South Asia Program Fellowships

2024

Nikita Singla, Consultant, World Bank, Research: India-Pakistan Trade

Bashir Ali Abbas, Research Associate, Council for Strategic and Defense Research, Research: Naval modernization

Dr. Seema Khan, Lecturer, Deakin University, Research: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Usama Nizamani, Senior Researcher, Infer, Research: Emerging Technology and Strategic Stability

2023

Haleema Saadia, Lecturer, National University of Modern Languages: Nuclear risk reduction in South Asia

Anuttama Banerji, Researcher, International SOS: Water sharing between India and Pakistan

Ladhu Choudhary, Assistant Professor, University of Rajasthan: India’s military modernization

Muhammad Shareh Qazi, Assistant Professor, University of the Punjab: Cybersecurity and emerging technologies in South Asia

2022

Namra Naseer, Research Associate, ISSRA: Impacts of great power competition in South Asia

Noorulain Naseem, Research Associate, Islamabad Policy Research Institute: Afghan refugees and Pakistan’s border security

Riya Sinha, Research Associate, Center for Social and Economic Progress: Regional connectivity and border infrastructure

Rushali Saha, Senior Research Associate, Council for Strategic and Defense Research: Indian Ocean and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy 

2021

Jyotshna Mehra, Consultant, Indian Ministry of External Affairs: Areas of cooperation for the QUAD

Kashif Hussain, Deputy Editor, Karakoram Magazine, Karakoram International University, Gilgit: Climate change and conflict resolution in South Asia’s highlands          

Mushin Puthan Purayil, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, the University of Hyderabad, India: Indian diplomacy and soft power          

Kashoon Leeza, Policy Lead, Pakistan Software Houses Association, Technology policy in South Asia

2020

Saurav Sarkar, Research Analyst II, Janes: ISKP and Afghanistan’s Future Security

Asma Khalid, Senior Research Associate, Center of Pakistan and International Relations: Balakot Crisis: Deterrence Restored or a New Normal?             

Fizza Batool, Assistant Professor, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology: Peace through Democracy: The Role of Pakistani Political Parties in Afghanistan’s Future              

Chirayu Thakkar, PhD Candidate, National University of Singapore: India-US Relations at the United Nations

2019

Syed Ali Zia Jaffery, Deputy Director, Center for Security, Strategy and Policy Research, University of Lahore: Enhancing Deterrence Stability on the Subcontinent: The Case for Conventional Deterrence        

Sarral Sharma, PhD Candidate, Jawaharlal Nehru University: Indo-Pak Ceasefire Violations: Need To (Re)assess Bilateral Mechanisms        

Sitara Noor, Research Fellow, Harvard’s Belfer Center: Pulwama/Balakot and The Evolving Role of Third Parties in India-Pakistan Crises

Vivek Mishra, Fellow, Strategic Studies Programme, Observer Research Foundation: Upgrading U.S.-India Security Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific: towards a joint regional strategy

2018

Umair Jamal, Head of Politics Desk, Business Recorder: US-Pakistan Relations in the Context of Afghanistan    

Hina Pandey, Foreign & Security Policy Analyst, Disarmament and International Affairs, Indian Ministry of External Affairs: Nuclear Narratives and Implications on Regional Stability       

Maimuna Ashraf, Former Research Officer, Center for International Strategic Studies: Nuclear Narratives and Implications on Regional Stability       

Neha Dwivedi, Intelligence Analyst, Everstream Analytics: US-Pakistan Relations in the Context of Afghanistan

Yaqoob ul Hasan, Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses: South Asia after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan  

Joy Mitra, Nonresident Fellow, East West Center: Uri and India-Pakistan Crisis Management       

Muhammad Faisal, Doctoral candidate, University of Technology, Sydney: Competing Interests in South Asia and the Way Forward with Trump’s South Asia Policy              

Rizwana Abbasi, Associate Professor of Security Studies, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad: Pakistan’s Nuclear Issues

2017

Kishwar Munir, Assistant Professor at the School of Integrated Social Science & Research Fellow at the Centre for Security Strategy and Policy Research, University of Lahore: Role of Regional Actors in Afghanistan

Pushan Das, Director of Aerospace & Defense, US-India Business Council: Naval Nuclearization in the Indian Ocean          

Mayuri Mukherjee, Senior Content Creator, HT Mint: Conflict Management and Crisis Prevention in South Asia        

Yasir Hussain, Senior Research Officer, Center for International Strategic Studies: India-Pakistan Multilateral Nuclear Diplomacy, NSG Membership

Saima Aman Sial, Senior Research Officer, Center for International Strategic Studies: Naval Nuclearization in the Indian Ocean          

Ruhee Neog, Director, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies: India-Pakistan Multilateral Nuclear Diplomacy, NSG Membership        

Monish Tourangbam, Associate Professor, Amity University: Role of Regional Actors in Afghanistan

Farhan Siddiqi, Associate Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad: Conflict Management and Crisis Prevention in South Asia

2016

Muhammad Daim Fazil, Political Assistant, the United States Consulate General, Lahore: Afghanistan as a CBM Between India and Pakistan       

Sana Ali, Editor, The Daily Times: Nuclear Security Conversation in South Asia   

Hamzah Rifaat, Assistant Research Associate, Islamabad Policy Research Institute: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Strategic Rationales, External Perspectives, and Challenges to Effective Implementation             

Trividesh Singh Maini, Assistant Professor-Diplomatic Practice, Jindal School of International Affairs: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Aditi Malhotra, Editor-in-Chief for the Canadian Army Journal: Assessing Indian Nuclear Attitudes      

Reshmi Kazi, Professor of Arms Control and Disarmament, Jamia Millia Islamia: India’s Nuclear Center for Excellence  

Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy, Deputy Director, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies: India-Pakistan Collaboration in Afghanistan                         

2015

Arka Biswas, Risk Manager, Intelligence Program, Liberty Mutual Insurance: India’s and Pakistan’s approaches to the nuclear disarmament initiative based on humanitarian grounds

Beenish Altaf, Research Associate, Strategic Vision Institute: Sufficiency in Minimum Nuclear Deterrence – India and Pakistan         

Faiqa Mahmood, Research Fellow, Institute of Social Policy and Understanding: Comparison of the discourse on nuclear issues in Pakistan’s vernacular media with the discourse in its English media 

Tanvi Kulkarni, Policy Fellow, Asia-Pacific Leadership Network: Sufficiency in Minimum Nuclear Deterrence – India and Pakistan

2014

Muhammad Sadiq, Assistant Professor, Quaid-i-Azam University: Nuclear Nonproliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament, and Nuclear Strategy        

Rabia Akhtar, Director, Centre for Security Strategy and Policy Research, University of Lahore: Pakistan, India, and China after the U.S. Drawdown from Afghanistan   

Jayita Sarkar, Associate Professor of Economic & Social History, University of Glasgow: Pakistan, India, and China after the U.S. Drawdown from Afghanistan 

Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies: Limited Wars and Nuclear Thresholds

2011

Li Zhang, Director, Center of Afghanistan and Regional Security Studies, Sichuan University: China-Pakistan Strategic Links in the Post-Cold War Era           

Zaheer Baig, Former Director of the Chairman’s Secretariat, Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority: Pakistan’s Nuclear Energy Requirements

2010

Khalid Mohyuddin, Former Director of General Arms Control & Disarmament Affairs Branch, Pakistan Strategic Plans Division: Consequences of India’s Ballistic Missile Defense for Strategic Stability in South Asia

2009

Hamid Farooq, Former Lt. Colonel of Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs Directorate, Pakistan Strategic Plans Division: The Efficacy of Nuclear Confidence-Building Measures for Enhancing Regional Stability

2007

Mohammed Zafar, Former Chief Scientific Officer, Pakistan Nuclear Authority: Vulnerability of Research Reactors to Terrorist Attack

Zafar Ali, Former Chief Scientific Officer, Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority: Pakistan’s Nuclear Assets and Threats of Terrorism

2006

Abdul Mannan, Former Director of the Directorate of Transportation and Waste, Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority: Consequences of Nuclear Terrorism in Pakistan            

Adil Sultan, Dean, Air University: US-India Nuclear Deal 

Ajay Gondane, Former High Commissioner to Australia, Indian Ministry of External Affairs: Causes of Terrorism in India

2004

Khurshid Khan, Former Lt. Colonel, Pakistan Strategic Plans Division: Limited War in South Asia

2003

Zawar Abidi, Former Additional Director, Pakistan Strategic Plans Division: Threat Reduction in South Asia

2002

Brigadier Rafi uz Zaman Khan (Retd.), Former Additional Director ACDA, Strategic Plans Division: Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers

2001

Arifa Noor, Contributor, Dawn: US policy towards terrorism, with respect to South Asia           

Khalid Bhanuri, Former Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs, Pakistan Strategic Planning Division: Personnel Reliability Program 

LATE Mutahir Ahmed, Former Professor of International Relations, University of Karachi: Conflict resolution and confidence-building measures

Rajesh Basrur, Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University Singapore: The impact of missile defenses on southern Asia           

Umma Salma Bava, Former Chairperson, Jawaharlal Nehru University: Relevance of US-USSR nuclear risk reduction measures in the India-Pakistan-China context

W. Lawrence Prabhakar, Advisor, Center for Public Policy Research, Kochi and former Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College: Implications of NMD on South Asia

2000

Arvind Kumar, Professor of Geopolitics, Manipal University: Implications of NMD on South Asia      

The Late Ayesha Haroon: Economic Confidence Building Measures          

Harinder Bajwa, Contributor, India Today: The logic of third party mediation in Kashmir 

Khaled Ahmed, Consulting Editor, The Friday Times: South Asian interpretations of Western deterrence theory

Sanjay Chaturvedi, Honorary Director of the Center for the Study of Mid-West and Central Asia, Panjab University: Border issues between Pakistan and India       

Surinder Singh Oberoi, Freelance Communications Professional & Consultant: Confidence-building measures

Naseem Irfan, Chairman of the Department of Nuclear Engineering, Quaid-i-Azam University: Environmental effects of a nuclear exchange on the subcontinent        

Nazir Hussain, Former Dean Social Sciences (2020-21) and former Director School of Politics and IR (2017-2020) at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad: Threat perceptions in India and Pakistan and the prospects for nuclear risk reduction measures in the region

1999

Amrita Shah, Contributing Editor, The Indian Express: Media in relation to societal trends in South Asia          

Anjoo Sharan Upadhyaya, Professor, Banaras Hindu University: Communal and ethnic conflicts in South Asia and their cross border ramifications      

Khalida Ghaus, Managing Director, Social Policy Development Center: Pakistani foreign policy

Priyankar Updahyaya, UNESCO Chair Professor of Peace Studies, Banaras Hindu University: Conflict Resolution and Track II Diplomacy in South Asia         

Rashed Rahman, Editor, Daily Times: Confidence-building measures

Syed Agha Haider Naqvi, Retired Pakistan Army at GHQ, Nuclear command and control issues: Nuclear command and control issues

1998

Arvind Gokhale, Deputy Editor, Indian Express: The role of the vernacular press in India-Pakistan relations    

Bhashyam Kasturi, Chief Correspondent, Deccan Herald: South Asia regional security     

Dilip Mohite, Former Dean, University of Baroda: Political reconciliation in South Asia

Nadeem Khalid, Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Pakistani foreign policy             

Sudha Ramachandran, Editor, The Diplomat: Terrorism, South Asian security issues and political developments     

Syed Sikander Mehdi, Professor of International Relations, University of Karachi: Debate on nuclear weapons following the May 1998 tests

Ilmas Futehally, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Strategic Foresight Group: Conflict resolution, Future Scenarios   

Zia Iqbal Shahid: Role of vernacular press in India-Pakistan relations    

Misbah Saadat, Journalist, The Dawn: Conflict resolution in South Asia

1997

Ahson Saeed Hasan, Journalist, The Express Tribune: Nuclear weapons in South Asia              

Dipankar Banerjee, Former Executive Director, Regional Center for Strategic Studies: Confidence-building measures

Kamal Chenoy, Professor of Political Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University: Track II diplomacy        

M.J. Vinod, Professor of Political Science, Bangalore University: South Asian nuclear security issues     

Moonis Ahmar, Professor of International Relations, University of Karachi: Conflict resolution and confidence-building measures

Nadeem Siddiqui, Washington University, St. Louis: Arms control and security         

Talat Masood, Retired Lieutenant General, Pakistan Military: Nuclear weapons in South Asia              

Umar Farooq, Journalist, The Nation: The Siachen Glacier dispute between India and Pakistan          

Uttam Sen, Journalist, The Deccan Herald: Disarmament Issues    

Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Head of India Practice, Eurasia Group: Confidence-building measures

1996

Amir Khan, Politician, National Assembly of Pakistan: U.S. policy in South Asia             

Aqil Shah, Associate Professor of International and Area Studies, University of Oklahoma: Arms control    

J. Pravin Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University: Conflict resolution in South Asia            

K.P. Nayar, Journalist, The Telegraph: Proliferation of small arms in South Asia          

Raja Mohammed Iqbal: Confidence-building measures

Tashar Ravuri: U.S. foreign policy decision making

V.R. Raghavan, Director of Planning and Projects, Delhi Policy Group: Confidence-building measures

1995

Bharat Karnad, Emeritus Professor of National Security Studies, Centre for Policy Studies, New Delhi: Creating an India-Pakistan mutual assurance regime  

Gurinder Singh: Military issues on the subcontinent      

Maqsudul Nuri, Former Acting President, Islamabad Policy Research Institute: Transparency regimes

Maroof Raza, Former Indian Army Office (ret.), Indian Army: Insurgency in Kashmir

Nishant Ahmed, Institute for Regional Studies  

Naeem Salik, Executive Director, Strategic Vision Institute, Islamabad: Non-offensive defense strategies

Raj Chengappa, Group Editorial Director (Publishing), India Today Group: The Dynamics of India-China Relations                                                                                                                       

1994

Ahmer Bilal Soofi, Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan: India-Pakistan Legal exchange program            

Atul Aneja, Associate Editor, The Hindu: Verification of border-dispute resolution mechanisms

Mariam Aftab, Ambassador of Pakistan to Bulgaria, Pakistani Embassy Bulgaria: Political economy of Indo-Pakistani relations and the role of CBMs

Sunil Chandra, Retired Major General, Indian Military Academy: CBMs related to transparency, secrecy, force levels, and deployment  

Yogesh Tyagi, 22nd Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi: Increasing cooperation between India and Pakistan on issues of human rights             

Zahid Hussain, Author & Journalist, Dawn: Nuclear CBMs for the region and possible roles for third-party powers

Poonam Barua, Founder, Forum For Women in Leadership: Trade and commerce as CBMs 

Savita Datt, Founder & Managing Trustee, Prakash Deep: Conflict pre-emption CBMs      

Shaheen Akhtar, Research Fellow, Institute of Regional Studies: CBMs for the Kashmir dispute

1993

Rifaat Hussain, Professor of Public Policy, National University of Sciences and Technology: South Asian security, India-Pakistan engagement, Kashmir conflict, U.S. involvement in Afghanistan