Biography
Professor Harsh V Pant is a Professor of International Relations with King's India Institute. He is Director, Studies and Head of the Strategic Studies Programme at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. He is also Director (Honorary) of Delhi School of Transnational Affairs at Delhi University.
Harsh has been a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore; a visiting fellow at the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania; a visiting scholar at the Center for International Peace and Security Studies, McGill University; a visiting professor at O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat; a visiting professor at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; and an emerging leaders fellow at the Australia-India Institute, University of Melbourne.
His current research is focused on Asian security issues. His most recent books include New Directions in India’s Foreign Policy: Theory and Praxis (Cambridge University Press), India’s Nuclear Policy (Oxford University Press), The US Pivot and Indian Foreign Policy (Palgrave Macmillan), Handbook of Indian Defence Policy (Routledge), and India’s Afghan Muddle (HarperCollins).
Professor Pant writes regularly for various Indian and international media outlets including the Japan Times, the Wall Street Journal, the National (UAE), the Hindustan Times, and the Telegraph.
Research
- International relations theory
- Security studies
- Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
- Asia-Pacific security
- South Asian politics
Teaching
PhD supervision
Harsh welcomes PhD students looking to research in the broad area of international relations, with a focus on the following topic areas: Asia-Pacific security issues, nuclear proliferation, South Asian security, and Indian foreign policy.
Further details
See Harsh's research profile
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Lidarev, I. & Pant, H. V., 5 Apr 2022, In: Contemporary South Asia. 30, 2, p. 269-286 18 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2022.2059062
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Pant, H. V., 31 Jan 2022, The Routledge Handbook of Diplomacy and Statecraft. Taylor and Francis Ltd, p. 135-145 11 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003016625-14
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Pant, H. V., 1 Jan 2022, Taylor and Francis Inc. 212 p. Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003272540
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Pant, H. V. & Lidarev, I., 1 Jan 2022, India and Global Governance: A Rising Power and Its Discontents. Pant, H. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 166-200 35 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003272540-13
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Pant, H. V. & Yhome, K., 1 Jan 2022, India and Global Governance: A Rising Power and Its Discontents. Pant, H. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 146-165 20 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003272540-12
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Pant, H. V., 1 Jan 2022, India and Global Governance: A Rising Power and Its Discontents. Pant, H. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 1-14 14 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003272540-1
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Pant, H. V. & Parpiani, K., 1 Jan 2021, Taylor and Francis Ltd. 114 p. Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003196037
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Goulter, C. & Pant, H., 2 Jan 2020, In: Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs. 1, 1, p. 21-44 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pant, H. V. & Yhome, K., 1 Jan 2020, In: India Review. 19, 1, p. 33-51 19 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/14736489.2019.1710082
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Pant, H. V., 8 Aug 2019, In: India Review. 18, 4, p. 386-406 21 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/14736489.2019.1662189