 2020 | CWA # 379

Harini Madhusudan

Indo-Pacific
Australia joins the Malabar exercise. However, the Quad has a long way to go

October 2020 | CWA # 367

Harini Madhusudan

EAST ASIA
Japan- South Korea: Will there be a reset in bilateral relations under the new Japanese PM?

October 2020 | CWA # 357

Harini Madhusudan

Global Protest Movements
‘The Revolution of Our Times’: Protests in Hong Kong

September 2020 | CWA # 336

Harini Madhusudan

Japan
The Legacy of Shinzo Abe. It is Complicated.

September 2020 | CWA # 328

Harini Madhusudan

The New Cold War
A Zero-Sum Game: At the core of the US-China rivalry, is an Isolate-China policy

July 2020 | CWA # 312

Harini Madhusudan

NIAS Space Log
Iran's New Military Satellite: Does it violate the UNSC 2231?

April 2020 | CWA # 275

Harini Madhusudan

The NIAS Arctic Series
The Non-Arctic powers: Interests of Japan and South Korea

March 2020 | CWA # 248

Harini Madhusudan

Strategic Forecast 2020
The US-China Trade Dispute: Towards further disruptions in 2020

February 2020 | CWA # 220

Harini Madhusudan

The World This Year
The US-China Trade Dispute in 2019: Towards a thaw in 2020?

December 2019 | CWA # 196

Harini Madhusudan

GP Insights
Space: NASA announces crew for the Artemis II mission

April 2023 | GP Insights # 670
Harini Madhusudan

AUKUS Submarine Deal

March 2023 | GP Insights # 694
Harini Madhusudan

Putin and Russia's New Ukraine Strategy

September 2022 | GP Insights # 664
Harini Madhusudan

Elon Musk Versus: 'Twas a troll after all

July 2022 | GP Insights # 648
Harini Madhusudan

China and the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Bali, Indonesia

July 2022 | GP Insights # 646
Harini Madhusudan

New actions and sanctions on Russia

April 2022 | GP Insights # 627
Harini Madhusudan

Russia: The Anti-Satellite test

November 2021 | GP Insights # 597
Harini Madhusudan

Russia: The Afghan summit

October 2021 | GP Insights # 588
Harini Madhusudan

Inspiration4: SpaceX captures new heights, with a three-day mission in space

September 2021 | GP Insights # 574
Harini Madhusudan

The Global Spread of Delta Variant: Mutation Uncertainties, and the Vaccination Drives

August 2021 | GP Insights # 562
Harini Madhusudan

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