ARYAL SAROJ KUMAR
dr Saroj Kumar Aryal – have done PhD in ‘International Relations’ from University of Warsaw. During last 5 years he have published multiple scientific articles in renowned international journals indexed in SCOPUS and Web of Science. Similarly, he have been contributing regular extended policy papers in organization like Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and Institute of Security and Development Policy (ISDP). One of his scientific books titled ‘India and Central Asia in Post-Cold War Era’ published in the Routledge. He have signed contract with Routledge for two more co-authored monographs; 1. Nepal Walking Tight Rope between Great Powers’ and 2. ‘Violence, Power and Politics in South Asia: From Kashmir to Kathmandu.’
Likewise, he have been part of one of the biggest NCN/OPUS research project as the co-investigator that WNPISM got. The project titled ‘The responses of emerging Global South powers to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the consequences for international order’ received 2.156 million PLN for 4 years. Recently he also got the project title ‘EUkraine Forum – Planning the Future of Ukrainian Studies in Europe’ funded by French Erasmus+ Agency. Likewise, he was the part of the 4EU+ teaching and the research project titled ‘Culture, Democracy, International Affairs through the lens of Area Studies’.
Research interests:
South Asia, South Asian Regional Security Complexities, Regional Security Complexities (RSC), Area Studies, India’s Foreign Policy.
Unit:
Department of Regional and Global Studies
3 Latest Publication
Aryal, S. K. (2024). India and Central Asia in the Post-Cold War Era: Security, Economic and Socio-Cultural Dimensions. Routledge, London.
Aryal, S. K., & Pulami, M. J. (2024). The Role of the McMahon, Radcliffe and Durand Lines in Shaping Regional Security Complexes in South Asia: An Assessment. The International Spectator, 59(4), 61-77.
Aryal, S. K. (2022). India’s ‘neighbourhood first’ policy and the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, 7(4), 744-756.
