Distinguished professor emeritus | Adjunct professor
He
is
author/co-author/editor
of
15
books
and
numerous
academic
papers
on
South
Asian
strategic
affairs
with
an
emphasis
on
nuclear
weapons
and
non-proliferation
issues,
Indian
Ocean
strategic
affairs,
India's
diplomacy
and
China's
international
relations
and
negotiating
behavior.
His
academic
travels
included
visits
and
meetings
in
various
Asian,
European
and
Middle
Eastern
capitals
and
in
North
America.
Now,
semi-retired,
he
continues
to
write
and
is
exploring
the
dilemmas
leaders
and
officials
in
Asian
countries
such
as
China
and
India
face
in
formulating
their
interests,
plans,
discussions
and
decisions
as
they
seek
to
modernize.
Although
national
debates
are
conducted
in
a
modern
idiom,
traditional
society
competes
with
modernism
in
a
country's
political
space.
This
contention
is
a
key
part
of
21st
century
international
society
and
it
affect
Western
policy-making
and
thinking.
His
current
work
is
to
revise
and
update
(he
is
a
co-author) the
7th
edition
of
'Government
and
Politics
in
South
Asia',
a
textbook published
by
Westview
Press.
In
progress
is
a
paper
on
the
historical
evolution
since
the mid-1800s
of
China's
approach
to diplomatic
negotiations.