Course Scholars

GP Commentaries
Early Bird
Jimmy Lai sentenced for 20 years in Hong Kong: Who, What, and Why
CEAP

February 2026 | CWA # 1960

Femy Francis

State of Global Politics 2025
China and EU: Trade Frictions, Strategic Dependencies, and Economic Recalibration
The World This Week #338, Vol 7, No 52, 31 December 2025

December 2025 | CWA # 1906

Femy Francis

State of Global Politics 2025
China, Japan and Taiwan: Takaichi’s hardline security concerns and escalating regional tensions
The World This Week #338, Vol 7, No 52, 31 December 2025

December 2025 | CWA # 1905

Femy Francis

State of Global Politics 2025
US and China: The tariff tensions
The World This Week #338, Vol 7, No 52, 31 December 2025

December 2025 | CWA # 1904

Femy Francis

State of Peace and Conflict 2025
China and Taiwan: Political Tensions, Military escalation, and External intervention
Conflict Weekly #313, 31 December 2025, Vol. 6, No. 52

December 2025 | CWA # 1891

Femy Francis

State of Peace and Conflict 2025
China’s Yarlung Tsangpo Mega Dam: Transboundary Tensions, Environmental Impacts and Security Concerns
Conflict Weekly #313, 31 December 2025, Vol. 6, No. 52

December 2025 | CWA # 1889

Femy Francis

China Reader
“Let Beijing believe peaceful reunification is still possible”
Ten Takeaways of a SCMP Interview with a former PLA Colonel
China Reader

December 2025 | CWA # 1864

Femy Francis | Femy Francis is a Project Associate at NIAS

TWTW Note
Ten Takeaways on White Paper "China’s Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-proliferation in the New Era
China Reader
The paper is divided into five sections and the two annexes, focusing on the laws and regulations and the list of agreements it is part of.

December 2025 | CWA # 1861

Femy Francis

TWTW Note
Japan-China Tensions over PM Takaichi's statement on Taiwan

November 2025 | CWA # 1846

Femy Francis

Global Politics Explainer
China, Yarlung Tsangpo and the Medog Hydropower Station
Where is the new dam? Why does China want to build it now? What are the concerns of India and Bangladesh?

July 2025 | CWA # 1776

Femy Francis

Global Politics Explainer
China-Australia Free Trade Agreement after ten years:
What are the issues, and what next?

July 2025 | CWA # 1775

Femy Francis 

TWTW Note
The US-China:
On Tariffs, Rare Earths and Visas
The World This Week #315 Vol 7, No 24, 15 June 2025

June 2025 | CWA # 1715

Femy Francis

NIAS GP Explainer
China-Pakistan-Afghanistan Foreign Ministers meeting in Beijing
What is the background, and what did they discuss?

May 2025 | CWA # 1681

Femy Francis

Global Politics Explainer
China's Military drills near Taiwan Strait: Actions, Responses and Criticisms

April 2025 | CWA # 1644

Femy Francis

NIAS Africa Studies
China-Africa: The Ninth FOCAC Summit

November 2024 | CWA # 1542

Femy Francis

CEAP Commentary
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

Global Politics Early Bird
China-Arab States Summit, and Xi’s “Five Cooperation Framework”

May 2024 | CWA # 1336

Femy Francis

NIAS China Reader
Antony Blinken’s China Visit

May 2024 | CWA # 1320

Femy Francis

NIAS China Reader
China in Mexico: What, How and Why

May 2024 | CWA # 1319

Femy Francis

NIAS Europe Studies
President Xi in Serbia: Looking at China's Balkans Strategy and beyond 25th year of bombing anniversary

May 2024 | CWA # 1312

Femy Francis

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

January 2026 | GP Insights # 948
Femy Francis

Hong Kong court convicts Jimmy Lai

December 2025 | GP Insights # 945
Femy Francis

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

December 2025 | GP Insights # 936
Femy Francis

Other Scholars

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...

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...

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...

Nirmiti Mhatre is an intern and an undergraduate student majoring in BA Political Science at the School of Liberal Arts, Alliance University, Bengaluru

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...

Sunidhi Sampige is an intern and is a postgraduate student in MA Diplomacy, Law and Business at the Jindal School of International Affairs, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat

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.