Dr. Surinder Mohan
Associate Professor

International Relations Theory, Interstate Rivalries, Conflict Analysis, Hydro-politics, Kashmir & India-Pakistan Rivalry, India in Indo-Pacific, Peace

smohan.du@gmail.com

Work Experience

  • 2026– present: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, New Delhi.
  • 2013–2026: Assistant Professor, Department of Strategic & Regional Studies, University of Jammu, Jammu. Read More

Publications

  • 2025: “Asymmetric Battleground: Terrorism and the Indo-Pakistani Protracted Conflict”, Bandung: Journal of the Global South, 12(2), pp. 321–344 (with J.C. Abraham). Brill.
  • 2025: “Between the Horns of a Dilemma: India, Pakistan, and Conflict Dynamics in South Asia”, World Affairs, 188(1), pp. 1-15. Wiley,
  • 2022: Complex Rivalry: The Dynamics of India-Pakistan Conflict (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2022).
  • 2022: “From Securitization to Security Complex: Climate Change, Water Security and the India–China Relations,” International Politics, 59(2), pp. 320–345 (with A.K. Sahu). Springer Nature. Read More

Awards/ Fellowships/ Projects

  • University Research-cum-Seed Grant (2023-24): “The India-Pakistan Nuclear-political Complex and the State of Certainty/Uncertainty in South Asia.” University of Jammu, Jammu.
  • PhD Fellowship (2012-14), Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, Government of India.
  • National Eligibility Test (NET-UGC), International and Area Studies, 2006 & 2007. Read More

Conferences and Seminars

  • 2026: “The Impact of Cross-Border Terrorism on Bilateral Relations: A Study of India and Pakistan”, International Conference on World Peace and Order: Navigating India’s Foreign Policy Challenges, Department of Political Science, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, February.
  • 2022: “Does Nuclear Weapons-steered Security Make South Asia More Secure? A Probe into the Contemporary Nuclear Posturing of India and Pakistan”, 1st Annual Conference of the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament, Dept. of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden, October.
  • 2022: “India-China-Japan Triangle and the Evolving Security Dynamic in the Indo-Pacific”, The “International” Around the World: Multiple Voices, Alternative Orders, 6th Global International Studies Conference, World International Studies Committee (WISC), Buenos Aires, Argentina June–July. Read More

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