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Sampa Kundu

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Archive data: Person was Research Assistant at IDSA from December 2013 to June 2018
Dr. Sampa Kundu joined the Southeast Asia and Oceania Centre on December 16, 2013 as a Research Assistant. She completed her PhD on ‘India and Myanmar in BIMSTEC: Implications for Northeast India’ from the Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2014.
Dr. Kundu’s research interests include India’s bilateral relations with Southeast Asian nations, India’s Act East Policy and Southeast Asian regional affairs. Her job responsibilities include analysing the regional affairs in Southeast Asia with a focus on geo-politics and foreign relations, writing for the institution on a regular basis, editing the centre’s newsletter ‘Insight Southeast Asia’ and assisting in organising various events including the Delhi Dialogue, a Track 1.5 dialogue between India and ASEAN partners.
Her recent publications include: “China and Southeast Asia: Tracking the Developments”, in China Yearbook 2015- China’s Transition Under Xi Jinping, Ed. Jagannath Panda, Pentagon Press, New Delhi, 2016; “Buddhist versus Islamic Extremism: A Case Study of Myanmar”, in Asian Strategic Review, Eds. SD Muni and Vivek Chadha, Pentagon Press, New Delhi, 2016; “Defence and Security Partnership with Myanmar”, in Asian Strategic Review, Eds. SD Muni and Vivek Chadha, Pentagon Press, New Delhi, 2015; “Maintaining the Status Quo: China in Southeast Asia”, in China Yearbook 2014, Ed. Prashant Kumar Singh, Pentagon Press, New Delhi, 2015. Her recent peer-reviewed articles include “BIMSTEC at 17: An Assessment of its Potential”, India Quarterly, A Sage Journal, Vol. 70, No. 3, September 2014; “Reviewing the Potential of BIMSTEC”, Journal of Indian Ocean Studies- Society for Indian Ocean Studies, November 2015; “India-Vietnam Bilateral Relations”, Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, August 2014; “India-Myanmar-Northeast India Challenges and the Way Forward”, Himalayan and Central Asian Studies September, Vol. 18, Nos. 1-2, Jan-June 2014. Besides, she has also contributed several articles/commentaries to online gateways and magazines including The Diplomat, East Asia Forum, and The Diplomatist.
Publications at IDSA

Research Assistant
Email:-sampa[dot]sun[at]gmail[dot]com
Phone:-+91 11 2671 7983

Publication

The South China Sea: The Struggle for Power in Asia by Bill Hayton

The South China Sea disputes have received considerable attention from international relations scholars, world leaders and policymakers in the recent decades. China’s aspirations in the region are challenged by the relatively smaller East Asian countries, including Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan. The territorial disputes, mixed with the concept of sovereignty and national pride, have led to the development of geopolitical rivalry in the region.

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Asia’s Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific by Robert D. Kaplan

The South China Sea has been an area of intense focus in post-Cold War international affairs. The primary reason that explains the growing significance of the South China Sea in contemporary world politics is the regional tension and competition involving China and smaller adjacent countries around the sea. The engagement of the extra-regional powers, which has the potential to aggravate the situation, is another factor that compels International Relations (IR) practitioners to keenly watch the developments there. In this context, Robert D.

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India as an Asia Pacific Power by David Brewster

It is clear that the Asia Pacific is a platform where various actors can be seen playing wide-ranging roles. The United States is considered one of the existing influential powers playing the role of a security provider, at least partially. On the other hand, an emerging power like India, which is expected to be more responsible and visible in the Asia Pacific region, faces several challenges both at the national and international level. David Brewster’s book discusses India’s ambitions and capabilities as well as its limitations and challenges in becoming an Asia Pacific power.

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Southeast Asian democracy: New time and take

Southeast Asian countries are facing challenging times. Push for further democratisation within the countries and the established regimes resistance to it has the possibility of jeopardising the region’s political stability and which may impede the movement towards a ASEAN Economic Community by 2015.

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