Centre on Asia and Globalisation

BAJPAI, Kanti Prasad

BAJPAI, Kanti Prasad

BAJPAI, Kanti Prasad
白康迪

Vice Dean (Research and Development) and Wilmar Professor of Asian Studies

Ph.D. in Political Science; M.A. in Political Science; B.A. (Hons.) in Economics

Kanti Bajpai’s areas of interest include Asian international thought and strategic cultures, international security, and Indian foreign policy and national security.

Before coming to the LKY School, Kanti was Professor of International Politics, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Professor in the Politics and International Relations of South Asia, Oxford University. From 2003 to 2009, he was Headmaster, The Doon School, India. He taught at the Maharajah Sayajirao University of Baroda, and has held visiting appointments at Wesleyan University and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Kanti has held visiting appointments at the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace, Notre Dame University, the Brookings Institution, and the Australian Defence Force Academy. He was also Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi.

Kanti’s most recent book was India Versus China: Why They Are Not Friends (Juggernaut 2021). He is currently working on a book on India’s grand strategy.

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  • Asian security

  • China-India relations

  • International security

  • International water conflicts

  • India

  • South Asia

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Edited Books

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Journal Articles

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  • India Versus China: Why They are Not Friends

    India Versus China: Why They are Not Friends (New Delhi: Juggernaut, 2021)

     

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China-India Briefs

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Book Chapters

  • Cooperation and Defection Cycles in India-Pakistan Relations

    “Cooperation and Defection Cycles in India-Pakistan Relations.” In Sumit Ganguly and Dinshaw Mistry, eds., Enduring and Emerging Issues in South Asian Security (Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution Press, 2022), pp. 86-108.

  • India’s Emerging Grand Strategy after Galwan: Bridging the Power Gap with China

    “India’s Emerging Grand Strategy after Galwan: Bridging the Power Gap with China.” In Tim Huxley and Lynn Kuok, ed. Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2021: Key Developments and Trends (London: International Institute of Strategic Studies, 2021), pp. 61-76.

  • Kissinger’s Secret Trip, China’s Rise, and a New Bipolarity

    “Kissinger’s Secret Trip, China’s Rise, and a New Bipolarity.” In Sanjaya Baru and Rahul Sharma, eds., A New Cold War: Henry Kissinger and the Rise of China (New Delhi: HarperCollins, 2021), pp. 31-43.

  • South(ern) Asia’s Realist Future

    “South(ern) Asia’s Realist Future.” In Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson and Pamela Aall, eds., Is Peace and Conflict Diplomacy Broken? Peacemaking in an Era of Political Constraints (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2021), pp. 156-178.
  • Between Informality and Formality: Concert Operations in a Densely Institutionalized World

    “Between Informality and Formality: Concert Operations in a Densely Institutionalized World.” In Great Power Multilateralism and the Prevention of War: Debating a 21st Century Concert of Powers edited by Harald Mueller and Carsten Rauch. New York: Routledge, 2018.

  • Five Approaches to the Study of Indian Foreign Policy
    "Five Approaches to the Study of Indian Foreign Policy." In David Malone, C. Raja Mohan, and Srinath Raghavan, eds., Oxford Handbook of Indian Foreign Policy, Oxford University Press, 2015, pp. 21-34.

  • India-ASEAN Security Cooperation: Dealing with a Rising China

    “India-ASEAN Security Cooperation: Dealing with a Rising China.” In Rajiv K. Bhatia, Vijya Sakhuja, and Asif Shuja, eds., India-ASEAN: Vision for Partnership and Prosperity (New Delhi: Indian Council of World Affairs and Shipra, 2014), pp. 57-66.

  • Indian Grand Strategy: Six Schools of Thought

    "Indian Grand Strategy: Six Schools of Thought." In Kanti Bajpai, V. Krishnappa, and Saira Basit), eds., India’s Grand Strategic Thought and Practice: History, Theory, Cases (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014), pp. 113-150.

  • India’s Regional Disputes

    "India’s Regional Disputes." In WPS Sidhu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, and Bruce Jones, eds., Shaping the Emerging World Order: India and Multilateralism (Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution Press, 2013), pp. 115-130.

  • India and Nuclear Weapons

    "India and Nuclear Weapons." In Atul Kohli and Prerna Singh, eds., Routledge Handbook of Indian Politics (New York: Routledge, 2013), pp. 339-349.

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