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Harsh V. Pant

Harsh V. Pant

Harsh V. Pant is professor of international relations in the Defence Studies Department and the India Institute at King’s College London.

Harsh V. Pant is professor of international relations in the Defence Studies Department and the India Institute at King’s College London. He is Director, Studies and Head of Strategic Studies Programme at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi. He is also an adjunct fellow with the Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC. His current research is focused on Asian security issues. His most recent book include New Directions in India’s Foreign Policy: Theory and Praxis (Cambridge University Press) and Indian Nuclear Policy (Oxford University Press).

Posts by Harsh V. Pant
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November 03, 2015

Turmoil in India-Nepal Ties as China Moves In

By Harsh V. Pant
China is making the most of a decline in India's relations with Nepal. What benefits can Beijing reap?
October 24, 2015

Long Overdue: India Gets Serious About Africa

By Harsh V. Pant
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is getting serious about India's position in Africa.

October 07, 2015

Enough Is Enough: India Needs to Leave Behind Its UN Obsession

By Harsh V. Pant
India's obsession with the United Nations needs to change if it is to be taken seriously as a rising power.

September 21, 2015

New Equations in the Asia-Pacific as China Arrives as Military Power

By Harsh V. Pant
China's expanding and modernizing military power could change everything in Asia.

September 10, 2015

Amid Shifting Geopolitical Dynamics, India Plays Hard Ball in Afghanistan

By Harsh V. Pant
India is playing hardball with Afghanistan over Ashraf Ghani's misadventures with Pakistan.
August 25, 2015

A Seismic Shift in India’s Pakistan Policy

By Harsh V. Pant
New Delhi has shifted its approach toward talks with Pakistan. The implications stand to be huge.

August 13, 2015

Narendra Modi's UAE Trip Highlights India's Shifting Middle East Approach

By Harsh V. Pant
India is currently reassessing its approach to this strategically critical and complex region.
July 28, 2015

Asia’s New Geopolitics Takes Shape Around India, Japan, and Australia

By Harsh V. Pant
Japan, India, and Australia will be instrumental in determining Asia's fate in the 21st century.

July 14, 2015

Reality Check: India Needs to Take Central Asia Seriously

By Harsh V. Pant
India's approach to Central Asia needs to be much more cohesive.

June 30, 2015

Remembering Modern India's Forgotten Reformer

By Harsh V. Pant
It took a non-Congress government to properly memorialize one of India's greatest Congress prime ministers.

June 16, 2015

Restraint No More: India Reassesses Its Hard Power

By Harsh V. Pant
With its cross-border covert strike into Myanmar, India's views on hard power come into focus.
June 02, 2015

A Long Overdue Foreign Policy Course Correction by Delhi

By Harsh V. Pant
Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh should mark a turning point in Indian attention toward Bangladesh.

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