Shivaji Kumar

I focus on the impact of domestic identities of Asian states on their foreign policies. My research – under review or under preparation for submission to journals, including Security Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis, and Survival – has received support from several grants and fellowships, such as the Ford Foundation International Doctoral Fellowship and Mershon Center Research Grant. I investigate why certain identities remain underexplored despite their intuitively acknowledged presence and how they affect foreign policies. 

My specific research and instructional interests are in the areas of theories of International Relations with special focus on constructivism, linkages between domestic politics and foreign policy, India’s identity politics and foreign policy nexus, India-US Relations, India-Sino Relations, and Multimethod research Qualitative (discourse analysis) and quantitative (large-N public opinion surveys).