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Biography

Prof Rajesh Rajagopalan

Rajesh Rajagopalan is Professor in International Politics at Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, School of International Studies. He has a PhD from the City University of New York (1998). Previously, he was Senior Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, and Research Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. He also served as Deputy Secretary in the National Security Council Secretariat, Government of India (2000-2001). He has taught at Hunter College, Brooklyn College, and Queens College of the City University of New York.

Centre/School/Special Centre

Centre for International Politics, Organisation & Disarmament,

School of International Studies

Off. Phone

011-26704349

Email

r_rajesh@mail.jnu.ac.in , rajesh622@yahoo.com

Personal Webpage

http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/rgopalan/cv.pdf

Qualifications

PhD in Political Science (City University of New York)

Areas of Interest/Specialization

International Relations Theory, National and International Security

Experience

ICCR Visiting India Chair, Political Science and International Relations Programme, Victoria University Wellington, July-October 2011.

Chair, Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2009-2010)

Associate Professor in International Politics, Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (March 2004 – March 2008 )

Member, Executive Council, Indian Pugwash Society (2005- 2010)

Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi (November 2002-March 2004)

Deputy Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat, Government of India (October 2000- October 2001)

Research Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi (August 1998- October 2000, October 2001- November 2002)

Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5)

“Force and Compromise: India’s Counterinsurgency Grand Strategy,” South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 30:1 (April 2007), pp. 75-91.

“India: Largest Democracy and Smallest Debate?,” Contemporary Security Policy, special issue on “The Domestic Politics of Missile Defence” 26:3 (December 2005), pp. 605-20.

“The Threat of Unintended Uses of Nuclear Weapons in South Asia” India Review 4:2 (April 2005), pp. 214-32.

“Innovations in Counterinsurgency: The Indian Army’s Rashtriya Rifles,” Contemporary South Asia, 13:1 (March 2004), pp. 25-37.

“ ‘Restoring Normalcy’: The Evolution of the Indian Army’s Counterinsurgency Doctrine,” Small Wars and Insurgencies, 11:1 (Spring 2000), pp. 44-68.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books (upto 3)

Fighting Like a Guerrilla: The Indian Army and Counterinsurgency (New Delhi, India and Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge, 2008)

Second Strike: Arguments about Nuclear War in South Asia (New Delhi: Penguin/Viking, 2005)