Course Scholars

Apoorva Sudhakar

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 International Studies from Stella Maris College, Chennai and also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism (Print) from the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. She is a graduate in Economics from St. Albert's College, Ernakulam.


GP Commentaries
2023: The World This Year
Africa: Despite the elections, democratic backslide will continue 

January 2023 | CWA # 900

Apoorva Sudhakar

2022: The World This Year
Tunisia: The end of the Jasmine Revolution

December 2022 | CWA # 868

Apoorva Sudhakar

NIAS Africa Monitor
Coup in Burkina Faso: Five things to know

January 2022 | CWA # 665

Apoorva Sudhakar

Pakistan Reader
The PDM is back, again

January 2022 | CWA # 641

Apoorva Sudhakar

Pakistan Reader
Protests in Gwadar: Four major highlights

December 2021 | CWA # 624

Apoorva Sudhakar

Pakistan Reader
Smog, pollution and more: Deteriorating air quality in Pakistan

November 2021 | CWA # 611

Apoorva Sudhakar

Pakistan Reader
The increasing curbs on digital media freedom in Pakistan

November 2021 | CWA # 600

Apoorva Sudhakar

Pakistan Reader
Pakistan’s transgender community: The long road ahead

October 2021 | CWA # 586

Apoorva Sudhakar | Project Associate, School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS

Pakistan Reader
No honour in honour killing

October 2021 | CWA # 583

Apoorva Sudhakar

Pakistan Reader
Rising child abuse in Pakistan: Five reasons why

October 2021 | CWA # 577

Apoorva Sudhakar

NIAS Africa Monitor
Africa’s Stolen Future:Child abductions, lost innocence, and a glaring reflection of State failure in Nigeria

September 2021 | CWA # 560

Apoorva Sudhakar

Pakistan Reader
Digital Pakistan: Idea, Potential and Challenges

August 2021 | CWA # 535

Apoorva Sudhakar

NIAS Africa Monitor
Ethiopia's Tigray problem is Tigray's Ethiopia problem

July 2021 | CWA # 516

Apoorva Sudhakar

NIAS Africa Monitor
15 of the 23 global hunger hotspots are in Africa. Three reasons why

May 2021 | CWA # 470

Apoorva Sudhakar

NIAS Africa Monitor
Libya: A new unity government and rekindled hope, a decade after the fall of Gaddafi

April 2021 | CWA # 458

Apoorva Sudhakar

NIAS GP Debate on Quad
India's Endgames, Roles and Limitations in Quad

March 2021 | CWA # 448

Apoorva Sudhakar

Conflict Reader
Ethiopia: Five fallouts of the military offensive in Tigray

February 2021 | CWA # 435

Apoorva Sudhakar

Global Politics
Trump’s Iran legacy: Maximum pressure, minimum results

February 2021 | CWA # 427

Apoorva Sudhakar

NIAS Africa Monitor
Ethiopia: The conflict in Tigray and the regional fallouts

December 2020 | CWA # 402

Apoorva Sudhakar

India External
India and Bangladesh: The Long Haul

July 2018 | CWA # 45

Apoorva Sudhakar

GP Insights
Lula's first 100 days in Brazil: Inheriting an economically-weak country, returning to the global st

April 2023 | GP Insights # 672
Apoorva Sudhakar

South Africa: Ramaphosa re-elected as party president, amid ANC divisions

December 2022 | GP Insights # 690
Apoorva Sudhakar

The US: Rekindling relations with Africa at Leaders Summit

December 2022 | GP Insights # 687
Apoorva Sudhakar

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