Dr N. Janardhan
Senior Research Fellow
Dr N. Janardhan is Senior Research Fellow, Asia Programme, at Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy. With nearly 25 years of regional expertise, he analyses and unravels the evolving multi-dimensional partnerships between the countries of the Gulf and Asia. In addition, he offers diplomats a MA course on Asian foreign policies. His broad-based interests span politics, international relations, security, media, migration and human trafficking.
His academic publications include ‘The Arab Gulf’s Pivot to Asia: From Transactional to Strategic Partnerships (ed., Gerlach, 2020); ‘A New Gulf Security Architecture: Prospects and Challenges for an Asian Role’ (ed., Gerlach, 2014); ‘India and the Gulf: What Next?’ (ed., Gulf Research Center Cambridge, 2013); and ‘Boom amid Gloom: Spirit of Possibility in the 21st Century Gulf’ (Ithaca, 2011).
Dr Janardhan is Managing Assistant Editor of the ‘Journal of Arabian Studies’ (Routledge).
In his previous stints, he has served as a political analyst in government and private institutions in the United Arab Emirates – the Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs, the Gulf Research Center and ‘The Gulf Today’ – and ‘The Asian Age’ in India.
With a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Dr Janardhan is a frequent speaker at conferences and contributes regularly to various think tanks and media outlets in Asia, Europe and the United States.
He is also an avid sportsperson!
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