FPRC Journal

FPRC Journal

a Quarterly research journal devoted to studies on Indian Foreign Policy
ISSN 2277 – 2464

Contributors

FPRC JOURNAL (J-54) 2023 (2)

Focus: India-Pakistan Relations: post -2014
Contributors
Interviews:

1. Amb.Touqir Hussain
former senior diplomat from Pakistan, served as Diplomatic Adviser to the Prime Minister; Currently, Adjunct Faculty at Georgetown University and Syracuse University
2. Amb. Dr Major General Raza Muhammad (retd)
President, Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI)
3.Dr. Dov Zakheim
Senior Fellow at CNA Corp.
and a Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
4.Dr. David J. Karl
founder & president of the Asia Strategy Initiative, a Los Angeles-based business consultancy, and manages its South Asia practice group. He earlier served as director of studies at the Pacific Council on International Policy.
5. Shuja Nawaz, Distinguished Fellow
a Distinguished Fellow and the Founding Director of the South Asia Center of the Atlantic Council, Washington DC. His latest book is The Battle for Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and a Tough Neighbourhood. www.shujanawaz.com
6. Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch, SM, VSM.
Director, India Foundation
Director Emeritus, CLAWS ,Member, USI, IDSA
7.Prof. Emeritus Ishtiaq Ahmed
a Swedish political scientist and author of Pakistani descent; obtained a PhD in Political Science from Stockholm University, where he is currently Professor Emeritus, having retired in 2010. He is Editor-in-General of the "Liberal Arts & Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ)”.
8. Dr.Andrey Volodin
Professor, Diplomatic Academy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation
9. Dr. Mohammed Badrul Alam
Formerly Professor and Head
Department of Political Science
Jamia Millia Islamia University ,New Delhi. India.
10.Ramananda Sengupta
Foreign and Strategic Affairs Analyst,Consulting Editor,
http://in.linkedin.com/in/ramananda https://ramanandasengupta.contently.com https://independent.academia.edu/RamanandaSengupta
11.Dr.Richard L.Benkin
Author of A Quiet Case of Ethnic Cleansing: The Murder of Bangladesh's Hindus
and What is Moderate Islam?
12. Dr.Geeta Kochhar
Assistant Professor
Center for Chinese and South-East Asian Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University NEW DELHI
13.Dr. Shalini Chawla
Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi
FP/ IR (Generalia) Dr Suvro Parui
Research Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi. He held the position of Head of the Department and Language Coordinator (Dept. of Chinese Language) at Amity School of Languages.
Intern’s Corner:
(1) Ms Parul Trivedi
a Postgraduate from School of International and Area Studies, Goa University.; former Research Intern at Foreign Policy Research Centre, New Delhi, and Institute of Chinese Studies New Delhi. Currently a Research Intern at Organization for in China and Asia, New Delhi and a Geopolitical Risk Intern at Worisgo, New Delhi
2 . Syed Mahmood Faiyaz Mehdi
M.A.International Relations Student -2021-2023
Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh (Amity Institute of International Studies)
3. Vijaylaxmi Pal
M.A. in Politics (with specialisation in International Studies) 2022
Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi
4. Sheldon Patrick Joseph
currently completing master's in Economics (Specialisation in rural development and urban planning) from St.Xavier's College, Mumbai
5. Ritika Maggo
studying M.A. International Relations final year at Amity University, Noida
6. Vansha Chawla
Ashoka University, Undergraduate student
7. Harshita Prasher
second year undergraduate student,
MCM DAV College For Women, Chandigarh (affiliated with Panjab University, Chandigarh)
8. Arunava Banerjee
BA LLB(H) Candidate 2023
Amity Law School, Kolkata
9. Ankit Kumar
Ph,D. Scholar ,JNU New Delhi,FPRC Intern

FPRC JOURNAL (J-53) 2023 (1)

Focus: India-Latin America Relations: Challenges and the Way Forward
Contributors
Email Interviews:

1)Ambassador J.K. Tripathi IFS (Retd.)
Starting his career in 1981, Ambassador Tripathi has vast experience of Africa, Europe, Middle East and Latin America. Served in Venezuela and Brazil. He is a member of Association of Indian Diplomats, Research Information Systems and Ambassadors’ Club of PHD Chamber of Commerce, Honorary Adviser MICCIA. Ambassador Tripathi is also on the Board of Advisors of the Indo-Latin American Chamber of Commerce.
2) Jorge Heine,PhD
Chile’s Ambassador to India (2003-2007)
Research Professor
Pardee School of Global Studies
Boston University
3) Ms. Margaret Myers
is a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center and director of the Asia & Latin America Program at the Inter-American Dialogue. & Steven Holmes
joined the Inter-American Dialogue in 2022 as a Program Associate in the Asia and Latin America Program.
4) Priti Singh,Ph.D
CHAIRPERSON & Associate Professor
Centre for Canadian, US and Latin American Studies
School of International Studies- I, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,India
5) Bernd Reiter, Ph.D.
Professor, Texas Tech University
Graduate Advisor, Spanish and Portuguese, CMLL 276
Department of Classcal and Modern Languages and Literatures
Fulbright Distinguished Chair of Public Policy, Brazil, 2021-2022
Research Associate, Afro Latin American Research Institute, Harvard University, 2020-2021
Erasmus Mundus Visiting Professor, Barcelona Institute for International Studies, 2013
6) MAURICIO MESQUITA MOREIRA, Ph. D
Sector Economic Principal Advisor Integration and Trade Sector
of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). He received a PhD in Economics from the University College London.
7) Dr. Manuel Gonzalo
Investigador-Profesor en la L. en Economía del Desarrollo de la Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (UNQUI) y en la L. en Economía de la Universidad Nacional de Chilecito (UNDEC)
Co-Coordinador del GT sobre Asia del Sur del Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI)
8) Hari Seshasayee
advises the Government of Colombia and is a visiting fellow at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), NEW DELHI Special

Articles:
1)Prakash Jangid
is a Ph.D scholar at the Department of Political Science, University of Rajasthan
(2) Ms Parul Trivedi
a Postgraduate from School of International and Area Studies, Goa University.; former Research Intern at Foreign Policy Research Centre, New Delhi, and Institute of Chinese Studies New Delhi. Currently a Research Intern at Organization for in China and Asia, New Delhi and a Geopolitical Risk Intern at Worisgo, New Delhi
FP/ IR (Generalia)
Aishani Biswas (22 JSGP)
B.A.(Hons.) Economics, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy,
O. P. Jindal Global University (JGU), FPRC Intern
Intern’s Corner:
1 ARYA DAOO,
2nd yr. MA integrated student at
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
2 Mukesh Kumar
PhD scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
3.Priyanka Mohanty
M.A. in Diplomacy, Law and Business, Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA)-22-JSIA
4. Akshita Pant
pursuing master’s in international relations from Amity University, NOIDA
5. Nitin Chauhan
MA Political Science from Delhi University
6. Siddharth Dubey
M.A. from Ambedkar University, Delhi with a degree in Urban Studies from the School of Global Affairs; pursuing a master’s degree in political science and international Relations from Indira Gandhi National University (2022-2024)
7. Khyati Anand
studying M.A. International Relations final year at Amity University, Noida
8. Chandril Tiwari
pursuing a bachelor’s degree in political science honours
from Ramjas College, Delhi University

FPRC JOURNAL (J-52) 2022 (4)

Focus: AFRICA-INDIA Cooperation
Contributors
Interviews:

(1) Ambassador Gurjit Singh
Former Ambassador of India to Germany, Indonesia, Ethiopia, ASEAN and the African Union; Chair, CII Task Force on Trilateral Cooperation in Africa; Professor, IIT Indore
(2) Fidel Amakye Owusu
International Relations and Security Analyst | OSINT| Geopolitics |Writer Associate at Conflict Research Consortium for Africa Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana
(3) Ghazali Bello Abubakar, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science,
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,
Sokoto State University, Sokoto, Nigeria
(4) Prof. Suresh Kumar
Chief Editor, AfricaIndia.org
Former Head, Department of African Studies
University of Delhi, India
(5) Professor Shobana Shankar,
Currently Africa Fellow at the Wilson Center at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC, is Professor of African and global history at Stony Brook University in New York.
(6) Prof Sanjukta Bhattacharya,Ph.D. (JNU)
currently retired, was a Professor of International Relations at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. She has received the prestigious Fulbright Award twice.
(7) Air Commodore (Dr) R A Maslekar, IAF (Veteran)
Operational flying experience in the country and abroad. UN Peacekeeping Mission in Africa; Visiting Faculty at Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Pune
(8) Dr. Aparajita Biswas
Former Professor and Director
Centre for African Studies, University of Mumbai
(9) Dr. Philipp Gieg
Diplom-Jurist, European Jurist (Univ. Würzburg)
Postdoctoral Researcher
Chair of International Relations and European Studies
Institute of Political Science and Sociology, University of Würzburg, Germany
Guest Editorial:
Dr. Meenakshi Ray Ghosh
Independent Researcher, Mumbai
an alumnus of Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal from where she did her Masters and MPhil in International Relations. She went on to do her PhD from the University of Mumbai.
Articles:
(1) SUMANTA CHOUDHURY
-Ex-Managing Director of Ipca Pharma Nigeria Ltd.
-Ipca Laboratories Ltd -Vice President, Export Formulations for Africa and Middle East. -worked with Hoechst, Pfizer for 17 years.
-Associate of Institute of Chemist (India)
-Course Coordinator, International Trade (Africa) at Canter for African Studies, University of Mumbai;
*Consultant for International Marketing of Pharmaceuticals.
(2) Ms Parul Trivedi
a Postgraduate from School of International and Area Studies, Goa University.; former Research Intern at Foreign Policy Research Centre, New Delhi, and Institute of Chinese Studies New Delhi. Currently a Research Intern at Organization for in China and Asia, New Delhi and a Geopolitical Risk Intern at Worisgo, New Delhi.
Generalia :
1)Ms Saloni Salil
an Independent Geopolitics and Security Analyst and a Max Certified Intelligence Analyst (ASIS Recognised)
2)Binish Akhtar
PhD second-year student
at Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia
Intern’s Corner :
1) Bhavna Dahiya
Master’s in Diplomacy, Law and Business
Jindal School of International Affairs, JGU
(2) Unnimaya V.
a student at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras pursuing third year in the Development Studies programme offered by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras.
3) Samiksha Roy
pursuing master’s in international Relations and Area Studies (IRAS)
from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
4) Devanshi Thakore
B.A. (Hons.) Global Affairs
Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA)
5) Mansi Rathi
pursuing post-graduation in Political Science at
University Delhi
6) Pradeek Krishna
B.A. (Hons.) Global Affairs, Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA)

FPRC JOURNAL – J-51 2022 (3)

Focus: Iran-India Relations
Contributors
Interviews:

(1) Ambassador Nalin Surie, I.F.S. (Retd.)
Ambassador Nalin Surie has served over a long and distinguished career in the Indian Foreign Service from 1973-2011, holding a number of strategic, policy and advisory roles, including as the High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ambassador to China and Poland. More recently, he has also led the Indian Council of World Affairs, as the Director General from 2015-2018
(2) Amb. K.P. Fabian
served in the Indian Foreign Service from 1964 to 2000. His last posting was in Rome, as Ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representative to UN Organizations including FAO, WFP, and IFAD
(3) Dr. Dov Zakheim
Senior Fellow at CNA Corp. and a Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
(4) Dr. John Calabrese
He teaches US foreign policy at American University in Washington, DC. He also serves as a Senior Scholar at the Middle East Institute where he directs MEI's project on The Middle East and Asia (MAP). He is the Book Review Editor of The Middle East Journal and previously served as General Series Editor of MEI Viewpoints.
(5) Dr. Andrey Volodin
Professor. Diplomatic Academy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation
(6) Dr. Richard L. Benkin
Independent Human Rights Activist Author of A Quiet Case of Ethnic Cleansing: the Murder of Bangladesh’s Hindus and What is Moderate Islam? https://www.interfaithstrength.com/
`(7) Dr. Sujata Ashwarya
Associate Professor ,Jamia Millia Islamia (a public university) ,New Delhi
(8) Dr. Malik Augan
Department of International Relations, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty
(9) Dr. Ali M Ansari
Prof. of Iranian History & Director, Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews; Sr.Asso.Fellow, Royal United Services Institute; Vice President of the British Institute for Persian Studies
(10) Ramananda Sengupta,
Foreign and Strategic Affairs Analyst,Consulting Editor, Indian Defence Review
(11) Sanjay Upadhya
Sanjay Upadhya is a Nepalese journalist, author and analyst based in the United States, has worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Times of London, Inter Press Service, Khaleej Times and the UN
(12) Dr. Jawaid Iqbal
Prof., Department of West Asian Studies, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh India.
(13) D.Sc. Vladimir BELOV (Mr.)
Professor of the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Director of the Centre for African Studies.
(14) Mahnaz Zahirinejad, PhD.
Assistant Professor, Director of the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures Polish Academy of Sciences
(15) Burzine Waghmar
South Asia and Arts & Humanities Librarian (History of Art & Archaeology) Access & Discovery, Library & Learning Services (LLS) SOAS Library University of London, London; Member, Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS ; Member, Centre for the Study of Pakistan, SOAS ;Member, SOAS South Asia Institute ; Inaugural Visiting India Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) ; Fellow, European Foundation for South Asian Studies, The Hague
(16) Niranjan Marjani
(Niranjan Marjani is a Political Analyst and Researcher based in Vadodara, India. He tweets at @NiranjanMarjani)
(17) Dr. Mandana Tishehyar
Faculty member, Department of Regional Studies in ECO College, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran & Head of Board of Directors, Iranian Peace Studies Scientific Association
(18) Dr. Bawa Singh
Associate Professor, Department of South and Central Asian Studies Dean School of International Studies, Central University of Punjab,Bathinda (Pb.), India
Articles:
(1) Dr. Manas Chakrabarty
Senior Fellow (ICSSR), Dept of Pol. Science, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling. India
(2) Dr. Rajkumar Singh
Professor and Head, of Political Science. Mandal University, Madhepura, Bihar, India
(3) Dr. Richard Rousseau
Dr. Richard Rousseau, Ph.D., an international relations expert,was formerly a professor and head of political science departments at universities in Canada, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and the United Arab Emirates.
(4) Dr. Ehud Eilam
former researcher for Israel's Defense Ministry. Ph.D on military doctrine. expertise: Israel’s national strategy
Intern’s Corner :
1) Ria Sharma
MA (POLITICAL SCIENCE) -MS College for Women, Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner, Rajasthan
2) Sreya Mazumdar
MA [International Relations] Final year student PDEU [Pandit Deendayal Energy University] Gandhinagar, Gujrat.
3) Saira Grace Saju
MA in Political Science and International Relations, Central University of KERALA
4) Yashika Sharma
B.A(H) Political Science, IIIrd Year Maitreyi College for Women, University of Delhi
5) Anshika Singh
BA Programme (CBCS) History and Geography,Miranda House College, Delhi University

FPRC JOURNAL – J-50 2022 (2)

Focus: UKRAINE CRISIS: Indian Perspective
Contributors
Interviews:
(1) Ambassador Nalin Surie, I.F.S. (Retd.)
Ambassador Nalin Surie has served over a long and distinguished career in the Indian Foreign Service from 1973-2011, holding a number of strategic, policy and advisory roles, including as the High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ambassador to China and Poland. More recently, he has also led the Indian Council of World Affairs, as the Director General from 2015-2018
(2) Amb. P.S. Raghavan
Former Ambassador of India to Russia, Czech Republic, and Ireland
He was Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (2000-2004) and Secretary (2013-14) in the MEA. He headed (2012-13) the Development Partnership Administration, which coordinates India’s economic partnership with developing countries. Some of his other special responsibilities were of Political Adviser to the Indian Peacekeeping Force in Sri Lanka (1987-88), Chief Coordinator of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi (2012) and Special Envoy of the Government of India to Sudan and South Sudan (2012-13). He served two terms (2016-20) as Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB),
(3) Amb. K.P. Fabian
served in the Indian Foreign Service from 1964 to 2000. His last posting was in Rome, as Ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representative to UN Organizations including FAO, WFP, and IFAD
(4) Dr. Carlyle A. Thayer
Emeritus Professor, UNSW Canberra School of Humanities and Social Sciences The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, ACT 2610 Australia
(5) Dr. David J. Karl
Member Of the Board Of Advisors, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University Washington, DC 20052
(6) Dr. David Arase
Resident Professor of International Politics at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and honorary professor at the Asia Global Institute, the University of Hong Kong 2020-21 and 2021-22
(7) Prof. Michimi Muranushi
Dept. of Law, Gakushuin University,Tokyo
(8) Dr. Ian Hall
Professor of International Relations Deputy Director (Research), Griffith Asia Institute Co-editor (with Sara E. Davies), Australian Journal of International Affairs Griffith University | Nathan campus | QLD 4111 | Australia griffith.edu.au
(9) ZHIQUN ZHU, PhD
Professor of Political Science and International Relations Chair, Department of International Relations Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA My new book: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/11291
(10) Dr. Richard L. Benkin
Independent Human Rights Activist Author of A Quiet Case of Ethnic Cleansing: the Murder of Bangladesh's Hindus and What is Moderate Islam? https://www.interfaithstrength.com/
(11) Dr. Andrey Volodin
Professor; Diplomatic Academy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation
(12) Dr. Mohammed Badrul Alam (Retd.)
Professor, Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
(13) Pooran Chandra Pandey
Member of the board of Trustees, World Food Programme Trust for India and founding CEO, DOC Research Institute, Berlin (2016-2018) Fellow, Center for Media, Data and Society, Central European University Democracy Institute, Budapest/ Brussels
(14) Commodore RS Vasan IN ( Retd)
Director, Chennai Centre for China Studies, Regional Director National Maritime Foundation Tamil Nadu President Navy Foundation Chennai Chapter
(15) Daniel S. Markey, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor, South Asia United States Institute of Peace Washington, DC 20037
(16) Sanjay Upadhya
Sanjay Upadhya is a Nepalese journalist, author and analyst based in the United States, has worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Times of London, Inter Press Service, Khaleej Times and the UN
(17) Dr. K. B. Usha
Associat Professor, Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi
(18) Dr Raj Verma
Associate Professor of International Relations and Foreign Policy, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China Head of Research Intellisia Institute,Guangzhou, China Adjunct Professor Far Eastern University, Manila, the Philippines
(19) Ramananda Sengupta,
Foreign and Strategic Affairs Analyst,Consulting Editor, Indian Defence Review http://in.linkedin.com/in/ramananda https://ramanandasengupta.contently.com https://independent.academia.edu/RamanandaSengupta
(20) Saurabh Gupta
Resident Senior Fellow, Institute for China-America Studies (ICAS) Washington, D.C
The Backgrounder:
Joseph E. Fallon Senior Research Associate U.K. Defense Forum, International Council Member, Scientific Board Journal- GeoPolitica
Articles:
(1) Dr. Manas Chakrabarty
Senior Fellow (ICSSR), Dept of Pol. Science, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling. India
(2) Dr. Rajkumar Singh
Professor and Head, of Political Science. Mandal University, Madhepura, Bihar, India
(3) Dr Suvro Parui
Assistant Professor of Chinese Language, Amity School of Languages, Amity University,Gurugram
Intern’s Corner :
1) Hasfa Akram
M.Sc. International Relations, National University of Modern languages, Islamabad,FPRC Intern
2) Sathya Pulukuri
final year student of BA (HONS) Political Science at ARSD College, University of Delhi ,FPRC Intern
3) Dipannita Bhattacharyya
2nd year Student, International Relations, Amity University, Noida-FPRC Intern
4) Aniba Junaid
MA in Political Science from the University Of Calcutta,FPRC Intern
5) Diya Koppar
2nd year (B.A (Hons) international relations, Amity University, Noida, FPRC Intern
6) Gargee Priyadarshini
M.A. in South Asian Studies from Pondicherry University, FPRC Intern

FPRC JOURNAL – J-49

Focus: Russia’s Pivot to China
Interviews:

(1) Amb. Ronen Sen
Former Indian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Had consecutive appointments as Ambassador of India to Mexico (1991-92); to the Russian Federation (1992-98); to the Federal Republic of Germany (1998-2002); as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (2002-04); and as Ambassador to the USA (2004-09).He is the only Indian so far to serve as ambassador in three P-5 and five G-20 capitals: participated in 182 bilateral and multilateral summit meetings in six continents. Awarded India’s third highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan (2012)
(2) Ambassador Nalin Surie, I.F.S. (Retd.)
Ambassador Nalin Surie has served over a long and distinguished career in the Indian Foreign Service from 1973-2011, holding a number of strategic, policy and advisory roles, including as the High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ambassador to China and Poland. More recently, he has also led the Indian Council of World Affairs, as the Director General from 2015-2018
(3) Dr.Dov Zakheim
Senior Fellow at CNA Corp. and a Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
(4) Fei-Ling Wang, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)
Professor at Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0610, USA
(5) Dr. David Arase
Resident Professor of International Politics at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center of the
(2) Amb. K.P. Fabian
served in the Indian Foreign Service from 1964 to 2000. His last posting was in Rome, as Ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representative to UN Organizations including FAO, WFP, and IFAD
(3) Dr. Carlyle A. Thayer
Emeritus Professor, UNSW Canberra School of Humanities and Social Sciences The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defense Force Academy, Canberra, ACT 2610 Australia
(4) Fei-Ling Wang, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)
Professor at Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0610, USA
(5) Dr. David Arase
Resident Professor of International Politics at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and honorary professor at the Asia Global Institute, the University of Hong Kong 2020-21 and 2021-22.
(6) Prof. MichimiMuranushi
Dept. of Law, Gakushuin University, Tokyo
(7) Dr. Alexander Salitsky
Chief Research Fellow, Institute for World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences
(8) Dr. Timothy S. Rich, PhD
Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the International Public Opinion Lab (IPOL) at Western Kentucky University
(9) Sanjay Upadhya
Sanjay Upadhya is a Nepalese journalist, author and analyst based in the United States, has worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Times of London, Inter Press Service, Khaleej Times and the UN
(10) Dr. Mark G. Rolls
Senior Lecturer in Asian Politics and Security at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.
(11) Commodore RS Vasan IN (Retd)
Director General Chennai Center for China Studies Regional Director, National Maritime Foundation Tamil Nadu
(12) Dr. Arabinda Acharya
Associate Professor Homeland Security, Rabdan Academy, Abu Dhabi, UAE Formerly with, National Defense University, USA, and the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore Guest Editorial Joseph E. Fallon Senior Research Associate U.K. Defense Forum, International Council Member, Scientific Board Journal- GeoPolitica
Articles:
(1) Dr. Manas Chakrabarty
Senior Fellow (ICSSR), Dept of Political Science, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling. INDIA
(2) Dr. Rajkumar Singh
Professor and Head, of Political Science B.N. Mandal University, Madhepura, Bihar, India
(3) Dr SuvroParui
Assistant Professor of Chinese Language, Amity School of Languages, Gurugram Intern’s Corner:
(1) Varsha Varghese
SOAS, University of London
(2) Tania Gandhi
Political Science Graduate from St. Xavier's (Autonomous) College, Mumbai
(3) Ishita Dhar
pursuing master’s in development studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)MUMBAI
(4) Upasana Ghosh
Post-Graduation in Political Science from Presidency University, Kolkata
(5) Parul Trivedi
pursuing master’s in International Studies from Goa University, Goa Former FPRC Intern

FPRC JOURNAL – J-48

Focus: TAIWAN -Balancing Act among Beijing, Taipei, and Washington
Interviews:

(1) Dr.Dov Zakheim
Senior Fellow at CNA Corp.
and a Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
(2) Amb. K.P. Fabian
served in the Indian Foreign Service from 1964 to 2000. His last posting was in Rome, as Ambassador to Italy and Permanent
Representative to UN Organizations including FAO, WFP, and IFAD
(3) Dr. Carlyle A. Thayer
Emeritus Professor, UNSW Canberra
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
The University of New South Wales at the
Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, ACT 2610 Australia
(4) Fei-Ling Wang, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)
Professor at Sam Nunn School of International Affairs,
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0610, USA
(5)Dr. David Arase
Resident Professor of International Politics at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced
International Studies, and honorary professor at the Asia Global Institute, the University of Hong Kong 2020-21 and 2021-22.
(6) Prof. MichimiMuranushi
Dept. of Law, Gakushuin University, Tokyo
(7) Dr. Alexander Salitsky
Chief Research Fellow, Institute for World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences
(8) Dr. Timothy S. Rich, PhD
Associate Professor of Political Science
and Director of the International Public Opinion Lab (IPOL) at
Western Kentucky University
(9)Sanjay Upadhya
Sanjay Upadhya is a Nepalese journalist, author and analyst based in the United States, has worked for the British Broadcasting
Corporation, the Times of London, Inter Press Service, Khaleej Times and the UN
(10) Dr. Mark G. Rolls
Senior Lecturer in Asian Politics and Security at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.
(11) Commodore RS Vasan IN (Retd)
Director General Chennai Centre for China Studies
Regional Director, National Maritime Foundation Tamil Nadu
(12) Dr.Arabinda Acharya
Associate Professor Homeland Security, Rabdan Academy, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Formerly with, National Defense University, USA, and the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore

Guest Editorial
Joseph E. Fallon
Senior Research Associate U.K. Defense Forum,
International Council Member, Scientific Board Journal- GeoPolitica

Articles:

(1) Dr. Manas Chakrabarty
Senior Fellow (ICSSR), Dept of Political Science, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling. INDIA
(2) Dr. Rajkumar Singh
Professor and Head, of Political Science
B.N. Mandal University, Madhepura, Bihar, India
(3)Dr SuvroParui
Assistant Professor of Chinese Language,
Amity School of Languages, Gurugram
Intern’sCorner:
(1) Varsha Varghese
SOAS, University of London
(2) Tania Gandhi
Political Science Graduate from St. Xavier's (Autonomous) College, Mumbai
(3) Ishita Dhar
pursuing master’s in development studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)MUMBAI
(4) Upasana Ghosh
Post-Graduation in Political Science from Presidency University, Kolkata
(5) Parul Trivedi
pursuing master’s in International Studies from Goa University, Goa
Former FPRC Intern

FPRC JOURNAL – J-47

Focus: Índia-EU Relations
Interviews:

(1) Amb. Bhaswati Mukherjee
is a retired Indian diplomat. She was Ambassador of India to the Netherlands from 2010 to 2013. Mukherjee was the Permanent Delegate of India to UNESCO from 2004 to 2010
(2) Amb.TomaszLukaszuk
He worked in Polish foreign service for 25 years, serving as Ambassador in Indonesia, Singapore, East Timor (2004-2008) and also in India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Maldives (2014-2017)
(3) Prof. Emeritus Hartmut Elsenhans
Leipzig University, Germany
(4) Prof. Bhaswati Sarkar
Professor & Jean Monnet Chair, Center for European Studies School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
(5) Sunaina Kumar
is Senior Fellow with the Center for New Economic Diplomacy at the Observer Research Foundation. She has been a journalist for over 15 years and has worked as a senior editor with the Indian Express, Open Magazine, and Tehelka. She has contributed news features to the Guardian, BBC, Der Spiegel, Al Jazeera, Mint, among others. Guest Editorial Pooran Chandra Pandey Member of the board of Trustees, World Food Programme Trust for India and founding CEO, DOC Research Institute, Berlin (2016-2018)
Articles:
(1) Dr. Manas Chakrabarty
Senior Fellow (ICSSR), Department of Political Science University of North Bengal,Darjeeling. W.B. INDIA Emeritus Professor of UGC (2016-2018)
(2) Dr. Rajkumar Singh
Professor and Head, University Department of Political Science B.N.Mandal University, Madhepura,Bihar, India (3) Prof Nidhi PiplaniKapur Head- Symbiosis Center for European Studies (SCES), Symbiosis International (Deemed University), SIU & Ms. Nandini Jiva Member, SCES Student Think Tank, SIU
(4) Lourens van Haaften
Assistant professor for the Education in Culture research unit of the University of Groningen (5) Dr Ankita Dutta Research Fellow at Indian Council of World Affairs, Sapru House, New Delhi.
(6) Balaji Chandramohan
Based in New Delhi, Balaji Chandramohan is a member of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Analysis. He studied journalism at the Waikato Institute of Technology, Hamilton.
(7) PriyashreeAndley
A Research Scholar with over a decade of experience in International Security and Conflict Risk Management, she has worked with the NIAS International Security and Strategic Studies department at IISC in Bangalore, Mahindra Special Services Group and Think Tanks like the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies. A Felix Scholar from SOAS University, UK, she is a postgraduate from JNU, Delhi.
(8) Deobojyoti Kumar
Contributing writer – ITFA ; Former – Project Assistant (NABARD)
(9) Shreya Sinha
is a Doctoral Candidate at the Centre for European Studies, SIS, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Awarded Junior Research Fellowship in Political Science by the University Grants Commission.
Intern’s Corner:
(1) Neeraj Singh Manhas
Doctoral student at Sardar Patel University, Gujarat
(2) Gunjan Sidana
former FPRC Intern; currently Research Intern at ICWA, New Delhi
(3) Siddhi Jagdale
M.Sc Economics, Bonn University, Germany; FPRC Intern
(4) PurviPuranik
Graduated from St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore; FPRC Intern International Relations/Foreign Policy (Generalia)
(1) Anwesha Hazarika
Ph.D Scholar, Dept. of Political Science, Cotton University, Assam; FPRC Intern

FPRC JOURNAL – J-46

Focus: 75 Years of India-Russia Relations:1945-2021
Interviews:

(1) Amb. Ronen Sen
Former Indian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Had consecutive appointments as Ambassador of India to Mexico (1991-92);to the Russian Federation (1992-98); to the Federal Republic of Germany (1998-2002); as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom(2002-04); and as Ambassador to the USA (2004-09).He is the only Indian so far to serve as ambassador in three P-5 and five G-20 capitals: participated in 182 bilateral and multilateral summit meetings in six continents. Awarded India’s third highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan (2012)
(2)Amb. P.S. Raghavan
Former Ambassador of India to Russia, Czech Republic and Ireland He was Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (2000-2004) and Secretary (2013-14) in the MEA. He headed (2012-13) the Development Partnership Administration, which coordinates India’s economic partnership with developing countries. Some of his other special responsibilities were of Political Adviser to the Indian Peacekeeping Force in Sri Lanka (1987-88), Chief Coordinator of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi (2012) and Special Envoy of the Government of India to Sudan and South Sudan (2012-13). He served two terms (2016-20) as Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB),
(3) Amb. Preet Malik
a former Ambassador to Myanmar. he retired as Special Secretary in India’s Ministry of External Affairs: joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1962
(4) Amb. Anil Trigunayat
Fmr Ambassador of India to Jordan, Libya & Malta Patron at Indus International Research Foundation Think Rank President, MIICCIA Chamber of Commerce ,www.MIICCIA.com Co-President, www.udmrd.org Adviser to BRICS/AAGC Chamber of Commerce Secretary Association of Indian Diplomats ( Former Ambassadors) Distinguished Fellow Vivekananda International Foundation, www.vifindia.org Adviser Intl www.ncdc.in : Peace Ambassador @ www.unity.earth
(5) Air Marshal Anil Khosla (RETD) PVSM AVSM VM
Former Vice Chief of Air Staff (VCAS) Indian Air Force Handled DOKLAM operations with China and BALAKOT strike against Pakistan
(6) Dr. Kuznetsov Alexey V.
Director of the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences (INION) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
(7) Dr.AndreyVolodin
Professor, Diplomatic Academy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation (8) Dr. David Arase
Resident Professor of International Politics at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies,Nanjing, China
(9) Dr. (Prof.) Vladimir Sotnikov
Senior Res. Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
(10) Dr Claude Rakisits
Hon. Associate Professor, Dept, of Int. Relations at the Australian National University, Canberra
(11) Michael Kugelman
Asia Program deputy director and senior associate for South Asia at the Wilson Center
(12) Sanjay Upadhya
Sanjay Upadhya is a Nepalese journalist, author and analyst based in the United States, has worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Times of London, Inter Press Service, Khaleej Times and the UN
(13) Dr. K. B. Usha
Associate Professor, Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
(14) Prof. Feroz Khan
Research Professor in the Dept. of National Security Affairs of the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. A former Brigadier in the Pakistan Army,
(15) Dr.Uttara Sahasrabuddhe
Professor and Head, Department of Civics & Politics, University of Mumbai
(16) Dr. Frank O’Donnell
Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at the Fletcher School at Tufts University. Also, a Nonresident Fellow in the Stimson Center South Asia Program
Articles:
(1) Dr. Manas Chakrabarty
Senior Fellow (ICSSR), Dept of Political Science,University of North Bengal,Darjeeling. INDIA (2) Dr. Victor Nemchinov
a Russian thinker, professional Orientalist, experienced oral communicator, a connoisseur of fine arts and a guru in museum pedagogy, IOS RAS, Moscow
(3) Dr. Larisa A. Chereshneva
Doctor of History, Professor, Head of Oriental Studies Laboratory
of Lipetsk State Pedagogical P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky University (Russian Federation)
(4) Prof. Ranjana Banerjee
Centre of Russian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
(5) Dr. Rajkumar Singh
Professor and Head, of Political Science B.N.Mandal University, Madhepura,Bihar, India
(6) Dr. Anita Sengupta
Senior Fellow Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) New Delhi
(7) Dr SuvroParui
Assistant Professor of Chinese Language, Amity School of Languages, New Delhi
(8) Arun Radhakrishnan
a professional in the Aerospace industry with expertise towards Business Development, Strategy, Policy and the Market dynamics of the space sector. A former Intern of Foreign Policy Research Centre & Vishal Arora Software Engineer by profession, presently a consultant at a Multinational firm also, an Amateur astronomer
Intern’s Corner:
(1) PrableenDua
Pursuing Masters in Int. Relations and Diplomacy. Seton Hall University, New Jersey
(2) Siddhi Jagdale
MSc Economics at the University of Bonn, Germany
(3) Priya Singh
Pursuing MA in Politics (Specialisation in IR), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
(4) Monika Yadav
MA in Politics (specialization in IR) Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi
(5) Gunjan Sidana
Pursuing MA in Political Science, RashtrasantTukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University
(6) Kashfa Amber
Pursuing M.A. | Political Science , St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata
(7) KritanjaliChaurasia
Pursuing B.A. (Hons.), Political Science, Gargi College, University Of Delhi
(8) Zoya Ansari
Pursuing B.A.(Hons.), Political Science, Zakir Husain College , University Of Delhi
(9) Yash Sharma
Studies| B.A. - Shiv Nadar University| Dept of Int. Relations and Governance, Delhi NCR

FPRC JOURNAL -J-45

Focus: 75 Years of India-US Relations:1945-2020
Interviews:

(1)Amb. Ronen Sen
Former Indian Ambassador to the USA
(2) Amb. Preet Malik
a former Ambassador to Myanmar
(3) Amb. Amit Dasgupta
Indian Diplomat for 34 years
(4) Amb Anil Trigunayat (IFS retd)
Fmr Ambassador of India to Jordan, Libya & Malta
(5) Amb. Touqir Hussain
former senior diplomat from Pakistan,
(6) Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VrC, VSM, ADC
Chief of the Naval Staff from 31 July 2004 to 31 October 2006
(7) Timothy D. Hoyt, Ph.D.
Professor of Strategy and Policy
US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island
(8) Dr. Dov Zakheim
Sr.Fellow, CNA Corp. & Sr. Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
(9) Richard M. Rossow
Senior Adviser and Wadhwani Chair in U.S. India Policy Studies
The Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
(10) Dr.Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis
at Hudson Institute, Washington, DC
(11) Dr. Daniel Markey
Senior Research Professor in International Relations
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington DC
(12) Deepa M. Ollapally (Ph.D.)
Associate Director &Research Professor of International Affairs
Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
(13) Dr. David Arase
Resident Professor of International Politics, at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Nanjing, China
(14)) Nilanthi Samaranayake
Director of the Strategy and Policy Analysis program at CNA, Washington area.
(15) Sanjay Upadhya
a journalist, author and analyst based in the United States:
(16) Saurabh Gupta
Resident Senior Fellow, Institute for China-America Studies (ICAS) Washington, D.C.
(17) Dr. ShaistaTabassum
Professor,Dept. of International Relations University of Karachi, Pakistan
(18) Dr. Sanjukta Bhattacharya
Professor (retired), Dept. Of International Relations,Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Articles:
(1) Dr. Manas Chakrabarty
SeniorFellow(ICSSR),Dept. of Political Science,University of North Bengal,Darjeeling.
(2) Dr. Rajkumar Singh
Professor and Head, Department of Political Science,B.N.Mandal University, Madhepura,Bihar, India
(3) Dr.Nadia Helmy
Associate Prof. of Political Science, Faculty of Politics and Economics / Beni Suef University- Egypt
(4) Jay Maniyar
Research Associate, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi
Intern’s Corner:
(1) Arun Radhakrishnan
pursuing Final year B.A. with Political Science and International relations at IGNOU
(2) Abhishek Verma
Master of Arts in Politics Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
(3) ShreethighaGaneshan
M. A. Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
(4) M. R. B. AnanthaPadmanabha
M.A. in Politics and International Relations, Pondicherry University
(5) MahakKharb
5th year, BA.LLB (Hons) University School of Law and Legal Studies, GGSIPU, Delhi
(6) Vedika Rekhi
M.A. IInd Year in Politics and Int. Relations, Pondicherry University
(7) Khushboo Sharma
M.A. History, Ambedkar University, New Delhi
(8) DhnyanadaDhote
pursuing Master's in East Asian Studies from University of Delhi
(9) Aileen Maria Joe
MA Politics and International Relations, Pondicherry University
(10) Disha Malhotra
MA. Public Policy, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore
(11) Natasha Singh
BA (Honors) Political Science: Kirori Mal College, Delhi University
(12) Sakshi Chouksey
Master’s degree in Sociology, Devi AhilyaVishwavidhyalaya, INDORE
(13) Shraddha Johri
B.A. Hons History, Maitreyi College, University of Delhi
International Relations/Foreign Policy (Generalia)
(1) Dr. Sinha MA Sayeed
writer, columnist, public speaker and Chairman of Leadership Studies foundation, LSP,Dhaka, Bangladesh
(2) Amro Selim
Chairman of Elmoustkbal organization for Media and strategic Studies, Egypt
(3) Narendra Sharma ,pursuing Ph.D. from Center for Inner Asian Studies, SIS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

FPRC JOURNAL -J-44

Focus: 70 Years of India-China Diplomatic Relations
Interviews:

(1) Ambassador Preet Malik
a former Ambassador to Myanmar. he retired as Special Secretary in India’s Ministry of External Affairs: joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1962
(2) Amb. MasumaHasan.Ph.D University of Cambridge
former Amb. from Pakistan, was Cabinet Secretary to the Govt. of Pakistan
currently, Chairman of The Pakistan Institute of International Affairs
(3) Amb Anil Trigunayat (IFS retd)
fmr Ambassador of India to Jordan, Libya & Malta
President, MIICCIA Chamber of Commerce, www.MIICCIA.com
Co-President, www.udmrd.org
Adviser to BRICS/AAGC Chamber of Commerce
Secretary Association of Indian Diplomats (Former Ambassadors)
Distinguished Fellow Vivekananda International Foundation, www.vifindia.org
Adviser Intl www.ncdc.in: Peace Ambassador @ www.unity.earth
(4) Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VrC, VSM, ADC
Chief of the Naval Staff from 31 July 2004 to 31 October 2006
and Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee from 31 January 2005 to 31 Oct. 2006
(5) Lt Gen KJ Singh, PVSM. AVSM & Bar
former Western Army Commander & currently State Information Commissioner. Has been Advisor
to CM Haryana. Held Maharaja Ranjit Singh Chair in PU. Visiting faculty, columnist &commentrator on strategic affairs. Has served in UN peacekeeping in Angola
(6) Maj Gen Dhruv C. Katoch
an Army veteran who was formerly the Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS). Presently, he is Director, India Foundation
(7) Commodore RS Vasan IN (Retd)
Director, Chennai Centre for China Studies,
Regional Director National Maritime Foundation Tamil Nadu
President Navy Foundation Chennai Chapter
(8) Shuja Nawaz
Distinguished Fellow, Former Director, South Asia Center
at the Atlantic Council in Washington DC.
(9) Dr. Manoj Joshi
Distinguished Fellow at the ORF, a commentator and columnist, has been the political editor of The Times of India, Editor (Views) Hindustan Times, Defence Editor of India Today, National Affairs Editor of Mail Today; former member of the National Security Council’s Advisory Board
(10) Pramit Pal Chaudhuri
Foreign Editor, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
(11) Sanjay Upadhya
a journalist, author and analyst based in the United States:
worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Times of London,
Inter Press Service, Khaleej Times and the United Nations
(12) Ramananda Sengupta
Editorial consultant with Indian Defence Review
(13) Joseph Nye
Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus
Oxford has published his new book,
Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump
(14) Emeritus Professor Dr. John W. Garver
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology,NW ,Atlanta, GA 30332-0610
(15) Dr. Kerry Brown
Professor of Chinese Studies and Director,Lau China Institute &
Prof. of Chinese Studies, King's College, London: Associate, Chatham House
(16) Dr. David Arase
Resident Professor of International Politics
at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center of the Johns Hopkins University School
of Advanced International Studies,Nanjing,China
(17) Professor Alka Acharya
Centre for East Asian Studies
School of International Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi
Former Director, Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi
(18) Fei-Ling Wang, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)
Professor at Sam Nunn School of International Affairs,
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0610, USA
(19) Dr Yoichiro Sato
College of Asia Pacific Studies
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan
(20) Dr.Ian Hall
Professor of International Relations
Deputy Director (Research), Griffith Asia Institute
Griffith University | Nathan campus | QLD 4111 | Australia
(21) Dr. Xiaoyu Pu
Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Political Science
University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
(22) Prof. Malik Augan
Al-Farabi Kazakh National_University
Almaty, Kazakhstan
(23) Dr. Arabinda Acharya
Associate Professor Homeland Security, Rabdan Academy, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Formerly with, National Defense University, USA, and the S. Rajaratnam School of International
Studies, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore
(24) Saurabh Gupta
Resident Senior Fellow,
Institute for China-America Studies (ICAS) Washington, D.C.
(25) Francis A. Kornegay, Jr.
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Global Dialogue-University of
South Africa and alumnus of The Wilson Centre in Washington, D.C.
(26) Dr.Nadia Helmy
Associate Professor of Political Science,
Faculty of Politics and Economics / Beni Suef University- Egypt
Articles: (1) Dr. Manas Chakrabarty
Senior Fellow (ICSSR), Department of Political Science
University of North Bengal,Darjeeling. W.B. INDIA
He was also Emeritus Professor of UGC (2016-2018)
(2) Dr. Arabinda Acharya
Associate Professor Homeland Security, Rabdan Academy, Abu Dhabi, UAE
(3) Joseph E. Fallon
Senior Research Associate U.K. Defense Forum,
International Council Member, Scientific Board Journal- GeoPolitica
(4) Dr. Rajkumar Singh
Professor and Head,University Department of Political Science
B.N.Mandal University, Madhepura,Bihar, India
(5) BINOJ BASNYAT
a strategic analyst and a retired Maj. Gen. of the Nepali Army
(6) Dr.Sriparna Pathak
Assistant Professor and the Assistant Academic Dean at the School of International Affairs, of O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana
(7) Dr.Oliver Nelson Gonsalves
Associate Fellow, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi
(8) Balaji Chandramohan
based in New Delhi, he is a member of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Analysis; studied journalism at the Waikato Institute of Technology, Hamilton
(9) Indu Gupta
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Govt PG College Biaora, Rajgarh (Madhya Pradesh)
(10) Bhavana Rai
Ph.D Scholar, Kumaun University, Nainital ; presently working with PHD Chamber of Commerce &Industry,New Delhi
(11) Chokey Namgyal Bhutia
Ph.D Research Scholar ,School of International Studies
Jawahar lal Nehru University, New Delhi
International Relations/Foreign Policy (Generalia)
(1) Dr. Sinha MA Sayeed
writer, columnist, public speaker
and Chairman of Leadership Studies foundation, LSP Dhaka, Bangladesh
(2) Amro Selim
Chairman of Elmoustkbal organization for Media and strategic Studies
Member in International organizing committee for Global MIL week 2020 - UNESCO
Regional ambassador for Agency for Cultural Diplomacy (Vienna) and Net Africa (Belgium) in Egypt and North Africa
– member in the Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

FPRC JOURNAL-J-43

Focus: COVID-19: Impact on World Geo-politics and Economy
Interviews:

1) Amb. Rajendra M.Abhyankar
retired in 2005, after 37 years, from the Indian Foreign Service.
Presently Chairman, Kunzru Centre for Defence Studies and Research, Pune;
former Professor of Practice, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
2) Amb. Touqir Hussain
former senior diplomat from Pakistan, served as Diplomatic Adviser to the Prime Minister; Currently, Adjunct Faculty at Georgetown University and Syracuse University
3)Amb.K. P.Fabian
served in the Indian Foreign Service from 1964 to 2000. His last posting was in Rome, as Ambassador to Italy and Permanent
Representative to UN Organizations including FAO, WFP, and IFAD
4) Prof. Emeritus Hartmut Elsenhans
Leipzig University, Germany
5) Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Stockholm University
6) Dr.Carlyle A. Thayer
Emeritus Professor, UNSW Canberra
The University of New South Wales
School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, ACT Australia

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7) Prof. David Arase
Resident Professor of International Politics
at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center of the Johns Hopkins University School
of Advanced International Studies,Nanjing,China
8) Prof. Raghbendra Jha
Prof. of Economics and Exe. Dir. of the Australia South Asia Research Centre
at the Crawford School of Public Policy. Australian National University
9)Dr.DeepaOllapally
Research Professor of International Affairs.
Associate Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies,
Elliott School of International Affairs,
The George Washington University, Washington, DC
10) Dr. ZHIQUN ZHU, PhD
Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Chair, Department of International Relations,Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA
11) Dr.Paul Armstrong-Taylor
Resident Professor of International Economics at Hopkins-Nanjing Center, China
12) Dr. Margaret Myers
Director, Asia and Latin America Program, Inter-American Dialogue
Washington, District Of Columbia
13) Dr. Mohammed Badrul Alam
Professor, Dept. of Political Science,JamiaMillia Islamia University,New Delhi
14) Professor Dr. Ms. Lipi Ghosh
Director, Centre for South & Southeast Asian Studies, University of Calcutta
15) Dr. Mark G. Rolls
Senior Lecturer in Asian Politics and Security
School of Social Sciences | University of Waikato,Hamilton , New Zealand
16) Dr Raj Verma
Associate Professor of International Relations and Foreign Policy,
School of International Relations,Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China
Head of Research,IntellisiaInstitute,Guangzhou, China
17) Dr. Richard L. Benkin
an American human rights activist, journalist, writer and lecturer.
Author of A Quiet Case of Ethnic Cleansing: The Murder of Bangladesh's Hindus
and What is Moderate Islam?
18) Dr. Sinha MA Sayeed
(titled ‘Global voice’ for the book O United Nations), writer, columnist, public speaker,
member IPSA, and Chairman of Leadership Studies foundation, LSP, Dhaka, Bangladesh
19) Sanjay Upadhya
Nepalese journalist, author and analyst
Based in the United States, Upadhya has worked for the BBC,
the Times of London, Inter Press Service, Khaleej Times and the United Nations
20) Saurabh Gupta
Resident Senior Fellow,
Institute for China-America Studies (ICAS) Washington, D.C.
21)Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain,
PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd)
Former Military Secretary, Member, National Disaster Management Authority
22) Abhijit Singh
A former naval officer, Abhijit Singh, Senior Fellow,
heads the Maritime Policy Initiative at ORF,New Delhi
23) Prof. Michimi Muranushi
Dept. of Law, GakushuinUniversity,Tokyo
24) Dr. Stephen J. Blank
Senior Fellow for Russia,American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC),
Washington; former Prof. The US Army War College
25) Shamim Zakaria
Journalist and author currently based in Beijing, China

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Articles:
1) Dr. Sato Yoichiro
College of Asia Pacific Studies
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University,Japan
2) Dr. Manas Chakrabarty
Senior Fellow (ICSSR), Department of Political Science
University of North Bengal,Darjeeling. W.B. INDIA
3) Dr. Rajkumar Singh
Professor and Head,University Department of Political Science
B.N.Mandal University, Madhepura,Bihar, India
4) Meenakshi Ray Ghosh
Independent Researcher,Mumbai
5) Dr. SuvroParui
Asst. Prof. (Chinese Language)
Amity School of Languages,AmityUniversity,Gurugram
6) Dr. AleyaMousami Sultana
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Cooch Behar PanchananBarmaUniversity,Cooch Behar
7) Deobojyoti Kumar
Project Assistant: NABARD
8) Balaji Chandramohan
a member of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Analysis New Delhi.
studied journalism at the Waikato Institute of Technology, Hamilton
9) Mrittika Nandy
Assistant Professor of Serampore Girls College, University of Calcutta
10) Satrajit Banerjee
Consultant, Marketing specialist, Blogger,
Aggregator- agro-commodities, health care, tea, spices
11) Deepali Gulati
SOAS,London
12) Chander Shekhar
PhD scholar, Center for Int. Politics, Organization and Disarmament,
Division (Diplomacy and Disarmament), JNU, New Delhi
13) Deepika Tiwari
Ph.D scholar, Department of Commerce, Lucknow University
14) Shreya Sinha
Doctoral Candidate at the Centre for European Studies,
School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
15) Vipin Kumar
Research Associate: IKDHVAJ Advisers LLP
16) Pankhuri Gaur
Ph.D. Scholar ,School of International Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
17) Deshini Sindhu
B.Tech; pursuing Masters in International Studies
at Symbiosis School of International Studies. PUNE
18) Bhavana Rai
Ph.D scholar, KumaunUniversity, Nainital
19)Shovan Sinha Ray
Masters in international studies from Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru

FPRC JOURNAL-J-42

Focus: OBOR and Central Asia
Lead Articles :
Joseph E. Fallon
Senior Research Associate
U.K. Defense Forum
International Council Member, Scientific Board Journal- GeoPolitica
Foreign Policy/IR (Generalia)
1.Raj Kumar Singh
Professor and Head
University Department of Political Science
Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University, Madhepura-852113, Bihar, India
2.Amro Selim
Chairman of Elmoustkbal for media and policy studies, Egypt
Member in The Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media "GAPMIL"/UNESCO)
3. Dr. Kavita Kumari
Guest Faculty Member
P.G.Department of Political Science
BNMU, West Campus, P.G.Centre, Saharsa-852201,Bihar, India
4. Sabyasachi Biswal
Jindal School of International Affairs,
OP Jindal Universty,Sonipat
Capstone Project Intern at Chase India

FPRC JOURNAL-J-41

Focus: RCEP
Articles :
1. Dr.Yoichiro Sato
Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Ōita, Japan
2. Dr.SayeedaBano
The University of Waikato, Hamilton. New Zealand
& Jose Tabbada
Small Enterprises Research and Development Foundation, Inc.
Quezon City, Philippines
3. Dr. Sanjana Joshi
Senior Consultant with ICRIER, New Delhi,
& Samridhi Bimal
Fellow with ICRIER, New Delhi
4. Dr. Manas Chakrabarty
Senior Fellow (ICSSR), former Professor Emeritus
Department of Political Science
University of North Bengal, Darjeeling. W.B. INDIA.734013
5. Makoto Kojima
Professor Emeritus, Takushoku University, Tokyo
6. Dr Monika Mandal
former Fellow, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies,KOLKATA
7. Dr. Rajkumar Singh
Professor and Head, University Department of Political Science
Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University,Madhepura,Bihar, India
8. Mohan Balaji
Visiting Fellow with Future Directions International,Perth,Australia
9.Dr. Surabhi Singh
Associate Professor- Mktg. IMS, Ghaziabad
10. Deobojyoti Kumar
Project Assistant: NABARD
Researcher: Foreign Policy -International Trade
11. RushaliSaha
Pursuing master’s in politics with International Relations,
Jadavpur University,Kolkata,India
Formerly Intern at CLAWS,New Delhi
Intern’s Corner: (1) Mohd Adnan
Master’s degree in international Relations and Area Studies,
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
(2) Anabil Mahanta,
Final year B.A (Hons) History, Hansraj College, University of Delhi
(3) Anjali Besoya
BA Honours Political Science
Lady Shri Ram College for Women,University of Delhi
(4) CharruPuniani
B.A. Honors Economics
Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi
(5) Jelvin Jose
MA in Political Science from Pondicherry University
(6) Krishna Kataria
MA Political Science, University of Mumbai
(7) Madhura Chanda
MA, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University
(8) Shambhavi Mani
M.A. (Pol.Sc) Delhi University
(9) Pia Mahajan
BA Hons Economics, Miranda House, Delhi University
(10) Shivani Nagar
BA Hons. Pol. Sc. Lady Shriram College for Women, Delhi University
(11) Srishti Dey
BA (Hons) Sociology, Hindu College, University of Delhi
(12) Smriti Misra
BA (H) Pol.Sc. 2014-2017, Miranda House, Delhi University
(13) Suhani Pandey
Political Science Honours,Daulat Ram College,Delhi University
(14) Niranjan Jose
pursuing BBA LLB at National Law University, Odisha
(15) MuskanSaluja
BA (H) Economics, Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University

FPRC JOURNAL-40 -2019(4)

Focus: India-Sri Lanka Relations : Post-2014
Interviews : 1. Commodore R. S. Vasan, (I.N Retd.),
SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR Chennai Centre for China Studies (C3S), Chennai-Tamil Nadu, India
2. Col. R. Hariharan VSM (Retd.)
Retired Officer of Intelligence Corps, Government of India
3. S. Venkat Narayan
President The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia New Delhi
Articles :
1. Krishanthi D. Wimalasiri
Senior Lecturer Department of International Relations University of Colombo,Sri Lanka
2. Ms Nelum Uttamadasa
Lecturer at Open University of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
3. Commander (Dr) Nitin Agarwala
Research Fellow National Maritime Foundation, India & Ritika V Kapoor Research Associate National Maritime Foundation, India
4. Shabana Ibrahim
Independent Legal Services Professional/Journalist Colombo, Sri Lanka
Foreign Policy/IR (Generalia)
1. Prof. Raj Kumar Singh
Head of the P.G. Department of Political Science, B.N.Mandal University, West Campus, P.G. Centre, Saharsa, (Bihar), India
2. Amro Selim
Chairman of Elmoustkbal Organization for media, policy and strategic studies, Egypt
Intern’s Corner
1. Utkarsh Singh
BE, MA Pol.Sc., Delhi University Public Policy Researcher FPRC Intern
2. Krishna Kataria
M.A (Hons.) – Political Science, University of Mumbai FPRC Intern
3. Mohd Adnan
M.A . in International Relations and Area Studies, Academy of International Studies Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi FPRC Intern

FPRC JOURNAL-39 -2019(3)

FOCUS : India –Bangladesh Relations : Post-2014
Interviews : 1. Ali Riaz
Distinguished Professor of Political Science Illinois State University, USA
2. Dr. M. Emdadul Haq
Professor of Political Science Chair, Department of History & Philosophy North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
3. Dr Joyeeta Bhattacharjee
Senior Fellow with ORF's Neighbourhood Regional Studies Initiative ,New Delhi
Articles : 1. Dr. Rakhee Bhattacharya,
Associate Professor, Special Centre for the Study of North East India Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi
2. Dr. Binodkumar Singh
Research Associate Institute for Conflict Management, New Delhi
3. Monica Verma,
PhD Research Scholar Department of International Relations, South Asian University, New Delhi
Foreign Policy/IR (Generalia)
1. Prof. Raj Kumar Singh
Head of the P.G. Department of Political Science, B.N.Mandal University, West Campus, P.G. Centre, Saharsa, (Bihar), India
2. Amro Selim
Chairman of Elmoustkbal Organization for media, policy and strategic studies, Egypt
Intern’s Corner
1. Nandita Chandrasekhar
B.Com from St. Joseph’s College for Commerce(Autonomous)Bangalore
2. Sai Karthik
pursuing B.Sc, Math at St.Stephen's College, University of Delhi
3. Jemini Sara Nainan
pursuing B.Sc. at St, Stephen’s College, University of Delhi
4. Madhura Chanda
pursuing Masters of Arts , Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University (West Bengal)
5. Anjali Besoya
BA Honours Political Science(Final year) Lady Shriram College for Women,New Delhi
6. Gargi Rana
pursuing Bachelor of Journalism at Kalindi College, Delhi University

FPRC JOURNAL-38 - 2019(2)

Focus : India-Nepal Relations : Post-2014

Interviews : 1.Sanjay Upadhyay
a Nepali journalist, author and analyst & former US Correspondent,BBC Radio Nepali Service
2.Dr. Sreeradha Datta
Centre Head & Senior Fellow ,Neighbourhood Studies, Vivekanand International Foundation, New Delhi &
former Director ,Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies,,Kolkata
3.Surendra Paudel
News Editor with Nepal News Pvt. Ltd.
Articles : 1. Dwarika Nath Dhungel, Ph.D.
a former Executive Director Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS) and former Secretary Government of Nepal. He is a retired member of the Nepal Administrative Service
2. Dr. Monika Mandal
Former Fellow MAKAIAS Freelance Researcher
3. Brig. Binoj Basnayat
Retired Nepali Army Major General and a political and security expert
4. Dr. Ganga Thapa
Professor of Political Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
5. Dr. Buddhi Prasad Sharma
Associate Professor and President, Himalaya Dialogue and Leadership Foundation, Kathmandu
6.Rajeev Kunwar
Ph. D Scholar, Former Adjunct faculty Tribhuvan University,Kathmandu, Nepal
Foreign Policy/IR (Generalia)
1. Prof. Raj Kumar Singh
Head of the P.G. Department of Political Science, B.N.Mandal University, West Campus, P.G. Centre, Saharsa, (Bihar), India
Intern’s Corner
1. Utkarsh Singh
BE, MA Pol.Sc., Delhi University Public Policy Researcher FPRC Intern
2. Shubham Sharma
Bachelor of Journalism, University of Delhi FPRC Intern

FPRC JOURNAL-37 - 2019(1)

Focus : The Indo-Pacific : Stakes and Stakeholders

Articles: 1. Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy
Visiting Fellow in the Office of Executive Deputy Chairman at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2. Mohan Balaji
Visiting Fellow with Future Directions International,Perth
3. Dr. Manoj Kumar Mishra
Lecturer in Political Science, S.V.M. Autonomous College, Odisha, India
4. Ryan Mitra
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University: School of Liberal Studies, Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat (India)

Foreign Policy/International Relations (Generalia) :
1.Nigar Rzayeva
Ph.D. Candidate at the Chair for International Politics and Foreign Policy University of Cologne (Germany)
2. Dr Neha Kumar Tiwari Post-Doctoral Fellow
Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies Jamia Millia Islamia,New Delhi

Intern’s Corner
1.Aishwarya Shreya Chakravarty
pursuing Masters in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi FPRC Intern
2. Shambhavi Mani
pursuing undergraduate degree in Political Science, Miranda House, Delhi University FPRC Intern
3.Sahima Gupta
majoring in Political Science at OP JINDAL University,Sonipat FPRC Intern
4. Shradha Dhasmana
M.A. Political Science ,Delhi University,2015-2017 FPRC Intern

FPRC Journal-J-36 - 2018(4)

Focus : Promises and Perils of OBOR

Articles : Joseph E. Fallon
Intern’s Corner

1. Jasroop Singh Walia
Graduate from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi

2. Namita Barthwal
Masters in International and Area Studies from Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

3. Vivek Tyagi
B.A. Prog. , St. Stephen's College,New Delhi

FPRC JOURNAL No. 35

Focus :The QUAD : Stakes and Stakeholders

1. David Arase

Resident Professor of International Politics
Hopkins-Nanjing Center

The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
at Nanjing University,Nanjing, Jiangsu Province,CHINA

2. Fei-Ling Wang

Professor

Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.
3. Adam Ni

Visiting Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre,

Australian National University

4. Balaji Chandramohan

Visiting Fellow with Future Directions International,Perth

5. Yash Malhotra

Lt Gen (retd), of the Indian Army Corps of Engineers

6. Francis A. Kornegay, Jr.

Senior Fellow
Institute for Global Dialogue associated with the University of South Africa

7. Ulises Granados

Professor, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico ITAM

8. Pravda Parakkal

Working as a terrorism analyst with the Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Center

Intern’s Corner :

1. Vibhi Dixit

Third year of undergraduate study in Political Science
at Hindu College, Delhi University

2. ROUNAK SHAHI

pursuing M. A in International and West Asian Studies at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)

3. Namita Barthwal ,

Masters in International and Area Studies, Academy of International Studies,
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

FPRC JOURNAL No. 34

Focus :India’s growing role in Asia

1.Dr. Debasish Nandy,

Associate Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, West Bengal, India

2. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Bragta

Assistant Professor Department of Political Science Himachal Pradesh University Regional Centre, Dharamshala,H.P., India -176218

3.Dr. Asis Mistry,

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, West Bengal, India,

4. Balwinder Singh

Assistant Professor of Political Science, C.G.M. College, Mohlan, Malout, District. Muktsar Sahib[Punjab] India

5. Manoj Babu Buraga

Doctoral Fellow Centre for European Studies Pondicherry University

6.Gitanjali Sinha Roy

PhD scholar in the Department of East Asian Studies,University of Delhi and a visiting fellow to the University of Tokyo under the MEXT 2018 scholarship.

Intern’s Corner :

1. Ashley M Sebastian

B.A. at St. Stephen's College,New Delhi

2. ARPON SAKRI

UGC NET/ WB SET,Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

FPRC JOURNAL No. 33

Focus : India and Pacific Islands

1. Dr Shubhamitra Das

Assistant Professor, Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies (CIPS), School of International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi

2. Dr. Amba Pande

Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

3. Balaji Chandramohan

Visiting Fellow with Future Directions International,Perth

4. Dr. Sriparna Pathak

Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tapesia Campus, Kamarkuchi, Sonapur ,Assam, India

Foreign Policy/ IR (Generalia) 1. Dr. Anu Sonia

Assistant Professor, Political science Guru Nanak Dev University College Narot Jamal Singh-145026, Pathankot, Punjab

2. Gitanjali Sinha Roy

PhD scholar in the Department of East Asian Studies,University of Delhi and a visiting fellow to the University of Tokyo under the MEXT 2018 scholarship.

Intern’s Corner : 1. Jinson George Chacko

pursuing BSc. (Physical Science) St. Stephen's College, New Delhi

2.Abhishek Mohanty

pursuing MA Politics and International Area Studies from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

3. Sandra Thomas

pursuing BA (Prog.) course with Pol. Sc. and English as the major disciplines, St. Stephen's College, New Delhi

FPRC JOURNAL No. 32

Focus : India’s growing role in Asia

Balaji Chandramohan

Visiting Fellow with Future Directions International,a policy think tank based in Perth

Dr Monika Mandal

Former Fellow with the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies,Kolkata

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

Dr. Narendra Kumar Arya

Formerly Senior Assistant Professor, Govt. Postgraduate College, Kotdwara, Uttrakhand, India

& Dr. Deepti Kumari

Associate Professor, Department of political Science, Patna College, Patna University, Patna, Patna ,India

Dr. Nishtha Kaushiki

Assistant Professor,

Department of South and Central Asian Studies, School of Global Relations, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda

& Mr. Hilal Ramzan

Ph.D. Research Scholar,
Department of South and Central Asian Studies, School of Global Relations, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda

Sudip Patel

a public policy professional and an alumnus of the Institute of Rural Management [IRMA]

Aditi Amitabh

Masters in East Asian Studies,
Dept. of East Asian StudiesUniversity of Delhi Intern at FPRC,New Delhi

FPRC JOURNAL No. 31

Focus : India–Taiwan Relations

1. Ms Nimisha Jha

Deputy Secretary State Planning Commision, Government of Chhattisgarh,India

2.Gunjan Singh

Research Assistant at the Indian Pugwash Society, New Delhi. Working as an Assistant Editor for CBW Magazine, published by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi

3. Sadia Rahman

PhD Student
National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

4. Lakshay Sachdeva

National Tsing Hua University,Taiwan
2015-2017,International Masters in Business Administration

Intern’s Corner : 1. Christi Thomas

St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, Intern, FPRC

2. Aditi

Masters in East Asian Studies,Dept. of East Asian Studies University of Delhi

Intern at FPRC 3. Gayathri.N

Graduating in Political Science and Economics from St.Stephen's College,Delhi University,

Intern, FPRC 4. Varsha Lakshmi >St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, Intern, FPRC 5. ANISHA PATHAK

I.P. College for Women, University of Delhi,

Intern, FPRC 6. Malavika Ravi

St. Stephen’s College,Delhi University

Intern,FPRC 7. Prabisha Jaiswal

Masters in International Studies from Christ University, Bangalore

Intern, FPRC 8. Shruti Sharma

Masters in Applied Clinical Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia,Central University

Intern,FPRC 9. Parthu Venkatesh P Intern,FPRC 10. Aarti Singh

Pursuing Master's in Political Science from Delhi University,

Intern ,FPRC

FPRC JOURNAL No. 30

Focus : India–Thailand Relations

1. Dr. Patit Paban Mishra

Professor of History ( Retired) at Sambalpur University, India

& Sarita Dash

pursuing her PhD in Centre for South Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

2. Balaji Chandramohan

Visiting Fellow with Future Directions International,Perth

3. Sasiwan Chingchit T

he Asia Foundation’s Program Officer in the Thailand team and a former Non-Resident WSD-Handa Fellow at the Pacific Forum, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Foreign Policy/ IR (Generalia) 1. Joseph E. Fallon

Subject matter expert on the Middle East and Central Asia

2.Dr. Anu Sonia

Assistant Professor,
Guru Nanak Dev University Collage, Narot Jamal Singh, Pathankot,India

& Dr. Nishtha Kaushiki

Assistant Professor, Centre for South and Central Asian Studies, School of Global Relations, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda,India

3. Manoj Babu Buraga

Doctoral Fellow, Centre for European Studies, Pondicherry University, Pudhucherry,India &

Kollabathini Siddahardha

M.Phil Candidate, Centre for European Studies Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi

4. J.Rajeswari Thilagan

Asst Professor,Dept of International Studies, Stella Maris College,Chennai,India

FPRC JOURNAL No. 29

Focus : India–Indonesia Relations

1. Dr. Manas Chakrabarty

Emeritus Professor (UGC)
Department of Political Science University of North Bengal, Darjeeling. W.B. INDIA

2. Bilveer Singh, PhD.

President, Political Science Association, Singapore; Professor, Dept of Political Science, National University of Singapore;and Adjunct Senior Fellow, Centre of Excellence for National Security, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University

3. Balaji Chandramohan

Visiting Fellow with Future Directions International,Perth

4. Dr. Sanjay Kumar

Associate Professor
Department of Defence Studies,Meerut College, Meerut (India) &

Dr. Mohammad Samir Hussain Project Director,
Department of Defence Studies,Meerut College, Meerut (India)

Foreign Policy/ IR (Generalia) Mudasir Mubarik

Ph. D Research Scholar
Centre for South and Central Asian Studies, School of Global Relations Central University of Punjab, Bathinda. India &

Dr. Bawa Singh

Assistant Professor
Centre for South and Central Asian Studies, School of Global Relations Central University of Punjab, Bathinda,India

Lobsang Yangtso

Research Scholar of Chinese Division,
Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, JNU

Intern’s Corner : Nidhi Jain

Final year Political Science Major pursuing Bachelor of Arts (Honr’s) Degree from Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi University

Ruchika Mathur

Doing Masters in Politics with specialization in International Relations from JNU,New Delhi

Parthu Venkatesh P

B.COM (Programme) ; pursuing a Post Graduate Diploma Course in International Law & Diplomacy at The Indian Society Of International Law

FPRC JOURNAL No. 28

Focus : India–Maldives Relations

Articles: 1. Dr. Manas Chakrabarty

Professor of Political Science
University of North Bengal,Darjeeling. W.B. India

2. Balaji Chandramohan

Visiting Fellow with Future Directions International,Perth

3.Ruchita Chakraborty

Assistant Professor, School of Law,
AURO University, Surat, Gujarat, India

4. Asma Masood

Research Officer at the Chennai Centre for China Studies (C3S)

Foreign Policy/ IR (Generalia): Parvaiz Ahmad Thoker

Ph. D Research Scholar,
Centre for South and Central Asian Studies, School of Global Relations, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda &

Hilal Ramzan

Ph. D Research Scholar,
Centre for South and Central Asian Studies, School of Global Relations, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda

PUJA BANSAL

Research Scholar,
Department of Defence & Strategic Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala,India

Nishant Turan

Research Scholar

Panjab University, Chandigarh,India

Intern’s Corner : Nidhi Jain

Final year Political Science Major pursuing Bachelor of Arts (Honr’s) Degree from Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi University

Swaptik Chowdhury

B. Tech; Graduate Student, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering,Arizona State University,Tempe, AZ 85287

Parthu Venkatesh P

B.COM (Programme) ; pursuing a Post Graduate Diploma Course in International Law & Diplomacy at The Indian Society Of International Law

FPRC JOURNAL No. 27

Focus : India–Vietnam Relations

Articles : 1.HE Mr. Ton Sinh Thanh,

Vietnam’s Ambassador to India

2.Vannarith Chheang

Co-Founder and Chairman,Institute for Strategic Studies; Asia Program Consultant for Southeast at the Nippon Foundation.

3.Dang Cam Tu, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Major Countries StudiesInstitute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

4. Dr. Manas Chakrabarty

Emeritus Professor (UGC) Department of Political Science University of North Bengal, Darjeeling. W.B. India

5. Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Quynh & Dr. Le Thi Hang Nga

Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam

6. Balaji Chandramohan

Visiting Fellow with Future Directions International, Perth

7. Dr. Nathan (EswaranathanEhambaranathan)

co-chair for NZIIA (Palmerston North Branch), New Zealand &

Ms. ShagesheelaMurugasu

teaching at UCOL, New Zealand

8.Bawa Singh

Ph.D. Assistant Professor,Centre for South and Central Asian Studies School of Global Relations Central University of Punjab,Bathinda (Pb.)-INDIA

9. Dushyant Gaur

Asst. Professor Department of Political Science Dronacharya Govt. College, GURGAON,India

Foreign Policy IR (Generalia) 1.Prof. J E SPENCE OBE FKC

Department of War Studies, King's College London

2. Dr. Manoj Kumar Mishra,

Programme Coordinator, Department of International Studies, Ravenshaw University, Odisha, India

3. Balwinder Singh & Gaganpal Singh Research Scholars,

Department of Political Science, Punjabi University,Patiala,India

FPRC JOURNAL No. 26

Focus : India-South Korea Relations

ARTICLES : 1.Dr. Manas Chakrabarty

Professor of Political Science
University of North Bengal, Darjeeling. W.B., INDIA

2.Krishanthi D. Wimalasiri

Lecturer
Department of International Relations
University of Colombo

3.Balaji Chandramohan

Visiting Fellow with Future Directions International, Perth

4.Dr. Jojin V. John

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Centre for East Asian Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi

5.Dr. Mohammad Samir Hussain

Project Director
Department of Defence Studies, Meerut College,Meerut. &

Dr. Sanjay Kumar

Associate Professor
Department of Defence Studies
Meerut College,Meerut

Foreign Policy/ IR (Generalia): 1.Dr. Pranamita Baruah

currently a Visiting Fellow at the Sigur Center for Asia Studies, George Washington University, Washington D.C

2.Ayush Tiwari Intern,FPRC

FPRC Journal No. 25

Focus: India-Canada Relations RESPONSES: Christopher J. Kukucha

Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Lethbridge.

ARTICLES : 1.Prof. Serge Granger

University de Sherbrooke

2. Dr. Manas Chakrabarty

Professor of Political Science
University of North Bengal, Darjeeling. W.B., INDIA

3. Balaji Chandramohan

Visiting Fellow with Future Directions International, Perth

Foreign Policy/ IR (Generalia): 1. Dr. Manoj Kumar Mishra

Programme Coordinator,
Department of International Studies, Ravenshaw University, ODISHA,India

2. Dr.Nadia Helmy Moussa El Shafey

Visiting senior researcher,
Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)/ Lund University- Lund/ Sweden.
Lecturer of Political Science, School of Economic Studies and Political
Science,Beni Suef University, Egypt

FPRC JOURNAL -No.24

Focus : India-South Africa Relations

RESPONSES : 1. Dr.Aparajita Biswas

Professor, Centre for African Studies,
University of Mumbai, Kalina Campus, Mumbai, India.

2. Dr. MEENAKSHI RAY GHOSH

PhD. Centre for African Studies, University of Mumbai

ARTICLES : 1. Prof. Ian Taylor

Professor in International Relations and African Politics at St Andrews
and also Chair Professor in the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China

2. Dr. Manas Chakrabarty

Professor of Political Science
University of North Bengal,Darjeeling. W.B. INDIA.

3. Philipp Gieg

Institute for Political Science and Sociology
University of Wuerzburg, Germany

4. Balaji Chandramohan

Visiting Fellow with Future Directions International,Perth

5. Frangton Chiyemura

Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA) Associate,
University of the Witwatersrand

Foreign Policy/ IR (Generalia): Amb. (Retd.) Preet Malik Prof. Georgia Giannakarou

Professor of English at Katerina Georgiou School of Foreign Languages, Greece

Intern’s Corner : Shriya Arora

M.A. International Studies (Sem. IV)
Christ University, Bangalore

Melisha Charles

SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL, PUNE

Abhinand Siddharth

BA ,LLB (Hons.)

Utkrishat Vashisht

Bachelor of Management Studies (2013- 2016)
University of Delhi, College of Vocational Studies

FPRC JOURNAL -No.23

Focus : India-New Zealand Relations RESPONSES 1. Dr. John Stephen Hoadley

Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations,University of Auckland

2. Paul Sinclair

Regional Security Fellow at the Centre for Strategic Studies at Victoria University ,Wellington, served New Zealand Ministry of Defence

3. Dr. Robert Ayson

Professor of Strategic Studies ,at Victoria University of Wellington

4. Dr. Mark G. Rolls

Director, International Relations & Security Studies Programme,
University of Waikato, and Senior Fellow, Centre for Strategic Studies, New Zealand

5. Professor Robert Patman

HOD of Politics at the University of Otago

6. Conor Cronin

Research associate with the Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington

ARTICLES 1. Dr. Mark G. Rolls 2. Dr.Tim Beal

Now retired, but formerly Foundation Director, Centre for Asia/Pacific Law and Business (CAPLAB) Victoria University of Wellington &

Dr.Kala S. Retna

Senior Lecturer at the School of Management Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)

3.Dr. Manas Chakrabarty

Professor of Political Science
University of North Bengal,Darjeeling. W.B. INDIA

4. Balaji Chandramohan

Visiting Fellow with Future Directions International

5.Dr. Sayeeda Bano

Department of Economics,Waikato Management School
The University of Waikato,Hamilton,New Zealand &Co-author

Dr. Frank Scrimgeour

Department of Economics,Waikato Management School
The University of Waikato,Hamilton,New Zealand

6.Dr. Nathan(Eswaranathan Ehambaranathan)

Lecturer (International Relations & Business),IPU, New Zealand, currently, the co-chair for NZIIA (Palmerston North Branch), New Zealand &

Dr.Supaporn Chalapati

Assistant Professor ,Department of International Business Administration at I-Shou University in Taiwan &

Ms. ShagesheelaMurugasu

Lecturer (Business) IPU, New Zealand

7.Dr Pushpa Bhardwaj-Wood

Director of Westpac Massey Fin-Ed Centre in New Zealand, Founding memberof the Wellington Interfaith Council, Current Chair of the GOPIO Wellington Chapter

8.David Scott

Analyst-Consultant

9. Cleo Paskal

Associate Fellow, Chatham House, London; Visiting Trudeau Fellow, at the Université de Montreal’s Center for International Studies, Canada; Adjunct Faculty, Manipal University, India.

FPRC Journal –No.22

Focus :India and East Asia

Articles 1. Prof. JIA Haitao

Professor and Director of the Institute for Chindian Studies,
Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

2. Dr. Wang Weihua

Assistant Director of Institute for Foreign Policy Studies
and Research Fellow of Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies

3.Dr. Manas Chakrabarty

Professor of Political Science
University of North Bengal,Darjeeling. W.B. INDIA
4. Dr. Makoto KOJIMA,Ph.D.

Professor, Takushoku University,Tokyo, Japan

5. Chietigj Bajpaee

Doctoral candidate at King’s College London,Formerly worked at CSIS, Washington;
Control Risks and IHS Global Insight; Visiting Fellow at IDSA.New Delhi and VIF, New Delhi

6. Balaji Chandramohan,

Visiting Fellow at Future Directions International,
Editor, World Security Network for Asia

7. Sourabh Gupta

Senior Research Associate
at Samuels International Associates, Inc. (SIA) Washington, D.C.

8. Dr. Yoichiro Sato

Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University,Japan

9. Aditi Malhotra,

PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Politics,University of Münster, Germany

10.AMRITA JASH

Editor-in Chief at IndraStra- New York

11.Pravda Parakkal

Analyst with the Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Center

12. Ipshita Bhattacharya

Faculty, Career College Bhopal, India

FPRC Journal –No.21

Focus :India’s neighbourhood policy-post 2014
RESPONSES : (1) Madhukar SJB Rana,

Professor South Asian Institute of Management and Former Finance Minister(2005)
Former Executive Director, Centre For Economic Development and Administration, Tribhubhan University

(2) Dr.Daniel S. Markey

Senior research professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Academic director for the SAIS Master of Arts in Global Policy Program and an adjunct senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).

(3)Michael Kugelman

Senior Associate for South and Southeast Asia Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars One Woodrow Wilson Plaza,1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC

(4) Nilanthi Samaranayake

Strategic Studies Analyst at CNA Corporation, Arlington, VA, USA

(5) N. Sathiyamoorthy

Director - Chennai Chapter,Observer Research Foundation Journalist and Political Analyst

(6) Zafar Sobhan

Editor, Dhaka Tribune

(7) Rajeev Sharma

Strategic Affairs Analyst at New Delhi

(8)Shahmahmood Miakhel

Country Director, Afghanistan
United States Institute of Peace (USIP),Kabul

(9) Chris Ogden

Lecturer in International Relations (Asian Security)
School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, KY16 9AX, UK

Articles : 1.Dr. Manas Chakrabarty

Professor of Political Science,University of North Bengal,

& Sumita Saha

Project Fellow (UGC), Department of Political Science University of North Bengal. Darjeeling. W.B

2.David Scott

has been a lecturer at Brunel University from 1992-2015

3. Balaji Chandramohan

Visiting Fellow with Future Directions International, a policy think tank based in Perth

4. Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy

Research Associate
Institute of South Asian Studies(ISAS),National University of Singapore

5.Shabbir H. Kazmi

Economic/ geopolitical analyst, Pakistan

6.Dr Salvin Paul

Faculty of Peace and Conflict Studies and Management in Sikkim University

& Nitya Iyer

Executive Officer with Learning Resource Centre, a collaborative Project of Govt. of India with UNDP, India in New Delhi

7.Dr.Arunoday Bajpai

Associate Professor and Head,Department of Political Science,
Agra College Agra

8.Amrita Jash

Doctoral Candidate at the Centre for East Asian Studies (Chinese Division), School of International Studies,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Foreign Policy (Generalia) : 1.SATHEESAN KUMARASAMY

Publisher & Editor-In-Chief of the journal, Voice of Voiceless
Founder-Chairman & CEO of SARCO (South Asia Research and Charitable Organization
Member of the Law Society of Upper Canada

2. Ms. Saloni Salil

Geopolitics and Security Analyst.
Researcher with South Asia Desk at Wikistrat, US and is also a designated Visiting Fellow in the Indian Ocean Research Program at Future Directions International, Australia

3. Shahnawaz Ahmad Mantoo

PhD Student,Department of Political Science
University of Kashmir, Srinagar,190006,Jammu and Kashmir.India

4.Arjun Chawla

Studies at Ramjas College, Delhi University

FPRC Journal –No.20

Focus : SAARC

RESPONSES : (1) Amb.Kant K. Bhargava

Former Secretary General, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (1989-1991)

(2) Amb.Nihal Rodrigo

former Sri Lanka Foreign Secretary;
Secretary General/ SAARC (1 Jan 1999 - 10 Jan 2002)

(3)Dr Smruti S Pattanaik

Research Fellow,IDSA,New Delhi

(4) Bipul Chatterjee

Deputy Executive Director
CUTS International,Jaipur Rajasthan, India

Articles : (1) Dr. Dwarika N. Dhungel

Senior Researcher, Social Sciences and former Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of Nepal and former Executive Director, Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS), Kathmandu

(2)Dr. Tarique Niazi

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

(3) Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed

Assistant Professor, Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS), National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Islamabad

(4) Dr. Manas Chakrabarty

Professor of Political Science
University of North Bengal, Darjeeling. W.B. INDIA

(5)Dr .Muhammad Ali

University of Karachi

(6)Dr.Bawa Singh & MohamadArif Mir

Centre for South and Central Asian Studies, School of Global Relations, Central University of Punjab,Bathinda, India

(7)Anu Kris hnan

An independent researcher ; formerly associated with the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi

(8) Joy Mitra

MA in diplomacy student, Jindal School of International Affairs; previously Research Intern at Institute of Chinese Studies

Book Review :

By Stuti Bhatnagar

Doctoral Candidate – University of Adelaide, Australia

FPRC Journal –No.19

Focus : India-Nepal Relations

RESPONSES : Prof. Madhukar S.J.B. Rana Former Finance Minister of Nepal Amb. Dr. Mohan P. Lohani

Former Ambassador of Nepal

Dr. Rishi Raj Adhikari

Executive Director, Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA),Kathmandu

Bhojraj Pokharel

Former Chief Election Commissioner of Nepal Election and public policy expert

ARTICLES : Gopal Thapa

Former Chief of Protocol, (Joint-Secretary), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NEPAL

Sanjay Upadhya Senior journalist ,USA Brig Gen (Retd) Umesh K. Bhattarai, PhD

Presently Guest Scholar at Boudha Multiple Campus affiliated to Lumbini Buddhist University, Nepal.

Lt. Col. Nepal Army (Retd.) EK Bahadur K.C.

Conflict, Peace, Security, and Social Security Researcher and Analyst

Paras Kharel

Doctoral Candidate, University of Melbourne,Australia

Hari Bansh Jha

Exe. Dir. Centre for Economic and Technical Studies,Kathamndu Nepal

Dr.Dwarika Nath Dhungel

former Secretary of the Government of Nepal and a senior researcher

Er.Santa Bahadur Pun

Former OSD at the Ministry of Water Resources/Nepal Government

Dr. Manas Chakrabarty

Prof. of Political Science,Universityof North Bengal Darjeeling.W.B.India

Dr. Upendra Gautam

A free lance writer/ founding member of Jalshrot Vikas Sanstha (Nepal)

Dr. Anjan Shakya (Ph.D.)

Chairperson,International Concern Center,Kathmandu

Prof. Rajendra Prasad,

Department of Defence and Strategic Studies,DDU Gorakhpur,India

Dr Monika Mandal

Fellow,Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies,KOLKATA

Dr. Bawa Singh

Centre for South and Central Asian Studies,School of Global Relations.
Central University of Punjab,Bathinda, India

Rajib Timalsina

Lecturer,Department of Conflict, Peace and Development Studies and Masters in International Relations and Diplomacy, Tribhuvan University,Nepal

Jiwan Kshetry

Kathmandu-based blogger and freelance writer

Ms Chaarvi Modi

Studies at Dept.of International Relations,School of Liberal Studies, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar.,Gujarat, India

FPRC Journal –No.18

Focus : India-Sri Lanka Relations

RESPONSES : (1) Amb.NIHAL RODRIGO ( retired)

was also Honorary Adviser (Foreign Relations) to the Sri Lanka President

(2)Col R Hariharan,VSM (Retd.)

associated with the Chennai Centre for China Studies and the South Asia Analysis Group

(3)Dr. S. Kalyanaraman,

Research Fellow Institute for DefenceStudies & Analyses, New Delhi

(4)Dr. Sandra Destradi

GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies

ARTICLES : 1.Professor Ramesh Thakur

Director of the Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University; former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1998–2007

2.Dr. John Gooneratne

Sri Lanka Foreign Service officer 1961-1993; Associate Director at the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo (1993-1999)

3.Dr. Manas Chakrabarty

Prof. of Pol.Science,University of North Bengal,Darjeeling.India

4.Ron Ridenour

A solidarity/revolutionary activist and writer/editor

5,Dr. Ameer Ali

Senior academic at School of Management and Governance, Murdoch University,Western Australia

6.Dr.Adluri Subramanyam Raju

Associate Professor in the Centre for South Asian Studies, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry,India

7.Dr.M. Mayilvaganan

Assistant Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Campus Bangalore, India

8.Dr Gurnam Chand

Head Dept. of Political Science, M. R. Govt. College, Fazilka,India

9.Krishanthi Dilrukshi Wimalasiri

Lecturer ,Department of International Relations University of Colombo,Sri Lanka

10.Salma Yusuf

Visiting Lecturer, Masters in Human Rights, University of Colombo and University of Sydney

FPRC Journal –No.17

Focus : India and ASEAN

RESPONSES : (1) Dr.Satu P. Limaye

Director of the East-West Center in Washington

(2) Dr.Deepa M. Ollapally

Research Professor of International Affairs and the Associate Director
of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University.

(3)Dr. Zhou Shixin

Institute for Foreign Policy Studies, Center of Asia-Pacific Studies
Shanghai Institutes for International Studies,Shanghai,P.R. China

(4) Swarup Roy

Founder & Chairman
ASEANAFFAIRS : The Voice of SE Asia ; ASEANAFFAIRS Business Council : The C.I.A.Bangkok, Thailand

ARTICLES :

(1)Dr. Stephen Blank

Senior Fellow American Foreign Policy Council

(2)Prof. A. Lakshmana Chetty

Former Director ,Centre for Southeast Asian & Pacific Studies, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati,India

(3)Dr. Gautam Murthy

Professor of Economics at the Centre for Indian Ocean Studies, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.

(4) Dr Monika Mandal

Fellow,MaulanaAbulKalam Azad Institute of Asian studies,Kolkata

(5) Dr. Sudheer Singh

University of Delhi

(6) Dr Bawa Singh

Assistant Professor, Centre for South and Central Asian Studies School of Global Relations
Central University of Punjab,Bathinda (Pb.)-INDIA

(7) Saloni Salil

Geopolitics and Security Analyst, currently a Visiting Fellow in the Indian Ocean Research Program at Future Directions International, Australia

Special Articles :

(8) Syed Ali Mujtaba, PhD

a senior journalist in Chennai, India ;Jefferson Fellow of the East West Center Hawaii

(9) Shahnawaz Ahmad Mantoo

Research Scholar,University of Kashmir, Srinagar,India

FPRC Journal –No.16

Focus : India- Bangladesh Relations

RESPONSES : (1) Prof. Sugata Bose

Gardiner Professor of History at Harvard University

(2) Prof. Jayanta Kumar Ray

Maulana Azad Fellow,
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata
(Ministry of Culture, Government of India): from October 2011

(3) Dr. M. Emdadul Haq

Professor in the Department of General & Continuing Education (GCE) at North South University (NSU)

(4) Dr. Ali Riaz

Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C. and Professor Politics and Government, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA.

(5) Dr. Sinha M. A. Sayeed

Chairman, Leadership Studies Foundation, LSF
Member, International Political Science Association, IPSA

(6)Nilanthi Samaranayake

Strategic Studies Analyst at CNA, Alexandria, VA, USA

ARTICLES : (1) Amb. Harun ur Rashid

Former Ambassador of Bangladesh,Dhaka

(2) Dr. Ahrar Ahmad

Black Hills State University Spearfish, South Dakota, US

(3) Dr. Kasturi Bhadra Roy

associated with the Centre for Research in Indo-Bangladesh

& Dr. Sabari Bandyopadhyay

Assistant Professor (Economics)
National University of Study and Research in Law

& Dr. DebeshChakraborty

former Professor of Economics, Jadavpur University, Calcutta

(4) Jayanta Sarkar Senior Journalist (5) BHASKAR ROY

Former consultant (political/strategic) NTRO, Govt. of India

(6) Haroon Habib

Journalist and author A guerrilla fighter in the Bangladesh Liberation War ( 1971)

(7) Md. Abul Basher, PhD

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)

(8) Major General (R) P K Chakravorty (9) Dr. Akmal Hussain

Prof. of International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

(10) Dr Taj Hashmi

Professor of security studies at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee, US

(11) Dr Anil Kumar Mohapatra

Assistant Professor of Political Science,
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar,India

(12) Dr.Chandrima Sikdar

Associate Professor, School of Business Management
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, India

(13) Dr. S. Binodkumar Singh

Research Associate,
Institute for Conflict Management, New Delhi

(14) Dr. Amit Ranjan

Research Fellow, Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi

(15) Saloni Salil

Visiting Fellow in the Indian Ocean Research Program at Future Directions International, Australia

(16) Suvolaxmi Dutta Choudhury

Studies International Politics at JNU ,New Delhi

FPRC Journal –No.15

Focus : India- Myanmar Relations

RESPONSES :

(1) Amb. PREET MALIK

Ambassador to Myanmar. 1990-92

(2) Dr Arvind Gupta,

Director General ,Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi

(3) Dr. Renaud EGRETEAU

Research Assistant Professor
Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (inc. Centre of Asian Studies) The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

(4) Dr. Bibhu Prasad Routray

Singapore based security Analyst/ consultant.
Former Deputy Director in India's National Security Council Secretariat, New Delhi

(5) Sreeradha Datta (PhD)

Director,Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS),KOLKATA , India

(6) Bertil Lintner

Swedish Journalist, Writer ,Expertise on Burmese issues

(7) Ms. Moe Thuzar

ISEAS Fellow
and lead researcher for socio-cultural affairs at the ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC) at ISEAS

Articles ; (1) Hon'ble Amb. (R) Trevor Wilson

Visiting Fellow, Dept. of Political & Social Change, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific

(2) Prof. Kanbawza Win

formerly, the Foreign Affairs Secretary to the Prime Minister of Burma

(3) Shri P.M. Heblikar

Managing Trustee, Institute of Contemporary Studies Bangalore (ICSB)

(4) Dr. Rajaram Panda

Visiting Faculty at the Centre for Japanese, Korean and Northeast Asian Studies, School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi

(5) Dr. Alistair D. B. Cook

Visiting Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore

(6) Col. VIRENDRA SAHAI VERMA

Honorary Fellow , Institute of Chinese Studies Delhi

(7) Dr. Swapna Bhattacharya (Chakraborti)

Professor & former Head , Dept. of South & Southeast Asian Studies, University of Calcutta

(8) Col R Hariharan

Chennai Centre for China Studies and the South Asia Analysis Group

(9) Syed Ali Mujtaba ,Ph.D,

Senior journalist based in Chennai,India

(10) Prof.E.Bijoykumar Singh

Economics Department ,Manipur University

(11) C. S. Kuppuswamy

Consultant with the South Asia analysis Group (SAAG) a retired officer of the Indian Army and former Director of the Cabinet Secretariat

(12) Dr. Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit

Prof.Dept.of Politics and Public Administration
University of Pune,India &

Dr. RIMLI BASU

Research fellow,Dept. of Politics and Public Administration,University of Pune

(13) Dr. (Mrs) Munmun Majumdar

Associate Prof.
Dept of Political Science ,North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya,India

(14) Dr.Rakhee Bhattacharya

Fellow at Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi

(15) Varigonda Kesava Chandra

Research Associate, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

(16) Lindsay Hughes

Research Analyst at Future Directions International , Perth, Australia

(17) Monish Tourangbam

Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi

(18) Hu Xiaowen

PhD Candidate of Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Research assistant of Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences

(19) Dr. Rahul Mishra

Researcher , Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses, New Delhi

FPRC Journal –No.14

Focus : Indian Ocean : A New Vision

RESPONSES : (1) Admiral Arun Prakash, Indian Navy (Retd) (2) Vice Admiral (Retd) M.K. Roy PVSM, AVSM (3) Vice Admiral Harinder Singh PVSM, AVSM ( Retd) (4) Vice Admiral (Retired) Arun Kumar Singh (5) Dr. Toshi Yoshihara

John A. van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies Professor of Strategy,Strategy and Policy Department &an affiliate member of the China Maritime Studies Institute,U.S. Naval War College

(6) Dr.Timothy D. Hoyt

Professor of Strategy and Policy and John Nicholas Brown Chair of Counterterrorism Studies, US Naval War College

(7) Dr. David Brewster

Visiting Fellow, Strategic & Defence Studies Centre, School of International, Political & Strategic Studies, Australian National University

(8) Dr Peter Lehr

Lecturer in Terrorism StudiesCSTPV, School of International Relations, University of St. Andrews. Visiting Lecturer at the South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany

(9) Leighton G. Luke

Manager of the Indian Ocean Research Programme at Future Directions International, Perth, Western Australia

Articles : (1) Lee Cordner AM

Indo-Pacific Governance Research Centre (IPGRC)School of History & PoliticsThe University of Adelaide, Australia

(2) Francis A. Kornegay, Jr

Senior Fellow on emerging powers at the Institute of Global Dialogue in South Africa

(3) Dr. Priya Chacko

Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Adelaide

(4) Commodore R SeshadriVasan (Indian Navy(Retd)

Head, Strategy and Security Studies,Centre for Asia Studies, India, Director, Asian Secretariat World Boderpol

(5) Dr. Christian Bouchard

Full Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, Laurentian University

(6) Dr. William W. Crumplin

Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, Laurentian University

(7) Abhijit Singh

Senior Research Fellow , National Maritime Foundation (NMF), New Delhi

(8) Dr. Amita Agarwal

Senior Fellow of the ICSSR, New Delhi

(9) Prof. Paul Musili Wambua

University Of Nairobi School of Law

(10) Summar Rao

Editor of Weekly Pulse

(11) Sayoni Choudhuri

Assistant Professor, Loreto College, Kolkata

(12) Saloni Salil

Visiting Fellow ,Indian Ocean Research Program at Future Directions International, Australia

(13) Maria Ayub

Researcher, Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi Pakistan

FPRC Journal –No.13

Focus : India –European Union Relations

RESPONSES ; Amb. Rajendra. M. Abhyankar

India’s Former Ambassador to the European Union
& Secretary,Ministry of Externational Affairs, New Delhi

Amb. A.N.RAM

India’s Former Ambassador to the European Union
& Secretary,Ministry of Externational Affairs, New Delhi

Dr. Aleksandra Jarczewska

Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw, Poland

Dr.Kurt Hübner

Professor, Jean Monnet Chair for European Integration And Global Political Economy, director Institute For European Studies at the University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada

Dr. Benjamin Kienzle

Marie Curie Fellow, Centre for Science and Security StudiesDepartment of War StudiesKing's College London

Jonas Parello-Plesner

Senior Policy FellowEuropean Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

Prof.Jürgen Rüland

Chair in Political Science , University of Freiburg, Germany

ARTICLES : H.E. João Cravinho

Ambassador of the European Union to India, New Delhi

Dr.Bodo Herzog

Professor of Economics at ESB Business School, Reutlingen UniversityDirector at Institute of Finance and Economics, ESB Business SchoolResearch Professor at RRI – Reutlingen Research Institute

Shada Islam

Head of Policy, Friends of Europe

Lizza Bomassi

Deputy Director, Carnegie Europe

Prof.Chris Dixon

Professor of International Development, Head of the Asia Programme and Deputy Director at the Global Policy Institute, London

Dr Malgorzata Bonikowska

President of the India-EU Council

Dr.Bhaswati Sarkar

Centre for European Studies,School of International Studies Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi

Prof. Stephan Keukeleire

Jean Monnet Professor in European Foreign Policy at the Institute for International and European Policy of the University of Leuven (Belgium) and Chairholder of the TOTAL Chair of EU Foreign Policy at the College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium)

Bas Hooijmaaijers

researcher at the Institute for International and European Policy as well as a teaching assistant at the Centre for European Studies of the University of Leuven (Belgium)

Jacqueline Hale

Senior Policy Analyst, Open Society European Policy Institute

Prof. Emeritus Hartmut Elsenhans

Leipzig University, Germany

Dr Sumit Roy

Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the School of International Relations and Strategic Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Anirudh Shingal

Senior Research Fellow, at the World Trade Institute (WTI), University of Bern

Suvi Dogra

Research & Liaison Officer for the Geo-economics & Strategy Programme , International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

Natalie M. Hess

GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies and the University of Hamburg

Dr Neeta Inamdar

Head – Manipal Centre for European Studies,Manipal University,Manipal

Dr. Siegfried O. Wolf

Director of Research at SADF, Lecturer in International Relations and Comparative Politics, SAI,Heidelberg University

Dr. Uli Brueckner

Jean Monnet Chair for European Studies, Stanford University Berlin Overseas Studies Center & Deepika Sundarraman

Undergraduate Researcher, The College of Wooster

Dr.Wilfried Swenden

Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh,Edinburgh,UK

Dr.Sebastian Zukowski

Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, Europe

Anke Brugmann

Head of Student Administration and Academic Student Support Services at the University of Marburg, Germany

Dr. Amit Das Gupta

Jacobs University Bremen

Dr. Dhananjay Tripathi

Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, South Asian University, New Delhi

Prof. B. Krishnamurthy

Head ,Centre for European StudiesPondicherry University,PUDUCHERRY,India

Prof. Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt

Aalborg University, Denmark

Dr.C. Sheela Reddy

Associate Professor in Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi & Dr. P. Krishna Mohan Reddy

Assistant Professor Dept. of History, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

Prof. Dr. Idesbald Goddeeris

Associate Professor of imperial and transnational history at the University of Leuven & Dr.Elwin Hofman

is teaching assistant at the same research unit, Modernity and Society 1800-2000, of the University of Leuven (Elwin has glasses) elwin.hofman@kuleuven.be

Dr. Jivanta Schottli

Lecturer in Comparative & International Politics, Heidelberg UniversitySouth Asia Institute, Deptof Political Science

Shubhada Kaul

Senior Lecturer in French, Centre for European and Latin American Studies, Faculty of Humanities & Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia University,New Delhi

Dr. Mohammad Samir Hussain

Research Associate, Yashwantrao Chavan National Center of International Security and Defence Analysis, University of Pune, India

Hannelore Roos

Research Scholar, Faculty of Social Sciences, KU Leuven (Belgium)

Vinayak Lashkar

Researcher at the Department of Sociology,University of Pune,India

Garima Mohan

Research fellow, Department of Political and Social Sciences ,'NFG Asian Perceptions of the EU', Free University of Berlin

Foreign Policy (Generalia) : Jainisha Chavda

School of Liberal Studies, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

Adarsh Tripathi

National Law University Orissa Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University

FPRC Journal-No. 12

Focus : India –Japan Relations
Responses:

1. Amb. Hiroshi Hirabayashi,former Japanese Ambassador to India

and currently President, The Japan-India Association

2. Prof. K. V. Kesavan ,Distinguished Fellow ,ORF,New Delhi formerly at School of International Studies, (CEAS),Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

3.Ian Hall , Senior Fellow and the Director of the Graduate Studies in International Affairs (GSIA) program in the Department of International Relations, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University

& David Envall, Research Fellow in the Department of International Relations, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University

4. Prof. Kaoru SUGIHARA,Center for Southeast Asian Studies(CSEAS), Kyoto University,Japan

5. Prof.G V C Naidu ,Centre for South, Central, Southeast Asian and Southwest Pacific Studies, School of International Studies,Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi

6. Prof. Malcolm Cook,Dean, School of International Studies,Flinders University& Visiting Fellow, Lowy Institute, Sydney

7. Tetsuo Kotani ,Lecturer, Hosei University & Research Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA),Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo

8.Dr Thomas Wilkins,Senior Lecturer,Centre for International Security Studies,University of Sydney,NSW Australia

Articles :

1.Prof. Michimi Muranushi, Gakushuin University, Tokyo,Japan

2.Lieutenant General Yamaguchi, JGSDF (Ret.) currently a professor of the National Defense Academy of Japan

3.Dr.Artyom LUKIN,Associate Professor and Deputy Director for Research at the School of Regional and International Studies, Far Eastern Federal University (Vladivostok, Russia)

4.Dr.DAVID ARASE, Professor of International Politics,The Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies,Nanjing, China

5. Dr.Gopalji Malviya,Dean,Centre for Defence Technology Studies, Hindustan University, Chennai;formerly Professor and Head of the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies at the University of Madras

6. Dr.Yoichiro Sato ,Professor and Director of International Strategic Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University,Japan

7. Dr.RabinderN. Malik,Visiting Lecturer, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan ; Senior Visiting Fellow/Coordinator, TERI-Japan ; Former Executive Officer, United Nations University, Japan

8.Dr.Makoto KOJIMA.Professor at Faculty of International Studies, Takushoku University, Tokyo

9.Dr. CHEN Youjun ,Shanghai Institutes for International Studies

10. Sourabh Gupta,Senior Research Associate,Samuels International Associates, Inc. (SIA), Washington, D.C

11.Yang Fang,Research Associate,Centre on Asia and Globalization (CAG) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

12.Sanjana Joshi, Senior Consultant with the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) New Delhi

&

Isha Dayal , Research Assistant with the Japan Project at ICRIER

13. Arpita Mathur has been Visiting Research Fellow with the South Asia division of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

14.Dr. Joshy M. Paul, Associate Fellow, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi, India

15.Dr. Vikash Ranjan, Research Fellow, Indian Council of World Affairs,New Delhi

16. Mamta Sachan Kumar,Research Associate at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), National University of Singapore (NUS)

FPRC Journal-No. 11

Focus :India and Latin America

Responses: (1) Amb.Jorge Heine

Chile’s Ambassador to India (2003-2007)

(2) Dr.Mauricio Mesquita Moreira

Principal Economist,Trade and Integration Sector,Inter‐American Development Bank, (IDB)

(3) Dr. Matthew Ferchen
Resident Scholar,CARNEGIE-TSINGHUA CENTER FOR GLOBAL POLICY (4) Dr. Sean Burges

ANU College of Arts and SocialSciences,The Australian National University,Canberra

(5) Sean Goforth

Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina

Articles;

1. Prof. Salvador Raza,, an expert in policy formulation and force design, serving as senior researcher and teacher of International Security Affairs at the U.S CHDS/NDU

2. Margaret Myers, Director of the China and Latin America program at the Inter-American Dialogue; former analyst for the US government

3.VARUNESH TULI, Founder of India-Latin America Political Forum, New Delhi

4. Dr. Edgard Leite Ferreira Neto ,Professor of History, Rio de Janeiro State University

5. Dr. Priti Singh, Assistant Professor, Centre for Canadian, US and Latin American Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi

6. Dr.Oliver Stuenkel, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in São Paulo, Brazil ; Currently,VisitingProfessor JNU,New Delhi

7. Dr. Amâncio Jorge Silva Nunes de Oliveira, Professor of Political Science, University of São Paulo, Brazil & Dr.Janina Onuki, Professor of the Institute of International Relations of USP

8. Dr. Andrew F. Cooper ,Professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo and Distinguished Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation

& Ryan Hilimoniuk ,Global Governance,Balsillie,School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo

9. Dr.Bernd Reiter, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics,University of South Florida, Tampa

10. Dr Sumati Varma, Associate Professor,Department of Commerce,Sri Aurobindo College (Evening) Delhi University

11. Hari Seshasayee, researcher in the Latin American Studies Programme, GATEWAY HOUSE: Indian Council on Global Relations,Mumbai, India

FPRC Journal-No. 10

Focus : India and Central Asia

RESPONSES ;

1. Amb.Baktybek Beshimov,

Ex-Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka

2 . Marlene Laruelle, Director, Central Asia Program, Research Professor of International Affairs,
The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES),
The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University

3. Prof. Emeritus Joseph S. Nye, Jr, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

4. Joshua Kucera

Freelance writer and journalistEurasiaNet, U.S. News and World Report and Slate

5. Dr.Mushtaq Ahmad Kaw

Director, Area Study Centre, Centre of Central Asian Studies,University of Kashmir, Srinagar-, J&K, India

6. Fyodor Lukyanov

Editor-in –chief, Russia in Global Affairs

7. Prajakti Kalra

Cambridge Central Asia Forum and Programme Managerof Cambridge Kazakhstan Centre

8. Nathan Hamm

Founding Editor, Registan.net

9. Dr. Richard Rousseau

Chairman of the Department of Political Science and International Relationsat Khazar University in Baku, Azerbaijan

10 . Christopher Schwartz

Editor-in-Chief,NewEurasia (neweurasia.net)

ARTICLES:

1. Professor Alexey Malashenko

SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE,Religion, Society and Security Program The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, MOSCOW CENTER

2. Dr.Michael Clarke

Australian Research Council Research Fellow,Griffith Asia Institute,Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

3. Dr.K. B. Usha

Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi,

4. Prof. Malik Augan

Department of International Relations and World Economy, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

5. Dr.Bhaswati Sarkar

Centre for European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi

6. Dr. MA Bin, Center for Russia and Central Asia Studies,Fudan University, Shanghai, China

7. Dr. Simbal Khan Director,Afghanistan and Central Asia at the Institute of Strategic Studies,Islamabad, Pakistan

8. Dr.Suchandana Chatterjee Fellow, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata

9. Khalid Khan Editor,Pukhtoonistan GazettePeshawar-Pakistan

10. Dr. Abuzar Khairi Academy of International Studies,Jamia Millia Islamia,New Delhi

11. Dr. Anita Sengupta Fellow, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies,Kolkata

12. Dr Hashim Iqbal Malik Department of Education, Government of Jammu and Kashmir,Srinagar,India

13. Dr. Angira Sen Sarma Research Fellow,Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA),New Delhi

14. ASMA SHAKIR KHAWAJA Assistant Professor,(Department of Peace and Conflict Studies), Faculty of Contemporary Studies,National Defence University,Islamabad, Pakistan

15. Dr.Sreemati Ganguli Fellow,Centre for the Study of China and Its Neighbourhood, Department of History, University of Calcutta

16. Caitlin Alyce Buckley Hudson Institute,Washington,DC

17. Dr.Yelena I. Rudenko, Research Fellow,Central and South Asian Department, R.B. Suleimenov Institute of Oriental Studies (Almaty) at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan

18. Dr. Mohammad Samir Hussain Research Associate, Yashwantrao Chavan National Centre of International Security and Defence Analysis (YC-NISDA), Pune,India

19. Vitaliy Shuptar,President,Avalon Historico-Geographical Society and Public Foundation,Karaganda, Kazakhstan

20. Dr.Lopamudra Bandyopadhyay,Fellow,Global India Foundation, Kolkata

21. Mehmet Ozkan,Lecturer in International Relations, International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

22. Dr. Gatikrushna Mahanta,Research Associate, Central Asian Studies Programme ,MMAJ-Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

FPRC Journal -No.9

Focus :India and South Asia

RESPONSES:

1. Dr.Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury,Former Foreign Advisor (Foreign Minister) of Bangladesh, Currently,Sr. Research Fellow, ISAS, National University of Singapore, Singapore

2. Ambassador Deb Mukharji,New Delhi

3. Prof.Indra Nath Mukherji ,Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi

4. Prof.John Wood, , NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON

5.Prof. Ishtiaq Ahmad, University of Oxford

6. Dr Kripa Sridharan , Head of Research-Asia,World-Check

Special Comment on :

Bonn’s Second Afghanistan Conference December 5th 2011 by Prof.Siegfried Wolf, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg

ARTICLES:

1. Amb. Shamshad Ahmed,Former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan

2. Amb.Kazi Anwarul Masud, Former Ambassador of Bangladesh

3. Amb.Touqir Hussain, Former Ambassador of Pakistan

4. Dirgha Raj Prasai,Former member of Parliament ; Political Analyst,Nepal

5. Prof.Ishtiaq Ahmed, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Stockholm University

6. Prof. A. Lakshmana Chetty,Centre for Southeast Asian & Pacific Studies,Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati

7. Prof.Moonis Ahmar, Dept. of International Relations ,University of Karachi, Karachi

8. Dr Sheo Nandan Pandey, Expert in area studies,in particular Hanxue (Sinology)

9. Dr.Abanti Bhattacharya,Dept. of East Asian Studies,Delhi University

10. Sathiya Moorthy-Observer Research Foundation,Chennai

11. Prof.Siegfried Wolf, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg

12. Dr. Kamal Kinger , Head, Dept. of Defence and Strategic Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala

13. Tridivesh Singh Maini, Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi

14. Dr. Monika Mandal,Fellow,MAKAIAS, Kolkata

15. Satheesan Kumaaran , Editor-in-chief, Voice of Voiceless

16. Dr Sanjeev Bhadauria,Associate Prof,Dept. of Defence & Strategic Studies,University of Allahabad,Allahabad

17. Marian Gallenkamp, Senior researcher, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg ;

18. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar H.M. ,Asst. Prof.,Dept. of International Relations,South Asian University,New Delhi

19. Dr.Joyeeta Bhattacharjee, Associate Fellow,Observer Research Foundation,New Delhi

20. Balaji Chandramohan,Editor ,Asia for World Security Network

21. Ravi Sundaralingam, Academic Secretary ASATiC (Academy of Science and Arts for the Tamil Communities in Ceylon)

22. Ullas Sharma,former columnist , yellowtimws.org

23. Dr. Maneesha S. Wanasinghe – Pasqual,Department of International Relations,University of Colombo

PRC Journal -No.8

Focus-India’s Look East Policy

RESPONSES:

A.P. Venkateswaran,Former Foreign Secretary of India
C.V. Ranganathan,Former Ambassador of India
Ranjit Gupta,Former Ambassador of India
Rajiv Bhatia,Former Ambassador of India
Dr.Damodar R. Sardesai,Emeritus Professor of History,University of California
Vice Admiral Pradeep Kaushiva UYSM, VSM (retd),Director,NMF,New Delhi
Walter C. Ladwig III,Merton College , Oxford and an affiliate of the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies at Kings College London

ARTICLES:

1.Dr Alexander (‘Sandy’) Gordon, Australian National University, Canberra
2.Dr.Pavin Chachavalpongpun,Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
3.Dr. Alka Acharya,Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. New Delhi
4.Dr.Mohammed Badrul Alam,Professor, Dept. of Political Science,Jamia Millia Islamia University,New Delhi
5.Dr. Joefe B. Santarita,Assistant Professor,Asian Center, University of the Philippines,Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
6.Dr.Lipi Ghosh,Professor, Department of South & South East Asian Studies, University of Calcutta
7.Dr. P.V.Rao,Former ,Director, Centre for Indian Ocean Studies,Osmania University
8.Dr. K. RajaReddy,Former Director,Centre for Southeast Asian & Pacific Studies Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati
9.GUO Suiyan, Deputy-Director General,Inst.for SouthAsianStudies,Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences,Kunming, China
10.Dr Munmun Majumdar,Associate Prof. of Pol.Sc.,North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
11.Dr.Rakhee Bhattacharya,Fellow,Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies,New Delhi
12.Dr. Rupakjyoti Borah, School of Liberal Studies, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
13.Dr. Binoda Kumar Mishra,Fellow,Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies,Kolkata
14.Dr Yadu Singh,President of Council of Indian Australian Inc, Sydney
15.Dr. K. Yhome ,Observer Research Foundation,New Delhi
16.Dr. S.UTHAM KUMAR ,Dept of Defence and Strategic Studies,University of Madras,Chennai ,India

FPRC Journal -No. 7

Focus : India -Afghanistan relations

RESPONSES :

1. Dr.Stanley A Wolpert , Prof. Emeritus ,History,University of California, Los Angeles
2. Dr. Amitai Etzioni, Director,Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies,The George Washington University, Washington,
3. Dr. Subroto Roy , Economist,Kolkata
4. Thomas Ruttig , Co-director, Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) Kabul and Berlin
5. Prof.Malcolm Chalmers, Research Director / Director, UK Defence Policy Studies
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies,London
6. Abubakar Siddique, Senior Correspondent for RFE/RL's Central Newsroom
7. Dr. habil. Christian Wagner, SWP Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherhei Leiter der Forschungsgruppe Asien/Head of Research Division Asia,Berlin

ARTICLES:

1.Dr. Robert Boggs , Prof. National Defense University ’s Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies ; former US diplomat
2. Dr.Walter K. Andersen : Director,South Asia Studies Program,SchoolInternational Studies/Johns Hopkins University,Washington D.C.;former chief of the U.S. State Department's South Asia Division in the Office of Analysis for the Near East and South Asia
3. Karamatullah K. Ghori : Former Pakistani Ambassador
4. Dr. P.M.Kamath : Formerly Prof. Emeritus Political Science,, Mumbai University
5. Mohammad Omar Sharifi : Director,American Institute for Afghanistan's Studies,Kabul
6. Dr. Mondira Dutta :Director,Central Asian Area Studies Programme,(CSCSEASWPS) School of International Studies,Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi
7. Brig. (retd) Vinod Anand: Senior Fellow,Vivekananda International Foundation,New Delhi
8. Dr. Arpita Basu Roy : Fellow,Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies,Kolkata
9. Farida Nekzad: Editor -in -Chief and Director, Wakht News Agency,KABUL
10. Masood Ur Rehman Khattak:Research Fellow, South Asian Strategic Stability Institute,Islamabad
11. Dr. Venkat Lokanathan:Dept.ofGeopolitics and International Relations, Manipal University,India
12. Prof.MA.AbdulMalek Halimi: Head,Dept.ofEconomics,National Center for Policy Research Partner Der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung,Kabul University 13. Faheem Haider : Afghanistan Analyst, Foreign Policy Association 14. Avinash Paliwal : Observer Research Foundation (ORF)New Delhi 15. Rahil Yasin : Senior columnist and researcher,Pearl News channel, Lahore

FPRC Journal- No. 6

Focus : India -Iran relations

Responses:

1. Prakash Shah,Former Ambassador of India
2. Siavash Z. Yaghoubi ,Former Iranian Ambassador to India
3. Mahmoud Reza Golshanpazhooh, Editor,Iranreview.org
4. Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer, Chairman, Centre for Study of Society and Secularism,Mumbai
5. Prof. Hooshang Amirahmadi, Rutgers University, USA ;Founder and President American Iranian Council

Articles:

1.H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Safari , Consul General of Islamic Rep.of Iran, Hyderabad
2. Dr. David J. Karl ,President, Asia Strategy Initiative, Los Angeles
3. Amb. Karamatullah Ghori, Former Pakistan Ambassador
4. Dr. Harsh V. Pant, Reader,King's College, London
5. Brig (Retd) Dr.Muhammad A. Khan , Pakistan; memberWSN Foundation Int. Advisory Board
6. Dr.Vijay Prashad, Prof.of International Studies,Trinity College , Hartford (CT)
7. Dr.Anjali Sahay ,Gannon University,Erie, Pennsylvania
8. Dr.Uddipan Mukherjee , BPPIMT (Kolkata, India)
9. Dr.Farah Naaz , Dept.of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
10. Dr. Mahnaz Zahirinejad, A leading researcher on Iran
11. Dr. Rushda Siddiqui ,Research Fellow, Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi
12. Dr.Venkateshwaran Lokanathan , Manipal University,Manipal ,(Karnataka) India
13. Gauri Jain ,beinformedjournal.org
14. Heshmat Sadat Moinifar, Head , Indian Studies Dept, Faculty of World Studies, Tehran University

FPRC Journal-No. 5

Focus : India -Israel relations

Interview with Mr.Shashank, Former Foreign Secretary of India

RESPONSES:

1. Dr. Itzhak Gerberg, Ambassador of Israel to Georgia,formerly Consul-General of Israel in Bombay (Mumbai)
2. Prof. Efraim Inbar, Director,Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University,Ramat- Gan , Israel
3. Prof. Yaacov Vertzberger, Prof. International Relations,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
4. Dr. Harsh V. Pant, Department of Defence Studies,King's College London,United Kingdom
5. Dr. Mohammad Mahmood, Professor of Political Science, (Retd,) Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
6. Prof. Nathan Katz, Florida International University

ARTICLES :

1. Theodore Paul Wright Jr, Prof.Emeritus, State University of New York at Albany
2. Dr.Maina Chawla Singh, University of Delhi;Scholar-in-Residence, American University, Washington DC
3. Dr. Richard L. Benkin, American human rights activist and journalist
4. Karamatullah K. Ghori, Former Pakistan Ambassador
5. Dr. Ninan Koshy, formerly Director ,CCIA&Visiting Fellow, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School, USA,
6. Dr. Fatima Shahnaz, ‘Visiting Professor’ (Political Science) at the Hyderabad Central University,
Academic Staff College,and Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi;President of the India Peace Organization 7.Shashank Joshi,Department of Government,Harvard University,Cambridge
8. Mahwish Hafeez,Research Fellow,Institute of Strategic Studies,Islamabad
9. Priya Suresh, Head,Dept.of International Studies,Stella Maris College,Chennai,India
10. Dr.Navras Jaat Aafreedi, Dept. of International Relations Gautam Buddha University, Greater NOIDA,India
11.Dr. K.M.Sajad Ibrahim, Dept. of Political Science, Kerala University,India Book Release - THE CHINA SYNDROME :
GRAPPLING WITH AN UNEASY RELATIONSHIP by Dr. Harsh V. Pant
Documents – official & non-official

FPRC JOURNAL- No. 4

Focus : India-Australia Relations

Articles :

1.Rawdon Dalrymple, AO, Former Ambassador of Australia
2.Senator Scott Ludlam, Spokesperson Australian Greens
3.Dr. Andrew Shearer, Director of Studies, Lowy Institute for International Policy, Sydney
4.Professor Marika Vicziany, Director, Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Victoria,Australia
5.Sushi Das, Senior Writer, The Age, Melbourne, Victoria
6.Dr. Yadu Singh, Ex chair,IndianConsul General’s(Sydney)committee on students’ issues & Cardiologist, Sydney,
7. Prof. Y Yagama Reddy, Director, Centre for Southeast Asian & PacificStudies,Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India
8.Utham Kumar Jamadhagni, University of Madras, Chennai,India
(B) Chronology of Events : International Education in Australia and India’s concerns
(C) Documents : India-Australia relations - 2009

FPRC JOURNAL -No. 3

Focus : Indian Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics

Articles, Responses:

1.Dr. RAVNI THAKUR -- an academic and Joint Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Cell of the All India Congress Central Committee
2.SHAMEEM FAIZEE- Editor,NEW AGE, Communist Party of India
3.NN Jha, Former Ambassador of India & Lt. Governor
4.ACHIN VANAIK, Professor of international relations and global politics, Delhi University
5. Dr. S.M.MISHRA, Jiwaji University,Gwalior
Comments :
Chronicle of Events

FPRC JOURNAL- No. 2

Focus : India’s Neighbourhood

Articles :

1.Madhavrao Scindia
2.J.S. Mehta ,Former Foreign Secretary of India
3.N.N. JHA Former Ambassador of India
4.Prem K. Budhwar, Former Ambassador of India
5.Dr. B.C.Upreti, South Asia Study Centre, Jaipur
6.Priya Suresh, Stella Maris College, Chennai
(B) Book Review
By Dr.Nachiketa Singh (SGTB Khalsa College, Delhi University)
(C) Events : India’s Neighbourhood in 2007

FPRC JOURNAL -No. 1

Focus : Terrorism and Human Rights

Articles :

1. Dr.Y.P. Chhibbar,Gen.Secretary, PUCL India,New Delhi

2. Rai Singh,former diplomat

3. Dr.Kulwant Kaur,Prof. of Political Science,University of Jammu

4. Prabhjot Singh,Bureau chief, TRIBUNE,Chandigarh

5. Dr.Deepika Gupta, Dept. of Pol.Sc. Vikram University,Ujjain

6. Dr. Mahendra Gaur,Director,FPRC

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