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    Avinash Paliwal

    Introduction

    Dr Avinash Paliwal is Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Deputy Director of the SOAS South Asia Institute at SOAS University of London. Prior to this, he taught Defence Studies at King’s College London and was the Defence Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Regional Security Research Centre at King’s. He specialises in the International Relations of South Asia, Afghanistan, and Myanmar. His book, My Enemy’s Enemy: India in Afghanistan from the Soviet Invasion to the US Withdrawal (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017) is a definitive history of India in Afghanistan. He is currently authoring a strategic history of India’s ‘near east’ with emphasis on Bangladesh, Myanmar and China.

    Dr Paliwal holds an MA and PhD in International Relations from King’s College London, and a BA (Honours) in Economics from the University of Delhi.

    Areas of Interest and Expertise

    • International Security; International Relations of South Asia
    • Intelligence Studies; Migration and Security
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    Email
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    ap88@soas.ac.uk
    Designation
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    Senior Lecturer, International Relations and Deputy Director, South Asia Institute, SOAS University of London
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    Email
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    ap88@soas.ac.uk
    Designation
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    Senior Lecturer, International Relations and Deputy Director, South Asia Institute, SOAS University of London

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    BOOKS

    India’s Near East: A New History

    Avinash Paliwal

    31 July 2024

    The Limits of Decolonisation in India’s International Thought and Practice: An Introduction

    Raghavan Pallavi, Martin J. Bayly, Elizabeth Leake and Avinash Paliwal

    15 July 2022