Rishika Chauhan
Rishika Chauhan received her PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. She has held teaching and research positions at Delhi University and the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi and worked as a consultant for Boston University, USA. She has also worked as a Visiting Scholar at the India Centre of China West Normal University and a contributing writer for Asia Pacific Daily. Her chapters and articles have appeared in the Routledge Handbook of China-India Relations (2020), Routledge Handbook of Asia in World Politics (2017), Foreign Policy, and The National Interest, among others. Her research interests include Indian and Chinese foreign policy, international sanctions, and nuclear politics. Currently working as a Graduate Teacher at the Department of War Studies of King's College London, UK.
EDUCATION
2014 -18 Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Diplomacy and Disarmament
Thesis: Nonproliferation and Sanctions: A Comparative Study of Indian and Chinese Discourse
2011-13 Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Masters in Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Diplomacy and Disarmament
Thesis: Efficacy of Nuclear Sanctions: A Comparative Study of North Korea and Pakistan
2009 - 11 Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Masters in Politics (with specialization in International Relations)
2006 - 09 Hindu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
Bachelors in Political Science with honours
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
2019 Woodrow Wilson Center and University of Roma Tre, Allumiere, Italy
International Nuclear History Boot Camp
2018 Woodrow Wilson Center and Kyungnam University, Seoul, South Korea
Asia-Pacific Nuclear History Institute (International history of nuclear proliferation)
2016-17 China West Normal University, Sichuan, China
Certificate course in Mandarin
2014 International Political Science Association, Montreal, Canada
Qualitative Research Methods Course: “Process-tracing (PT) Case Study Methodology” (Instructor: Professor Derek Beach)
EXPERIENCE
September 2020- Present: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of War Studies, King’s College London
· Leading four seminars for the module: History of the International System
October 2020- Present: Senior Editor, Strife Journal, Department of War Studies, King’s College London
· Editing responsibilities include both journal and blog publications
2017-20: International Politics Writer, Asia Pacific Daily, Xinhua, China
· Contributed daily articles on international politics with a focus on Asia
2016-18: Visiting Scholar, China West Normal University, Centre for India Studies, China
· As a resident scholar from 2016 to 2017, researched and wrote on China, taught international relations courses, designed curriculum, organized conferences and gave lectures and presentations
· Appointed visiting research scholar in 2017
March-December 2019: Associate Fellow, Indian Pugwash Society, Manohar Parrikar Institute of Defence & Strategic Analysis, New Delhi, India
· Led a team of two research assistants
· Edited and compiled monitors and worked a book project titled, “Nuclear China: Options for India”
· Responsibilities included writing project proposals, organising conferences on international issues and administrative work
2018-2019: Research Associate, NUS-Yale, Singapore ( with Professor Rohan Mukherjee)
· Conducted archival research at the United Service Institution of India on military archives for a project titled “Continuity and Change in India’s Military Strategic Culture”
2015: Consultant, Boston University USA (with Professor Manjari Chatterjee Miller)
· Assisted Professor Manjari Chatterjee Miller on a book project on Indian and Chinese foreign policy
2013-14: Junior Fellow and Research Assistant, Observer Research Foundation, Institute of Strategic Studies, New Delhi, India (with Professor C. Raja Mohan)
· Assisted Professor C Raja Mohan with his research and co-authored book chapters and policy papers with him. Edited and contributed to three weekly and monthly monitors on international security
· Assisted in editing and compiling the Oxford Handbook of Indian Foreign Policy, 2015 (Edited by David Malone, C Raja Mohan, and Srinath Raghavan)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2016 | Assistant Professor (guest basis for May and June) |
Department of Economic Studies, Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, Delhi, India | |
2015 | Assistant Professor (guest basis) Department of Political Science, Hindu College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India |
2014 | Assistant Professor (ad-hoc basis) |
Department of Political Science, Gargi College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India |
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Editor and Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
· “From pessimism to accommodation: India’s stand and practice on unilateral sanctions”, in Charlotte Beaucillon (Eds.),
Research Handbook on Unilateral and Extraterritorial Sanctions, (Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd), 2021
· “Differences not Disputes: India’s View of the Border after 1962”, in Kanti Bajpai, Manjari Chatterjee Miller and Selina Ho, (Eds.), Routledge Handbook on China-India Relations (Routledge), 2020.
· “Sanctions and Emerging Powers: Examining the Indian and Chinese Stand,” in Teh-Kuang Chang and Angelin Chang (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Asia in World Politics, (Routledge), 2017.
· “India–Japan Strategic Partnership: Steady Advance amidst Enduring Constraints”, in Rohan Mukherjee and Anthony Yazaki (Eds.), Poised for Partnership: Deepening the Japan-India Partnership, (Oxford University Press), India, 2016 (co-authored with C Raja Mohan).
Papers
· “Modi’s Foreign Policy: Focus on the Diaspora”, Institute of South Asian Studies Working Paper No. 204, National University of Singapore, April 11, 2015 (coauthored with C. Raja Mohan).
· “Modi and Buddhism: Between Cultural and Faith-Based Diplomacy”, Occasional Paper no.77, Observer Research Foundation, November 2015.
· “India and International Sanctions: Delhi’s Role as a Sanctioner”, Issue Brief no. 58, Observer Research Foundation, September 2013.
· “Corruption: a Structural Defect”, Studies of Changing Societies Journal, Special Issue Vol.1 (6) Study, 2012, 47-66.
Articles
· “China and India Aren't Afraid to Use Money as a Weapon”, The National Interest, December 14, 2016.
· “Adapting India, Accommodating United States: A Case of Iranian Sanctions”, Foreign Policy, October 24, 2015.
· ”No Need for Nepal to take sides between India, China”, Global Times, December 14, 2016 (co-authored with Professor Long Xingchun).
· “Flexing Economic Muscle” India in Transition, Centre for The Advanced Study of India (CASI), University of Pennsylvania, June 19, 2017.
· “Trump's ambitions challenge Modi's ‘Make in India'”, Global Times, January 29, 2017 (co-authored with Professor Long Xingchun).
· “Economic Sanctions and Chemical-Biological Weapons”, CBW Magazine: Journal on Chemical and Biological Weapon, January-June 2018, Volume: 11, Issue: 2. 2018.
· “Focus on the Diaspora”, Seminar Annual Issue, January 2015 (coauthored with C. Raja Mohan).
· “Decoding India’s Stand on International Sanctions”, India in Transition, Centre for The Advanced Study of India (CASI), University of Pennsylvania, December 15, 2014.
Book Reviews
· “India and Nuclear Asia: Forces, Doctrine, and Dangers”, Global Change, Peace & Security, Yogesh Joshi and Frank O’Donnell, Washington, DC, Georgetown University Press, 2019.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
· Sanctions and Core Interests: China’s use of sanctions to settle disputes (Peer-Reviewed Journal Article)
· Nuclear Nonproliferation and Sanctions: Assessing US sanctions regime against Asia (Manuscript Under Preparation)
WORKSHOPS
· Annual Indian Security Studies Workshop: Strategy in Indian Security Thinking and Practice, NYU Abu Dhabi, 2019.
· Institute of Chinese Studies and Goa University’s China Studies Workshop, at Goa University, India (conducted by Professor Tansen Sen) December 2017.
· Fudan-Jawaharlal Nehru-Washington University Workshop on National Security, at Fudan University, Shanghai, China, May 2017.
· Centre for Advanced India Studies (CASI) Annual India Security Workshop, at University of Pennsylvania, in Pennsylvania, US, April 2017.
· The Centre for Policy Research’s (CPR) Workshop on Security Studies (SWOSS) in New Delhi, India (conducted by Professor Srinath Raghvan) 2014.
· Peacebuilding and Trustbuilding Workshop organized by Women Security, Conflict Management and Peace and Global Partnership Prevention of Armed Conflict at New Delhi, India (conducted by Professor Nicholas Wheeler) 2012.
· Peacebuilding Workshop organized by Women Security, Conflict Management and Peace and Global Partnership Prevention of Armed Conflict, entitled; “Enriching Democratic Practice in South Asia: Possibilities from the Field of Peacebuilding”, 2012.
GRANTS AND SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
· Government of China Provincial Scholarship to learn Mandarin, Sichuan Province. 2016-17
· International Studies Association’s travel grant to New Orleans from New Delhi. 2015
· International participation grant, from the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India (amount awarded around 2500 USD). 2014
· Received a grant from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan to visit Japan and participate in several conferences in Tokyo and Kyoto. 2014
· Travel grant, International Political Science Association (IPSA), from New Delhi to Madrid, Spain. 2012
· Qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET), which makes teachers eligible to teach university students across India. 2011
· Selected for the Gandhi Fellowship out of 300+ applicants. Gandhi Fellowship provides an opportunity to design and run programs to benefit government schools in rural India. 2009 (declined)
SKILLS
Trained in qualitative research methods. Research/survey experience in China, Pokhran in Rajasthan, Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir in India, Nagarkot, Dhading, Birgunj and Sauraha in Nepal