Saurabh Mishra

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Archive data: Person was Research Assistant at IDSA

Saurabh Mishra is a Research Assistant at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses since February 2011. He has done his Ph.D. from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, on “Globalisation and Transnational Conflict: In the Context of Expansion and Cultural Homogeneity”. He earned his Masters and Undergraduate degrees from the same university in 2006 and 2004, respectively. He received the Junior Research Fellowship awarded by the University Grants Commission (India) in 2008. His areas of interests are Globalisation, Peace and Conflict, International Institutions, Indian Foreign Policy, and International Relations Theory. At IDSA, he has worked primarily on India and United Nations, and issues regarding Africa. He is associated with the Indigenous Historical Knowledge Project at the institute, and has co-edited three volumes on “Kautilya and His Vocabulary”. He is also a co-editor and contributor to thebook titled “The Arthasastra in a Transcultural Perspective: Comparing Kautilya with Sun-Zi, Nizam al-Mulk, Barani and Machiavelli, a product of a collaborative project between IDSA, Heidelberg University and National University of Singapore. He has written articles and commentaries regarding India’s voting behaviour in the UN Security Council, the Kenyan case in the International Criminal Court (ICC), UN-AU cooperation, etc.

Research Assistant
Email:- Saurabh14mishra[at]gmail[dot]com
Phone:- +91 11 2671 7983

Publication

Reading the Veto on Syria

The rare October 4 double veto by Russia and China on the draft resolution against Syria sponsored by France, Germany, Portugal, and UK condemning Syrian action on its civilian population has come to bolster the divide within the Security Council. Russia and China hinted that they may bring their own draft resolution but, at the moment, there is no sign of reconciliation or unanimity among the P5.

The Arthasastra in a Transcultural Perspective: Comparing Kautilya with Sun-Zi, Nizam al-Mulk, Barani and Machiavelli

  • Publisher: Pentagon Press
    2017

This book is the product of a collaborative effort by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi; South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University; and Institute of South Asian Studies, National University Singapore. The volume contains papers exploring Kautilya’s Arthasastra in a transcultural perspective, comparing it with the thoughts of Sun-Zi, Nizam al-Mulk, Barani and Machiavelli.

  • ISBN 978-81-8274-938-2
  • Price: ₹. 995
  • E-copy available

  • Published: 2017

Indigenous Historical Knowledge: Kautilya and His Vocabulary (Volume III)

  • Publisher: Pentagon Press
    2016

This book is the third in a series of three volumes on "Kautilya and His Vocabulary" as a part of the "Indigenous Historical Knowledge" project undertaken by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi. The edited volumes contain select papers presented in a series of workshops, national and international seminars organised by the Institute. The project is an attempt to trace, look into, analyse and relate with the indigenous strategic thinking in India. These volumes aim at initiating the study, internalisation, spread and consolidation of Kautilya's Arthashastra in the strategic domain. The four focus themes in the three volumes are foreign policy, intelligence, war and internal security as they relate to contemporary times.

  • ISBN 978-81-8274-909-2,
  • Price: ₹. 795
  • E-copy available

  • Published: 2016