Atul Mishra
@atulm01
Teaches IR at Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, India. Author, 'The Sovereign Lives of India & Pakistan' (OUP, 2021). (http://tinyurl.com/2p9hz2zr). Views personal.
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India and China are renegotiating a bilateral order. EAM Jaishankar's visit is a step that brings in the simultaneous approach: cooperate wherever you can, compete elsewhere. I discuss this for @IndianExpress indianexpress.com/article/opinio…
What does the emerging nexus of China-Pakistan-Bangladesh mean for India and South Asian geopolitics? I deal with this question in my piece for @IndianExpress indianexpress.com/article/opinio…
The Trump Factor | VOL 1 ISSUE 4 | Classic Strategy: What To Remember When Reading Kautilya’s Arthashastra by @atulm01 Ancient text, modern misuse—Kautilya’s Arthashastra is often celebrated more for its myth than its method. Atul Mishra interrogates this legendary treatise…
Had great fun and learning talking about contemporary international dynamics, from the unravelling of global order to internal strains within the 'Global South', with diplomats from Central and West Africa at the Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service, MEA. @SSIFS_MEA.


Enjoyed this conversation with Dr @koenalahiri @PuneIntCentre on the emerging West Asian dynamics, their wider implications, and India’s responses. youtu.be/pqJ__G6RvYg?si…
New episode: PIC’s Global Compass! 🎙️Host Koena Lahiri talks to Dr. Atul Mishra (@atulm01) about the Israel-Iran conflict, its global fallout, Trump’s West Asia vision, & how India balances ties with both nations. YouTube: youtu.be/pqJ__G6RvYg?si… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5h6diC…
Delighted to share that my book Contested Childhoods (CUP) has been awarded the @SHCY Grace Abbott Prize 2024. @RanaAnwesha @SaniyaPuri007 Thanks are due to everyone who helped me in this journey. shcy.org/awards/shcy-20…
To be read as much for how it tells the story as for the story it tells.
I write on G.S. Bajpai, especially on his American stints, in this issue of @IndiasWorld_mag indiasworld.in/girja-shankar-…
Good morning to everyone but especially to me & @WestlandBooks because it's my book's official birthday. A Man for All Seasons is out & about in bookstores & online ✨
It's pub day for @narayani_basu's immersive and unflinching biography of K.M. Panikkar, A Man for All Seasons. Available in bookstores and online. Get your copy today!
"Neither in its scale nor in its political structure is contemporary India like 'Arthashstra's home polity". A must-read that challenges lazy parallels, compelling us to rethink how and why Kautilya’s Arthashastra differs from modern India’s cautious global posture.
New theory column in the latest issue of @IndiasWorld_mag My argument: Kautilya's Arthashastra does not lend itself to a straightforward application of its maxims to modern Indian foreign policy or geopolitics. There are methodological challenges. indiasworld.in/classic-strate…
New theory column in the latest issue of @IndiasWorld_mag My argument: Kautilya's Arthashastra does not lend itself to a straightforward application of its maxims to modern Indian foreign policy or geopolitics. There are methodological challenges. indiasworld.in/classic-strate…

New posts on IR Wire: On liberal democracy and India: irwire.substack.com/p/what-is-a-li… On partition, India-Pak relations and IR: irwire.substack.com/p/an-ir-take-o… Subscribe for free: irwire.substack.com

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One of the sharpest minds in geopolitics @atulm01 just opened a new front, this time, on Substack. Expect nuance, depth, and the kind of analysis that rarely makes headlines. A space well worth subscribing. irwire.substack.com
This is a great resource! Hat tip to @atulm01
One of the sharpest minds in geopolitics @atulm01 just opened a new front, this time, on Substack. Expect nuance, depth, and the kind of analysis that rarely makes headlines. A space well worth subscribing. irwire.substack.com
Happy to share my latest article on geopolitical thought with @MIHJournal, open access! “Between Ford and Gandhi”: André Siegfried’s Environmental Geopolitics, c.1898–1956 | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/4n9f4Kp
One of the sharpest minds in geopolitics @atulm01 just opened a new front, this time, on Substack. Expect nuance, depth, and the kind of analysis that rarely makes headlines. A space well worth subscribing. irwire.substack.com