Dr. Nishtha Kaushiki
Associate Professor

Maritime security of India; Japan and China’s foreign and security policies; Geopolitics of major and emerging powers

nishtha@polscience.du.ac.in

Work Experience

  • Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi.
  • Professor (2025-2026), Dept. of South and Central Asian Studies, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda.
  • Associate Professor (2022-2025), Dept. of South and Central Asian Studies, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda. Read More

Publications

  • Kaushiki, N. (2021) ‘China’s Debt Trap Policy and Expansion in the IOR: Security Challenges for India’. Atlantic Publisher, New Delhi.
  • Yadav, S., Kaushiki, N., Hansraj, Sathyadas, V., Singh. I. (2026). Emerging Minilateralism in Japan’s Foreign and Security Policy: Rationale and the Way Ahead. East Asia. Pg. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12140-026-09481-7
  • Yadav, S., Kaushiki, N., Sathyadas, V., Bawa, J., & Singh, I. (2026). From development to deterrence: the strategic reorientation of Japan’s foreign assistance. The Round Table, pg. 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2026.2660952
  • Kaushiki, N., Sathyadas, V., Yadav, S. and Hans Raj (2025). China’s Economic Engagement as Strategic Deterrence in Afghanistan. The International Spectator. https://doi.org/10.1080/03932729.2025.2564099. Read More

Awards/ Fellowships/ Projects

  • Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Scholarship for Doctoral Studies in 2008-2010 for a period of two years in the subject category of International Studies. Funded by Teen Murti House, New Delhi.
  • Japan Foundation fellowship for a period of three months starting August 2008. Funded by the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund as a part of the Japan –East Asia Network of Exchange of Students and Youth (JENESYS) Programme.
  • Research Seed Money of Rs 1.5 Lacks funded by Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (2014-16) for the research project entitled “The Great Rebalancing and the Emerging Triangular Dynamics of India, China and Japan: An Analysis”.
  • ICSSR Minor Research Project of 3.5 Lacs for 2021-22 titled as “Reshaping of the Asian Power Dynamics: An Analysis of Russo-Pak Rapprochement”. Read More

Conferences and Seminars

  • The Evolving geopolitics of Covid 19: Assessing the environmental impact on India and World. Online Presentation at Two Day International Conference (Online) on “Geopolitics in Post COVID Era: Emerging Dimensions and Dynamics”. Organized by UGC-HRDC, Osmania University, Hyderabad in Collaboration with Hyderabad Institute of Social Sciences (HISS) Hyderabad, Telangana State, India on 11th & 12th September, 2020.
  • Sino-Russo Strategic Relations in International Politics: New Directions for Indo-US Relations. Presented at an International Conference on Indo-US Relations and South Asia organized by Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab in association with the Embassy of the U.S., New Delhi on 29th and 30th October 2014. Read More

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