A Ranjan
Biographic Data
| ID | 48040 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Ranjan |
| GIVEN NAMES | A |
| FAMILY NAME | Ranjan |
| SIGNATURE | RANJAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9576-7903 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 29 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
China’s Expanding Influence in the Middle East
This article explores China’s evolving engagement in the Middle East. Historically, Western powers—especially the United States, with Britain and France—dominated the region. China’s recent steps—mediating the Saudi–Iran reconciliation, deepening trade and technology ties, and backing Palestinian statehood—reflect a strategy to build alternatives to US hegemony, grounded in sovereignty, non-interference and mutual benefit, often advanced through …
Nehru and Nehruvian
A Two-Level Game Over the Ganges
Sikh identity, the 1984 pogrom, and political economy of water in Punjab
10.1080/17448727.2024.2384856
Spectres of the 1984 anti-Sikh Pogrom
10.1080/17448727.2024.2384858
South Asia in and After the 1980s
Differently Imagined
The rise of the BJP is usually credited for the shift towards the Hindutva politics in India, but other political parties are also not immune to using confession for electoral purposes. This article discusses how, despite living together for years, a large number of Hindus differently imagine the citizens belonging to the minority religious communities and vice versa. The article then examines the political events of the 1980s and analyses how th…
Introduction
The Middle East and South Asia can be defined as interlinked political spaces that experience deepening interactions of their energetic and ambitious regional powers together with the constant strategic competition of major global powers. This vibrancy has been relentlessly fuelled by the geo-economic/political/strategic, and humanitarian needs of these two regions' actors. Since there are no regional groupings effectively representing the two re…
Foreign Policy Choice or Domestic Compulsion? Maldives' Deep Ties With Saudi Arabia
This paper analyses how Maldives' close ties with Saudi Arabia have affected its relations with other countries from Middle East Asia. Following the footsteps of Saudi Arabia, Maldives severed its diplomatic relations with Iran in 2016 and with Qatar in 2017. The paper discusses the economic investments Riyadh has made to develop civic infrastructure in the island nation. However, more than diplomatic ties and economic investments, close relation…
Special Issue on Partition – IR 21(3) – Guest Editor Introduction
Language, religion, and identity
This paper traces the history of a widening distance and constructed difference between Hindi and Urdu, and their communal identification in colonial and post-colonial India. It examines how majoritarian politics has shaped the language related issues in independent India. Finally, based on limited fieldwork in the Indian city of Mumbai, this paper tries to find out what language does common people speak
The Tamil Issue in India–Sri Lanka Relationships
More than 25 years of ethnic war in Sri Lanka ended in 2009. Expressing ‘serious concerns’ on human rights situation in post-civil war Sri Lanka, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has adopted critical resolutions. The eighth such resolution was adopted in March 2021. India abstained for the second time from voting on a resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC since 2014. In 2012 and 2013, India voted in favour of resolutions that h…
India’s foreign policy
The Round Table
The colonial origins of Nehru’s foreign policy
This paper discusses how Nehru’s world vision and foreign policy were shaped by his participation in the anti-colonial movement. During the Cold War years, Indian foreign policy was overwhelmingly guided by Nehruvian principles. Those principles were not completely overlooked even after the end of the Cold War when India made a shift in its foreign policy. Interestignly, even the most ‘non-Nehruvian’ government have followed some of the Nehruvian…
The Indus and Mekong River Basins
The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and the Agreement on the Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River Basin are two of the most important transboundary water treaties signed between member states that have a history of disputes and wars. In the case of India and Pakistan, voices to scrap the IWT in both countries are made chiefly because of their day-to-day bitter relationships. The treaty nevertheless remains in effect. The Meko…
China’s engagement with Pakistan
Pakistan's closeness to China is mainly to balance a 'perpetual threat' from India that the Pakistani establishment has successfully instituted in the country over the years. To support Pakistan, China has been taking up a large number of projects in Pakistan that also strengthens its own political, economic and military position in South Asia. One such important project is a port at Gwadar in Pakistan's restive province of Balochistan. Although …
Rivers and canals as “other factors” in the partition of India
India-Pakistan hydroelectricity issues
Political relationships and not the economic benefits of cooperation, guides India and Pakistan to take their respective stands on the hydroelectricity projects on the Indus River System. Therefore, almost all hydroelectricity projects on their shared river system have been strongly contested by one or the other riparian states. In recent years, the two countries have engaged in disputes on the Kishanganga Hydroelectricity Project on the Indian s…
India’s South Asia Policy
Narendra Modi’s prime focus on foreign policy has made a few commentators around the world argue that India is witnessing a change in its foreign policy, and there has emerged a ‘Modi Doctrine’ based on ‘Neighbourhood-First Policy’. However, an in-depth study on the theme suggests that there are no major doctrinal changes in Indian foreign policy; the present government is acting mostly within the guidelines set up by previous Prime Ministers of …
Bangladesh
Taking into account its political history, Bangladesh has had an exceptional economic trajectory. The phrases used to describe this trajectory are: ‘Bangladesh conundrum,’ ‘development puzzle,’ and
Arup K. Chatterjee. The Purveyors of Destiny
This fascinating book covers various dimensions of the Indian railways since 1843. During British rule, despite opposition from certain quarters, railway systems were introduced in India. Once trai
Shamshad Ahmad Khan. Changing Dynamics of India-Japan Relations
In 2017, India and Japan will mark 70 years of their diplomatic relationship. Over the decades, this relationship has passed through various ups and downs. Although they claim that the roots of the
India-Pakistan
Even after about 70 years of separation, India and Pakistan continue to live in the prison of the past. The rhetoric of partition is still alive in the memory of the people of both the countries. They have constructed fixed, unchanging and competing images for each other. While Pakistan became an Islamic Republic, India adopted secularism, thereby, negating the two-nation theory. The †̃differencesâ€TM along with memories of partition has made Ind…
Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971
Both the Bangladesh state and society are yet to settle the questions over and narratives related to the Liberation War of 1971. Broadly, there are two groups with contradictory and conflicting interpretations of the events related to that war. This has also led to the mushrooming of militant groups in the country. The beginning of trial of perpetrators of Liberation War crimes since 2010 and the execution of a few of the leaders has further pola…
Home uprooted
As is well known, after the violent partition of India in 1947 a large number of refugees settled down in India. Many of them remain(ed) attached in all sorts of ways to their ‘original’ home. Devi
The Tamil Issue in India–Sri Lanka Relationships
More than 25 years of ethnic war in Sri Lanka ended in 2009. Expressing ‘serious concerns’ on human rights situation in post-civil war Sri Lanka, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has adopted critical resolutions. The eighth such resolution was adopted in March 2021. India abstained for the second time from voting on a resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC since 2014. In 2012 and 2013, India voted in favour of resolutions that h…
India-Pakistan hydroelectricity issues
Political relationships and not the economic benefits of cooperation, guides India and Pakistan to take their respective stands on the hydroelectricity projects on the Indus River System. Therefore, almost all hydroelectricity projects on their shared river system have been strongly contested by one or the other riparian states. In recent years, the two countries have engaged in disputes on the Kishanganga Hydroelectricity Project on the Indian s…
Foreign Policy Choice or Domestic Compulsion? Maldives' Deep Ties With Saudi Arabia
This paper analyses how Maldives' close ties with Saudi Arabia have affected its relations with other countries from Middle East Asia. Following the footsteps of Saudi Arabia, Maldives severed its diplomatic relations with Iran in 2016 and with Qatar in 2017. The paper discusses the economic investments Riyadh has made to develop civic infrastructure in the island nation. However, more than diplomatic ties and economic investments, close relation…
Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971
Both the Bangladesh state and society are yet to settle the questions over and narratives related to the Liberation War of 1971. Broadly, there are two groups with contradictory and conflicting interpretations of the events related to that war. This has also led to the mushrooming of militant groups in the country. The beginning of trial of perpetrators of Liberation War crimes since 2010 and the execution of a few of the leaders has further pola…
Special Issue on Partition – IR 21(3) – Guest Editor Introduction
Language, religion, and identity
This paper traces the history of a widening distance and constructed difference between Hindi and Urdu, and their communal identification in colonial and post-colonial India. It examines how majoritarian politics has shaped the language related issues in independent India. Finally, based on limited fieldwork in the Indian city of Mumbai, this paper tries to find out what language does common people speak
India’s foreign policy
The Round Table
The colonial origins of Nehru’s foreign policy
This paper discusses how Nehru’s world vision and foreign policy were shaped by his participation in the anti-colonial movement. During the Cold War years, Indian foreign policy was overwhelmingly guided by Nehruvian principles. Those principles were not completely overlooked even after the end of the Cold War when India made a shift in its foreign policy. Interestignly, even the most ‘non-Nehruvian’ government have followed some of the Nehruvian…
India’s South Asia Policy
Narendra Modi’s prime focus on foreign policy has made a few commentators around the world argue that India is witnessing a change in its foreign policy, and there has emerged a ‘Modi Doctrine’ based on ‘Neighbourhood-First Policy’. However, an in-depth study on the theme suggests that there are no major doctrinal changes in Indian foreign policy; the present government is acting mostly within the guidelines set up by previous Prime Ministers of …
Migration from Bangladesh
Migration and emigration from Bangladesh is a pervasive phenomenon. Historically, large-scale migration from the region constituting the present Bangladesh started after tea plantations were introduced to Assam by the British in the early 19th century. Gradually, the number of migrants from this region increased due to geographic location, climate change and poverty. Over the years, there has been a change in the gender pattern of migration, wher…
Disputed Waters
Water disputes between India and Pakistan reflect the political relationship between the two countries since partition of British India in 1947. That partition broke the interdependent hydraulic system. In following decades, tensions between India and Pakistan have led to emergence of ‘water nationalism’ in both countries. In the past, many groups, in both countries, have made appeals to their respective government to scrap the Indus Water Treaty…
Muslim political discourse in postcolonial India
Two of the most often cited reasons for the growing alienation of Muslim youth in postcolonial India are intermittent communal riots, and deliberate attempts by various agencies to portray them as
Muslim political discourse in postcolonial India
Two of the most often cited reasons for the growing alienation of Muslim youth in postcolonial India are intermittent communal riots, and deliberate attempts by various agencies to portray them as
India-Pakistan
Even after about 70 years of separation, India and Pakistan continue to live in the prison of the past. The rhetoric of partition is still alive in the memory of the people of both the countries. They have constructed fixed, unchanging and competing images for each other. While Pakistan became an Islamic Republic, India adopted secularism, thereby, negating the two-nation theory. The †̃differencesâ€TM along with memories of partition has made Ind…
Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971
Both the Bangladesh state and society are yet to settle the questions over and narratives related to the Liberation War of 1971. Broadly, there are two groups with contradictory and conflicting interpretations of the events related to that war. This has also led to the mushrooming of militant groups in the country. The beginning of trial of perpetrators of Liberation War crimes since 2010 and the execution of a few of the leaders has further pola…
Home uprooted
As is well known, after the violent partition of India in 1947 a large number of refugees settled down in India. Many of them remain(ed) attached in all sorts of ways to their ‘original’ home. Devi
Srinath Raghavan. India's War
In 2015, the world celebrated 60 years of the end of the Second World War. In Asia, China took the lead and a ceremony was organised to which Pakistan sent troops but India did not. This was a mark
Migration from Bangladesh
Migration and emigration from Bangladesh is a pervasive phenomenon. Historically, large-scale migration from the region constituting the present Bangladesh started after tea plantations were introduced to Assam by the British in the early 19th century. Gradually, the number of migrants from this region increased due to geographic location, climate change and poverty. Over the years, there has been a change in the gender pattern of migration, wher…
Disputed Waters
Water disputes between India and Pakistan reflect the political relationship between the two countries since partition of British India in 1947. That partition broke the interdependent hydraulic system. In following decades, tensions between India and Pakistan have led to emergence of ‘water nationalism’ in both countries. In the past, many groups, in both countries, have made appeals to their respective government to scrap the Indus Water Treaty…
Shamshad Ahmad Khan. Changing Dynamics of India-Japan Relations
In 2017, India and Japan will mark 70 years of their diplomatic relationship. Over the decades, this relationship has passed through various ups and downs. Although they claim that the roots of the
Bangladesh
Taking into account its political history, Bangladesh has had an exceptional economic trajectory. The phrases used to describe this trajectory are: ‘Bangladesh conundrum,’ ‘development puzzle,’ and
Arup K. Chatterjee. The Purveyors of Destiny
This fascinating book covers various dimensions of the Indian railways since 1843. During British rule, despite opposition from certain quarters, railway systems were introduced in India. Once trai
India’s South Asia Policy
Narendra Modi’s prime focus on foreign policy has made a few commentators around the world argue that India is witnessing a change in its foreign policy, and there has emerged a ‘Modi Doctrine’ based on ‘Neighbourhood-First Policy’. However, an in-depth study on the theme suggests that there are no major doctrinal changes in Indian foreign policy; the present government is acting mostly within the guidelines set up by previous Prime Ministers of …
India-Pakistan hydroelectricity issues
Political relationships and not the economic benefits of cooperation, guides India and Pakistan to take their respective stands on the hydroelectricity projects on the Indus River System. Therefore, almost all hydroelectricity projects on their shared river system have been strongly contested by one or the other riparian states. In recent years, the two countries have engaged in disputes on the Kishanganga Hydroelectricity Project on the Indian s…
The Indus and Mekong River Basins
The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and the Agreement on the Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River Basin are two of the most important transboundary water treaties signed between member states that have a history of disputes and wars. In the case of India and Pakistan, voices to scrap the IWT in both countries are made chiefly because of their day-to-day bitter relationships. The treaty nevertheless remains in effect. The Meko…
China’s engagement with Pakistan
Pakistan's closeness to China is mainly to balance a 'perpetual threat' from India that the Pakistani establishment has successfully instituted in the country over the years. To support Pakistan, China has been taking up a large number of projects in Pakistan that also strengthens its own political, economic and military position in South Asia. One such important project is a port at Gwadar in Pakistan's restive province of Balochistan. Although …
Rivers and canals as “other factors” in the partition of India
Special Issue on Partition – IR 21(3) – Guest Editor Introduction
Language, religion, and identity
This paper traces the history of a widening distance and constructed difference between Hindi and Urdu, and their communal identification in colonial and post-colonial India. It examines how majoritarian politics has shaped the language related issues in independent India. Finally, based on limited fieldwork in the Indian city of Mumbai, this paper tries to find out what language does common people speak
The Tamil Issue in India–Sri Lanka Relationships
More than 25 years of ethnic war in Sri Lanka ended in 2009. Expressing ‘serious concerns’ on human rights situation in post-civil war Sri Lanka, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has adopted critical resolutions. The eighth such resolution was adopted in March 2021. India abstained for the second time from voting on a resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC since 2014. In 2012 and 2013, India voted in favour of resolutions that h…
India’s foreign policy
The Round Table
The colonial origins of Nehru’s foreign policy
This paper discusses how Nehru’s world vision and foreign policy were shaped by his participation in the anti-colonial movement. During the Cold War years, Indian foreign policy was overwhelmingly guided by Nehruvian principles. Those principles were not completely overlooked even after the end of the Cold War when India made a shift in its foreign policy. Interestignly, even the most ‘non-Nehruvian’ government have followed some of the Nehruvian…
Introduction
The Middle East and South Asia can be defined as interlinked political spaces that experience deepening interactions of their energetic and ambitious regional powers together with the constant strategic competition of major global powers. This vibrancy has been relentlessly fuelled by the geo-economic/political/strategic, and humanitarian needs of these two regions' actors. Since there are no regional groupings effectively representing the two re…
Foreign Policy Choice or Domestic Compulsion? Maldives' Deep Ties With Saudi Arabia
This paper analyses how Maldives' close ties with Saudi Arabia have affected its relations with other countries from Middle East Asia. Following the footsteps of Saudi Arabia, Maldives severed its diplomatic relations with Iran in 2016 and with Qatar in 2017. The paper discusses the economic investments Riyadh has made to develop civic infrastructure in the island nation. However, more than diplomatic ties and economic investments, close relation…
Sikh identity, the 1984 pogrom, and political economy of water in Punjab
10.1080/17448727.2024.2384856
Spectres of the 1984 anti-Sikh Pogrom
10.1080/17448727.2024.2384858
South Asia in and After the 1980s
Political science (23 works) · Law (19 works) · Law (19 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (18 works) · Economics (15 works) · Politics (15 works) · Development economics (13 works) · Geography (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · History (10 works)