Sujata Ashwarya
Biographic Data
| ID | 311735 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sujata Ashwarya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sujata |
| FAMILY NAME | Ashwarya |
| SIGNATURE | ASHWARYA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jamia Millia Islamia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6700-619X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From Policy to Practice
The Industrial Park-Port projects represent a novel strategy by China to establish its presence in the Arab world and Africa, areas actively involved in the flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This research unveils how industrial park-port complexes actually operate on the ground, and how specific sub-state actors, such as Chinese companies, affect their implementation and dynamics. Leveraging the insights from 'slogan politics' and the conc…
Relational Power and Status
Echoes of Spring
Talmiz Ahmad, West Asia at War: Repression, Resistance and Great Power Games (Gurugram: HarperCollins Publishers, 2022), 544 pp. ₹799, ISBN: 978-9354-8952-58 (Hardback). K. P. Fabian, Arab Spring That Was and Wasn’t (Noida: Macmillan Education, 2022), 250 pp. ₹785, ISBN: 978-9356-6601-44 (Hardback)
Rising Asian transactionalist players in the Middle East
This article examines the evolution of China and India's involvement in the Middle East, and what it means for the region's geopolitical landscape. Using transactionalist behavior theory, it argues that the rising Asian powers follow different trajectories in the Middle East than the conventional, established powers led by the United States. Instead of following well-designed scripts, these new players' role making and role performance in the reg…
Navigating Middle Eastern Disputes
In recent years, China has sought to modify its traditional low‐key approach to the Middle East by adopting a “constructive intervention” strategy. Our research examines what China's self‐described constructive intervention entails and how it intends to implement its novel approach. Combining quantitative and qualitative research, we analyze the discourse of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokespeople at press conferences and telephone call‐…
Hijab Protests and Beyond
This essay examines the protests and movements of Iranian women, focusing on the main themes and issues that have emerged over the past few years. It discusses current protests with women at the vanguard, the progress and setbacks in their feminist struggles, and the present status of women’s rights and the Iranian women’s movement. In addition, it examines the Iranian government’s and society’s responses to the protests and movements by Iranian …
The interplay of China and Gulf countries in third-party market dynamics
China's recent shift in the Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI) focusses on engaging middle powers in the Global South for joint development of commercially viable projects in third countries. Among these are the oil-rich Gulf heavyweights seen as critical partners and supporters of the BRI. Yet, instances of competition or conflict of interests with Beijing are not uncommon. Applying the asymmetric competition theory, this study compares Sino-Emirat…
India's National Role Conception and Relations with GCC Countries under Modi
India's conception of its peaceful role in international affairs, which evolved during the Nehruvian era, is not an end in itself, but rather a wholesome strategic choice consistent with its economic development and great power ambitions. Despite emphasising a radical shift in foreign policy, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi deemed it essential to prioritise peace in international relations, particularly with the Gulf Cooperation Co…
India’s policy towards the Arab–Israeli conflict, the Palestinian issue and Israel
During her tenure as prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi reaffirmed India’s commitment to three interconnected and overlapping factors that shaped the country’s early regional outreach: Muslims, Arabs and Pakistan. Decisions by the government on the Arab–Israeli conflict, the Palestinian issue and (non-)relationship with Israel were usually ‘path dependent’. Mrs Gandhi, well aware of the significance of the ‘Muslim vote’ to her electoral victo…
Post-2003 Iran–Iraq Cooperation in the Oil and Gas Sector
Iran–Iraq cooperation in the oil and gas sector took shape after the 2003 war as relations between the two countries improved with the assumption of power by a Shia-led government in Baghdad. The two Persian Gulf neighbors recognize the importance of joint or unitized development of cross-border oil fields and have taken preliminary initiatives to that end. Inter-state pipelines for energy export and import are binding them into a tight economic …
India–Iran Relations
The current thrust in Indo-Iranian relations is just as old as the end of the Cold War. In the early 1990s Indo-Iranian interests converged around a number of areas, namely, energy, Central Asia, terrorism emanating from Afghanistan and Pakistan, security and domestic compulsions. It reached a peak during the period 2001–03 with the Tehran and Delhi declarations, which established a substantial set of framework for enhanced cooperation. Although …
India's National Role Conception and Relations with GCC Countries under Modi
India's conception of its peaceful role in international affairs, which evolved during the Nehruvian era, is not an end in itself, but rather a wholesome strategic choice consistent with its economic development and great power ambitions. Despite emphasising a radical shift in foreign policy, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi deemed it essential to prioritise peace in international relations, particularly with the Gulf Cooperation Co…
India’s policy towards the Arab–Israeli conflict, the Palestinian issue and Israel
During her tenure as prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi reaffirmed India’s commitment to three interconnected and overlapping factors that shaped the country’s early regional outreach: Muslims, Arabs and Pakistan. Decisions by the government on the Arab–Israeli conflict, the Palestinian issue and (non-)relationship with Israel were usually ‘path dependent’. Mrs Gandhi, well aware of the significance of the ‘Muslim vote’ to her electoral victo…
India–Iran Relations
The current thrust in Indo-Iranian relations is just as old as the end of the Cold War. In the early 1990s Indo-Iranian interests converged around a number of areas, namely, energy, Central Asia, terrorism emanating from Afghanistan and Pakistan, security and domestic compulsions. It reached a peak during the period 2001–03 with the Tehran and Delhi declarations, which established a substantial set of framework for enhanced cooperation. Although …
India–Iran Relations
The current thrust in Indo-Iranian relations is just as old as the end of the Cold War. In the early 1990s Indo-Iranian interests converged around a number of areas, namely, energy, Central Asia, terrorism emanating from Afghanistan and Pakistan, security and domestic compulsions. It reached a peak during the period 2001–03 with the Tehran and Delhi declarations, which established a substantial set of framework for enhanced cooperation. Although …
Post-2003 Iran–Iraq Cooperation in the Oil and Gas Sector
Iran–Iraq cooperation in the oil and gas sector took shape after the 2003 war as relations between the two countries improved with the assumption of power by a Shia-led government in Baghdad. The two Persian Gulf neighbors recognize the importance of joint or unitized development of cross-border oil fields and have taken preliminary initiatives to that end. Inter-state pipelines for energy export and import are binding them into a tight economic …
India’s policy towards the Arab–Israeli conflict, the Palestinian issue and Israel
During her tenure as prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi reaffirmed India’s commitment to three interconnected and overlapping factors that shaped the country’s early regional outreach: Muslims, Arabs and Pakistan. Decisions by the government on the Arab–Israeli conflict, the Palestinian issue and (non-)relationship with Israel were usually ‘path dependent’. Mrs Gandhi, well aware of the significance of the ‘Muslim vote’ to her electoral victo…
Navigating Middle Eastern Disputes
In recent years, China has sought to modify its traditional low‐key approach to the Middle East by adopting a “constructive intervention” strategy. Our research examines what China's self‐described constructive intervention entails and how it intends to implement its novel approach. Combining quantitative and qualitative research, we analyze the discourse of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokespeople at press conferences and telephone call‐…
Hijab Protests and Beyond
This essay examines the protests and movements of Iranian women, focusing on the main themes and issues that have emerged over the past few years. It discusses current protests with women at the vanguard, the progress and setbacks in their feminist struggles, and the present status of women’s rights and the Iranian women’s movement. In addition, it examines the Iranian government’s and society’s responses to the protests and movements by Iranian …
The interplay of China and Gulf countries in third-party market dynamics
China's recent shift in the Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI) focusses on engaging middle powers in the Global South for joint development of commercially viable projects in third countries. Among these are the oil-rich Gulf heavyweights seen as critical partners and supporters of the BRI. Yet, instances of competition or conflict of interests with Beijing are not uncommon. Applying the asymmetric competition theory, this study compares Sino-Emirat…
India's National Role Conception and Relations with GCC Countries under Modi
India's conception of its peaceful role in international affairs, which evolved during the Nehruvian era, is not an end in itself, but rather a wholesome strategic choice consistent with its economic development and great power ambitions. Despite emphasising a radical shift in foreign policy, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi deemed it essential to prioritise peace in international relations, particularly with the Gulf Cooperation Co…
Echoes of Spring
Talmiz Ahmad, West Asia at War: Repression, Resistance and Great Power Games (Gurugram: HarperCollins Publishers, 2022), 544 pp. ₹799, ISBN: 978-9354-8952-58 (Hardback). K. P. Fabian, Arab Spring That Was and Wasn’t (Noida: Macmillan Education, 2022), 250 pp. ₹785, ISBN: 978-9356-6601-44 (Hardback)
Rising Asian transactionalist players in the Middle East
This article examines the evolution of China and India's involvement in the Middle East, and what it means for the region's geopolitical landscape. Using transactionalist behavior theory, it argues that the rising Asian powers follow different trajectories in the Middle East than the conventional, established powers led by the United States. Instead of following well-designed scripts, these new players' role making and role performance in the reg…
From Policy to Practice
The Industrial Park-Port projects represent a novel strategy by China to establish its presence in the Arab world and Africa, areas actively involved in the flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This research unveils how industrial park-port complexes actually operate on the ground, and how specific sub-state actors, such as Chinese companies, affect their implementation and dynamics. Leveraging the insights from 'slogan politics' and the conc…
Relational Power and Status
Political science (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (5 works) · Government (linguistics (4 works) · History (4 works)