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Swaran Singh

Swaran Singh
Swaran Singh
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for International Politics, Organisation & Disarmament,
School of International Studies
Room No
342, SIS-2
Off. Phone
011-26704368
Residence
57 Dakshinapuram, JNU Campus, New Delhi:110067
Email
ssingh@mail.jnu.ac.in
Personal Webpage
http://jnu.ac.in/Faculty/ssingh/cv.pdf
Qualifications

M.A. (Pol Sc, DU), MPhil and PhD (Int’l Studies, JNU)
Post-Doc Diploma in Conflict Resolution (Upasala, Sweden)

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Arms Control & Disarmament, Conflict Resolution & Peace Studies, India's Defence and Nuclear Policy, Multilateralism, Asian affairs, China's foreign and security policies, China-South Asia, China-India relations, and Emerging Powers related debates  

Experience

1992-2001 Research Faculty at Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis (New Delhi)
2001- Faculty at School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ., (New Delhi)
2006- President, Association of Asian Studies (Asia-wide network)
2008- General Secretary, Indian Congress of Asian & Pacific Studies 
2012-2014 – Chief Vigilance Officer, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 

Awards & Honours

Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada), June 2022-May 2023.
Asia Fellow 2001-2002; worked at School of International Studies, Beijing University
Awarded Several Visiting Professorships in China, UPEACE and other universities 

International Collaboration/Consultancy

2005-2008 for International Relations with Center de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi 

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

Swaran Singh, "China's Anti-Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden and Beyond: Implications for India" Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Vol.33, No.1, January-April 2025, pp.73-87.
Swaran Singh,"China’s Inroads into India’s Neighbouring Island Nations: Initiatives and Implications", Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Vol. 32, No. 2, May–August 2024, 1-15
Swaran Singh, "Covid-19 and India-China Equations: Examining their Interface in the Indian Ocean Region", China Studies Journal (Vol. 15, 2021); pp. 111-132 
“Quads and Triangles: Locating Japan in India’s Act East Policy”, (co-authored), Global Outlook, Vol. 1 No. 1 (Spring 2016), pp. 111-123.
"The State of Security Studies in India:Limitations and Potential", Millennial Asia, 6(2) 191–204
“Indo-US Cooperation in Countering Cyberterrorism: Challenges and Limitations” (co-authored), Strategic Analysis, Vol.38, No.5 (2-14), pp. 703-716
"No First Use as a Strategic Doctrine" in V R Raghavan (ed.), Global Nuclear Disarmament: Geopolitical Necessities, (New Delhi: Vij Books, 2012), pp. 56-71.
"Debating Multilateralism: The role of emerging powers" in Chandra Chari (ed.), Superpower Rivalry and Conflict: The long shadow of the Cold War on the twenty first century, (London: Routledge, 2010) 

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

India and ASEAN in the Indo-Pacific: Pathways and Perils, (co-edited), (Singapore: Springer Nature, 2024)
Politics of Climate Change: Crises, Conventions and Cooperation, (co-edited), (Singapore: World Scientific 2023 announced)
China and the Indo-Pacific: Manoeuvres and Manifestations (co-edited) (New York: Plagrave, 2023 announced by publisher)
Studies of China and Chineseness since the Cultural Revolution: Vol 1 Reinterpret- ing Ideologies and Ideological Reinterpretations (co-edited) (Singapore: World Sci- entific 2022)
Multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific: Conceptual and Operational Challenges (co- edited) (London: Routledge 2022)
Revisiting Gandhi: Legacies for World Peace and National Integration (forthcoming co-edited, World Scientific, Singapore, 2021)
Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Studies of China and Chineseness: Unlearning Bina- ries, Strategizing Self (co-edited) World Scientific, Singapore, 2020)
Corridors of Engagement (New Delhi: Knowledge World Publishers, 2019),
On China By India: From Civilization to Nation State (London: Cambria Press, 2012), [Co-edited]
Emerging China: Prospects of Partnership in Asia, (New Delhi: Routledge, 2012), [Co-edited]
"Paradigm Shift in India-China Relations: From Bilateralism to Multilateralism", Journal of International Affairs (Columbia University), Vol. 64, No. 2 (Spring/Summer 2011).