Area Specific Studies Programme

  • (1) Central Asia
  • (2) Europe
  • (3) South Asia
  • (4) South East Asia
  • (5) East Asia

Area Specific Studies– 2017


(1) Area Studies-Central Asia

Contributors
(A) Email Interview,
Prof. Malik Augan,

Professor of Chair International Relations and World Economy,
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University,Almaty, Kazakhstan

(B) Articles :

1) Kate Gough, graduate of Southern Methodist University
Tamara Kolesnikova, MA in International Relations
from San Francisco State University
Michael Ravitsky, studied European Studies at the University of Texas
Madina Laura Rubly, MA in Global Affairs from Rice University
Anson Sidle, senior at Tufts University
&
Richard Weitz, Director,
Center for Political-Military Analysis , Hudson Institute
2) Andrew K P Leung, SBS, FRSA
International and Independent China Strategist
3) Joseph E. Fallon
Subject matter expert on the Middle East and Central Asia
4) Yelena I. Rudenko
Senior Research Fellow
R.B. Suleimenov Institute of Oriental Studies (Almaty)
5) Anita Sengupta
Director,Asia in Global Affairs
Senior Researcher and Project Coordinator
Calcutta Research Group
6) Dr. Narendra Kumar Arya
Adjunct Sr.Assistant Professor,
Government Postgraduate College, Kotdwara, Uttrakhand, India
& Dr. Deepti Kumari
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science,
Patna College, Patna University, India
7) Dr. Mohammad Samir Hussain
Project Director,Meerut College, Meerut,India


(2) Area Studies -Europe

Contributors

A)Email Interviews
1)Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt
Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science
2)AnkeBrugmann
Director of Administration
at the University of Marburg Libraries Systems
(B) Articles :
1) Hartmut Elsenhans
Professor Emeritus at Leipzig University, Germany
2)Dr. Bodo Herzog
Professor of Economics, ESB Business School
Reutlingen University,Germany
3)Dr. Stephen Blank
Senior Fellow, American Foreign Policy Council
4) Dr. Bhaswati Sarkar
Professor of European Studies
School of International Studies,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi , India
5)IoannisKarampelas
President of the Hermes Institute of International Affairs, Geoeconomy and Security :
Director of Southeastern Europe Directorate
&
Irene Mylonas
Director of Strategic Analysis and Studies
in Hermes Institute of International Affairs, Geoeconomy and Security
6)Mrs Devika Rani
Research Scholar at DES,
Manipal University, Manipal
&
Prof Dr Neeta Inamdar
Head – Department of European Studies (DES),
Manipal University, Manipal
7)Dr. B. Krishnamurthy
Professor and Head
Centre for European Studies
Pondicherry University,Puducherry (India)
8)Dr.Dhananjay Tripathi
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations,
South Asia University,New Delhi
&
Akhila Nagar
MA, Department of International Relations,
South Asian University, New Delhi


(3) Area Studies -South Asia

Contributors

A) Interviews
1)Prof. Emeritus Marvin G. Weinbaum
University of Illinois
Director for Pakistan Studies at The Middle East Institute
2) Amb. Shamshad Ahmad
Former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
3)Amb.Touqir Hussain
Former senior diplomat from Pakistan
4) Moonis Ahmar Ph.D
Meritorious Professor , Department of International Relations
University of Karachi,Karachi, Pakistan
5)Dr Claude Rakisits
Senior Fellow, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington DC &
Associate Professor in Strategic Studies at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australi
6) Dr.Zahid Shahab Ahmed
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
ADI for Citizenship and Globalization
Deakin University,Burwood, Australia
(B) Articles :
1) Dr.Chandrima Sikdar
Professor & Area Chairperson (Economics)
School of Business Management
NarseeMonjee Institute of Management Studies,Mumbai,India
2) Dr Monika Mandal
Fellow
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies,Kolkata,India
3) Balaji Chandramohan
Visiting Fellow, Future Directions International, Perth,Australia
4) Dr.Arunoday Bajpai
Head, Department of Political Science
Agra College Agra,India
5) Ali Raza
Lecturer at Air University, Islamabad
6) Dr. Meenakshi Ray Ghosh
Independent Researcher
7)Juhi Sadhwani
Visiting Faculty,
Symbiosis School of Economics,Pune,India
8) Dr. Mohor Chakraborty
Assistant Professor in Political Science
South Calcutta Girls’ College (aff. to University of Calcutta),Kolkata,India
9) Priyashree Andley
a Public Relations and Security Risk Consultant
10) Ruchika Mathur
M.A in Politics with Specialization in International Studies
from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Former Intern at FPRC,New Delhi


(4)Area Studies -South East Asia

Contributors

A) Interviews
1) Emeritus Professor Carl Thayer
The University of New South Wales at the
Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra
2) Dr. Lipi Ghosh
Professor and Director of the Centre for South & South East Asian Studies,
Head of the Dept of South & South East Asian Studies, University of Calcutta
(B) Articles :
1) Le Thi Hang Nga (PhD.),
Head, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies,
Institute for Indian and Southwest Asian Studies,
Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
2) Dr. Nathan (Eswaranathan Ehambaranathan)
Lecturer (Business),UCOL, New Zealand
&
Dr. SupapornChalapati
Assistant Professor (International Business & Management)
I-Shou University in Taiwan
&
Ms. ShagesheelaMurugasu
Lecturer (Business),UCOL, New Zealand
3)Huynh Thanh Loan
Deputy Head, Department of International Relations Studies
Vietnam Institute for Indian and Southwest Asian Studies
Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
4) Dr Monika Mandal
former Fellow,
with the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies,Kolkata
5) Simi Mehta|
Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellow at Ohio State University, USA
6)Anant Mishra
a former Youth Representative to the UN
7) Aditi
Masters in East Asian Studies
Dept. of East Asian Studies,University of Delhi
Intern at FPRC,New Delhi


(5)Area Studies- East Asia

Contributors

A) Interviews
1) Dr. David Arase
Professor of International Politics
The Hopkins-Nanjing Center, Johns Hopkins-SAIS
2) Dr. Mher Sahakyan
Director
“China-Eurasia” Council for Political and Strategic Research,
Nanjing University, China
(B) Articles :
1) Dr.Masanori Kondo
Senior Associate Professor,
International Christian University, Tokyo
2) Krishanthi D. Wimalasiri
Lecturer, Department of International Relations
University of Colombo
3) Dr.Munmun Majumdar
Associate Prof, Dept. of Political Science
North-Eastern Hill University,Shillong,India
4) Sourabh Gupta
Resident Senior Fellow,
Institute for China-America Studies(ICAS) in Washington, D.C.
5)Bawa Singh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,Centre for South and Central Asian Studies
School of Global Relations
Central University of Punjab,Bathinda (Pb.),INDIA
&
Sandeep Singh
Research Scholar,Centre for South & Central Asian Studies,
Central University of Punjab, Bathinda,India
6) Balaji Chandramohan
Visiting Fellow with Future Directions International,Perth
7) Gautam Das
Adjunct Fellow, ICS, New Delhi
8) Namrata Hasija
Research Associate, Centre for China Analysis and Strategy&
President, Taiwan Alumni Association in India
9) Ruchika Mathur
M.A in Politics with Specialization in International Studies
from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Former Intern at FPRC,New Delhi
10) Aditi
Masters in East Asian Studies, Dept. of East Asian Studies
University of Delhi
Intern at FPRC,New Delhi