Course Scholars

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

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 include Political Communication and Moral Philosophy. He is also interested in identifying reasons behind the rise of right leaning political parties in Europe.


GP Commentaries
State of Global Politics 2025
The Trump-Putin Meeting at Alaska: Hits and Misses
The World This Week #338, Vol 7, No 52, 31 December 2025

December 2025 | CWA # 1925

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

Conflict Weekly 300th Issue
Europe, US and the War in Ukraine: Promise vs Support
Europe
Conflict Weekly 300, 25 September 2025, Vol 6, No. 38

September 2025 | CWA # 1823

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

TWTW note
The Trump-Putin Meeting at Alaska:
Hits and Misses
The World This Week #323 & 324 Vol 7, No 32 & 33, 17 Aug 2025

August 2025 | CWA # 1791

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

Global Politics Explainer
India-UK FTA and Vision 2035 Framework:
Which industries are set to benefit from the FTA? What next for India and UK?

August 2025 | CWA # 1788

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

Global Politics Explainer
Trump’s 50 per cent tariffs on India:
What is the background? And what does it mean?

August 2025 | CWA # 1787

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

TWTW note
Trump tariffs:
Weaponization of access to the US economy
The World This Week #322 Vol 7, No 31, 03 Aug 2025

August 2025 | CWA # 1780

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

Global Politics Explainer
Pakistan-Afghanistan relations:
Why the focus on terrorism, refugees, and Uzbekistan as the third partner?

July 2025 | CWA # 1770

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

Global Politics Explainer
Pakistan-Turkiye: Looking beyond the recent visits, and bolstering defence ties

July 2025 | CWA # 1751

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

TWTW Note
Presidential elections in Romania:
Pro-EU narrative to prevail
The World This Week #312 Vol 7, No 21, 25 May 2025

May 2025 | CWA # 1682

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

CW Note
US, Ukraine and Russia:
Air attacks amidst a Minerals deal and Ceasefire Proposals
Conflict Weekly #278&279, 1 May 2025, Vol 6, Nos 17 & 18

May 2025 | CWA # 1671

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

NIAS Pakistan Reader
PM Sharif’s Visit to Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan: Connectivity, Defence, Energy and Politics

March 2025 | CWA # 1613

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

Global Politics Explainer
The unending mayhem in Kurram

January 2025 | CWA # 1583

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

Polio: Why is Pakistan vaccine hesitant?

November 2024 | CWA # 1540

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

GP Insights
US, Ukraine and Russia: Air attacks amidst a Minerals deal and Ceasefire Proposals

May 2025 | GP Insights # 918
Abhiruchi Chowdhury

The Ukraine War: Russia’s military strikes and a Complicated Putin-Trump-Zelenskyy Equation

April 2025 | GP Insights # 915
Abhiruchi Chowdhury

26th Constitutional Amendment: What and Why?

October 2024 | GP Insights # 948
Abhiruchi Chowdhury

Other Scholars

Abigail Miriam Fernandez Research Associate at the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies. Her areas of interest include peace and conflict in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. As a part of her research focus at 'Pakistan Reader'...

Apoorva Sudhakar is a Research Associate at the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies. Her areas of interest include ethnic conflicts, civil-military relations and political developments in Africa. Apoorva has completed her Masters degree in...

Avishka Ashok is a Research Associate with the Science, Technology and International Relations (STIR) Programme in the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. In the STIR Programme, she is currently coordinating the activities of the China Reader...

Dhriti Mukherjee is a Research Assistant at the National Institute of Advanced Studies. She is an assistant editor for the Conflict Weekly. Apart from this, she is also a part of the Pakistan Reader team and Indian Neighbourhood Studies Team. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, Media...

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...

Neha Tresa George is a student pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Political Science at Madras Christian College, Chennai. She is currently part of the Global Politics course offered by the National Institute of Advanced Studies(NIAS), Bengaluru.  Her interests include the USA, gender and ethnic...

Nuha Aamina is a research assistant at NIAS Area Studies -Pakistan. 

Rishika Yadav was a Research Assistant in NIAS Europe Studies at NIAS during 2023.

Mr Ryan is a Research Intern at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. He is currently an undergraduate scholar in the Department of Political Science and History In Kristu Jayanti College. His areas of interest include Global Politics, Political Analysis and Astropolitics. He is currently...

Sethuraman Nadarajan is a Research Assistant with the Science, Technology, and International Relations (STIR) Programme in the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. In the STIR Programme, he is currently coordinating the activities of the...

Shamini Velayutham is currently a Research Assistant at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. She holds a Master's in International Studies from Women’s Christian College, Chennai. Her areas of interest include Indo-pacific, Middle- East, Maritime and Transnational Crimes

Ms Sneha is a Research Intern at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. She is a postgraduate scholar at O. P. Jindal Global University, Haryana, pursuing a Diplomacy, Law and Business course. She has diverse areas of interest which include but are not limited to conflict studies,...