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Title Dr. First Name

Abanti Last Name

Bhattacharya Photograph

Designation Associate Professor

Address Office Residence

Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007. B-204, IDSA Campus, 1 Development Enclave, Rao Tularam Marg, Delhi Cantt. New Delhi-110010

Phone No Office 27666675

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Email awanti_b_711@hotmail.com

Educational Qualifications

Degree Institution Year

Ph.D. Chinese Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

2003

M.Phil. Chinese Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

1998

PG M. A. Modern History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

1995

UG B.A. History, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata 1993

Other Qualifications Chinese Language, Fudan University, Shanghai 2001

Career Profile

06th Mar, 2009 – till date: Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi. 19th Sep 2002 – 05 Mar 2009: Associate Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi.

Areas of Interest / Specialization

Chinese Nationalism, Chinese Ethnic Minorities, Chinese Foreign Policy, Tibet, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, India-China Relations and East Asian Order

Subjects Taught

East Asia And The World

Chinese Foreign Policy Post- 1949

Political Institutions of East Asia (China)

India-China Relations Post-1949

Chinese Nationalism

Faculty Details proforma for DU Web-site

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Interdisciplinary Course (India-China post-1949)

East Asian History (China)

Chinese Language (Elementary)

Research Guidance

Two M Phil Students (2012), Two M Phil Students (2013), One MPhil Student (2014)

Publications Profile

Research papers published in Refereed/Peer Reviewed Journals Abanti Bhattacharya. 2010. Chinese Discourse on Regionalism: What it means for India. Asia-Pacific Review. 17(1): 96-122. Abanti Bhattacharya. 2009. The Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Chinese Nationalism Reinforced. Diaspora Studies. 2(2): 119-142. Abanti Bhattacharya. 2008. Interpreting the Chinese Discourse on State in the Era of Globalization. Strategic Analysis. 32(4): 583-603. Abanti Bhattacharya. 2007. Chinese Nationalism and the Fate of Tibet: Implications for India and Future Scenarios. Strategic Analysis. 31(2): 237-266. Abanti Bhattacharya. 2007. Chinese Nationalism and China’s Assertive Foreign Policy. Journal of East Asian Affairs. 21(1): 235-262. Abanti Bhattacharya. 2006. China’s Foreign Policy Challenges and Evolving Strategy. Strategic Analysis. 30(1): 182-204. Abanti Bhattacharya. 2005. Revisiting China’s Peaceful Rise: Implications for India. East Asia: an International Quarterly. 22(4): 59-80. Abanti Bhattacharya. 2005. Chinese Nationalism Contested: The Rise of Hong Kong Identity. Issues & Studies. 41(2): 37-74. Abanti Bhattacharya. 2003. Conceptualizing Uyghur Separatism in Chinese Nationalism. Strategic Analysis. 27(3): 357-381. Research papers published in Academic Journals other than Refereed/Peer Reviewed Journals Abanti Bhattacharya. 1999. China’s Market Economy: Its Success in Comparison with Soviet Union and Its Future Prospects. Key Issues. 2(3): 74-84. Abanti Bhattacharya. 2015. Chinese Sphere of Influence in the Asian Region, Studies on China, FPRC Journal, January 2015, http://www.fprc.in/pdf/china

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Research papers Published in Conferences/Seminar in Refereed/Peer Reviewed Conferences Bhattacharya Abanti. 2013. Domestic Debates on the Future Direction of China’s Economic Reform in C. V. Ranganathan and Sanjeev Kumar, eds., The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China: A Major Turning Point for China (New Delhi: ICWA, Pentagon Press): 40-56. Research papers Published in Conferences/Seminar other than Refereed/Peer Reviewed Conferences Abanti Bhattacharya. 2014. Chinese Perspective on the Simla Convention: From an Indian Lens, Tibet Policy Journal, Issue 1 (December 2014): 56-67.

Chapters in Edited Works

Abanti Bhattacharya. 2013. The US and China in South Asia: India’s Policy Options. In Bhuian Md.

Monoar Kabir, ed. Sino-South Asian Relations: Continuity and Change (Chittagong: Friend Printers,

2013): 38-56.

Abanti Bhattacharya. 2013. Tibet in World Politics. In Prabhat P. Shukla, ed., Tibet: Perspectives and

Prospects (New Delhi: Aryan Books International, 2013).

Abanti Bhattacharya. 2012. Taiwan in China Studies in India. In From a Civilization to a Nation State: The

Evolution of China Studies in India, eds. Chiih-yu-Shih, Swaran Singh and Reena Marwah. USA: Cambria

Press, 2012.

Abanti Bhattacharya, 2011. China’s Foreign Policy Choices and Security Strategy in East Asia. In

Contemporary China And the World, ed. M. Rasgotra. ORF China Studies Series # 3. New Delhi: Academic

Foundation, 2011.

Abanti Bhattacharya. 2009. In Defence of Identity: Chinese Nationalism and Asian Security. In Global Power Shifts and Strategic Transition in Asia, ed. N S Sisodia and V Krishnappa, 345-367. New Delhi: Academic Foundation. Abanti Bhattacharya. 2008. China’s 17th Party Congress. In IDSA Asian Strategic Review: 2008, ed. S D Muni, 325-336. New Delhi: Academic Foundation. Abanti Bhattacharya. 2008. Sino-Japanese Strategic Relations. In IDSA Asian Strategic Review: 2007, ed. S D Muni, 193-202 . New Delhi: Academic Foundation. Abanti Bhattacharya. 2007. The Xinjiang Factor. In China-Pakistan Strategic Cooperation: Indian Perspectives, ed. Swaran Singh, 345-367. New Delhi: Manohar & Centre De Sciences Humaines. Book Review Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2013. Review of China’s Discursive Nationalism by Bhavna Singh, The Book Review, vol. 37, no. 12, December 2013.

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Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2013. Review of The China Fallacy: How the US Can Benefit from China’s Rise and

Avoid Another Cold War, by Donald Gross, Strategic Analysis, Vol. 37, No. 5, September-October, 2013,

pp. 657-658.

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2012. Review of Tibet: Writings on History and Politics, by Parshotam Mehra.

Economic and political Weekly, October 20: 35-37, pp.

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2012. Review of Strong Society, Smart State, by James Reilly. China Report, 48 (3): 365-367. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2012. Review of Tibet: A History, by Sam Van Schaik. Economic and political Weekly, May 19: 37-39. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2009. Review of China’s Neo-Confucianism, by Daniel A Bell. Strategic Analysis. 33(1): 137-139. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2008. Review of What Does China Think, by Mark Leonard. Strategic Analysis. 32(6): 1170-1172. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2008. Review of The China Fantasy, by James Mann. Strategic Analysis. 32(5): 917-919. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2002. Review of China’s Tibet Policy, by Dawa Norbu. International Affairs. 78(3): 667-668. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2002. Review of China’s Tibet Policy, by Dawa Norbu. Economic and Political Weekly. 37(24): 2313-2315. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2002. Review of Return of The Dragon: China’s Wounded Nationalism, by Maria Hsia Chang. International Studies. 39(2): 204-206. Issue Briefs

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2013. China and Its Peripheries: Strategic Significance of Tibet. Institute of Peace

and Conflict Studies, May 2013, http://www.ipcs.org/issue-brief/china/china-and-its-peripheries-

strategic-significance-of-tibet-220.html

Policy Paper

The Growth of India’s Soft power: Implications for China, Economic Research Centre on South &

Southeast Asia, Yunnan, July 2013.

India’s Tibet Policy, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, April 2008.

Articles

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Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2014. China and Mongolia: Realising a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. IPCS,

Issue # 4632, August 29, http://www.ipcs.org/article/china/china-and-mongolia-realising-a-

comprehensive-strategic-partnership-4632.html

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2014. Modi’s Course Correction on Pakistan: Lesson’s from China’s Tibet Policy,

The Diplomat, August 27, http://thediplomat.com/2014/08/modis-course-correction-on-pakistan-

lessons-from-chinas-tibet-policy/

Bhattacharya, Abanti. China’s Meddling in the Brahmaputra: India’s Options, IPCS, Issue # 4613, August

19, http://www.ipcs.org/article/india/chinas-meddling-in-the-brahmaputra-indias-options-4613.html

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2014. Establishing Quid Pro Quo on the India-China Border, The Diplomat, June

14, http://thediplomat.com/2014/06/establishing-quid-pro-quo-on-the-india-china-border/

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2014. China Needs South Asia Anti-Terror Dynamic, Asia Times Online, June 5,

2014, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/CHIN-02-050614.html

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2014. Modi Sizes up Beijing’s Motives, Asia Times Online, June 3rd, 2014,

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/SOU-02-030614.html

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2014. South China Sea: China’s Renewed Confrontation and ASEAN Options, IPCS,

#4469, 28 May 2014, http://www.ipcs.org/article/china/south-china-sea-chinas-renewed-

confrontation-and-asean-options-4469.html

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2014. Tibetan Roots of 1962 Sino-Indian War, Asia Times Online, March 26, 2014,

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/SOU-01-260314.html

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2014. South China Sea Dispute, US’ Dilemma and India’s Options, IPCS, March 19,

2014.

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2013. China Needs to Change View of Tibet. Asia Times Online, December 04,

2013. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/CHIN-01-041213.html

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2013. India-China Relations: The book of oracles. Diplomatist. Vol. , Issue , pp.

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2013. China’s Pakistan Card Post- 9/11 and India-China Relations. Defence Review

Asia, Vol. 7, No. 1, February 2013, pp. 18-20.

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2012. South Asia: the US and Chinese Perspectives, FPRC Journal, No. 9, pp. 131-

136.

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2011. December. Self-Immolation Tests China. Asia Times Online, December 16,

2011. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/ML16Ad01.html

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2011. November. The Libyan Crisis: Deciphering China’s Middle East Policy,

Diplomatist. Vol. III, Issue No. 10, 36-37.

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Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2011. October. South China Sea Dispute, Diplomatist. Vol. III, Issue No. 9, 12-13.

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2011. August. India-Mongolia Relations: Moving Towards a Strategic Partnership.

Diplomatist. Vol. III, Issue No. 7, 47-49.

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2010. China Unveils New Tibet Line. Asia Times Online. March 23, 2010.

http://www.atimes.net/speakingfreely/?limitstart=90

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2009. Chinese Nationalism: A force to contend with. Asian Security Conference, October 26, 2009, IDSA. http://www.idsa.in/asc/opinion9.html Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2008. China’s Cyber-Warriors a Challenge for India. Asia Times Online. November 27, 2008. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JK27Ad02.html Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2008. China’s Entry into SAARC. World Focus. Issue 340, 2008. http://www.cnfworldfocus.org/index.htm Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2008. Need for India’s Policy Visit. Asian Affairs. April, 2008. http://www.asianaffairs.com/ Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2007. India Reveals Flawed Tibet Policy. Asia Times Online. December 07, 2007. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IL07Df01.html Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2007. Chinese Perceptions of Developments in Nepal. World Focus. Issue 331, July 2007. http://www.cnfworldfocus.org/index_files/331.htm Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2005. China’s Observer Status: Implications for SAARC. 21 November, 2005, www.ipcs.org Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2005. Wen Jiabao’s India Visit: China’s Changing Perceptions on India. 31 May, 2005, www.ipcs.org Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2005. China’s Aggressive Nationalism and Sino-Japanese Relations. 23 April, 2005. www.ipcs.org Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2005. Tug -of–possible-war over Taiwan. Indian Express. 30 March, 2005. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2004. Future of Taiwan after the Legislative Council Elections. 23 December 2004. www.ipcs.org Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2004. Xinjiang Governor’s Visit to India: Significance for India- China Relations. 29 October 2004. www.ipcs.org Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2004. End of Power Struggle in China: Rejuvenation of Peaceful Rise Concept. 28 September 2004. www.ipcs.org Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2004. China’s Reunification Deadline: An Analysis. 23 August 2004. www.ipcs.org

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Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2002. China and the Taiwan Question. Mainstream. 40(45): 19-21. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2001. China and the Afghan Crisis. 23 November 2001. www.ipcs.org Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2001. Scope for promotion of Sino-Indian Relations. 21 August 2001. www.ipcs.org Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2001. Afghan Crisis, Xinjiang and Chinese Nationhood. Mainstream. 39(51): 7-9. Commentary / Debate/ Interactions

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2015. The Conundrum in Between, in Tibet Recall: Meandering Concerns, Lila

Interactions, March 27, 2015, http://www.lilainteractions.in/tibet-recall/

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2013. India’s Growing Soft Power in Southeast Asia: Will it clash with China? IPCS

Special Commentary, # 4070, August 6, 2013, http://www.ipcs.org/article/southeast-asia/ipcs-special-

commentary-indias-growing-soft-power-in-southeast-asia-4070.html

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2013. A Compromise with India’s Sphere of Influence. Strategic Analysis, 37(5):

639-640.

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2010. Sixty Years of India-China Relations, Strategic Analysis. 34 (5): 1-5.

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2009. Impressions of China Visit. Strategic Analysis. 33(3): 191-195. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2006. North Korean Nuclear Crisis: Challenges and Options for China. Strategic Analysis. 30(4): 861-867. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2004. The Fallacy in the Russia-India-China Triangle. Strategic Analysis. 28(2): 358-361.

Web Commentary

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2014. Why Non-alignment has Greater Relevance in Modi’s India, IDSA Strategic

Commentary, IDSA, June 29,

http://idsa.in/idsacomments/NonAlignmentinModisIndia_abhattacharya_290614.html

Bhattacharya, Abanti, 2014, Restoring Reciprocity on the India-China Border, IDSA Strategic

Commentary, IDSA, June 5, 2014,

http://idsa.in/idsacomments/RestoringIndiaChinaReciprocityontheBorder_abhattacharya_50614

Bhattacharya, Abanti, 2014, India-China Talks: Why Soft Border is Not an Option, IDSA Strategic

Commentary, IDSA, March 03, 2014

http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/IndiaChinatalks_abhattacharya_030314

Bhattacharya, Abanti, 2013, Chinese Premier’s Visit: Tibet remains the core issue, IDSA Strategic

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Commentary, IDSA, May 31, 2013, http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/Tibetremainsthecoreissue_abhattacharya_310513 Bhattacharya, Abanti, 2012, South China Sea Dispute: The Farce of Chinese Multilateralism, IDSA Strategic Commentary, IDSA, July 31, 2012, http://idsa.in/idsacomments/SouthChinaSeaDispute_AbantiBhattacharya_310712 Bhattacharya, Abanti, 2011, Global Insider: China-Nepal Relations, World Politics Review, September 13, 2011, http://www.world politicsreview.com/trend-lines/9989/global-insider-china-nepal-relations Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2010. As China Prepares for post-Dalai Lama Tibet, What is India to do with the Tibetan Exiles? IDSA Strategic Comment. March 25, 2010. http://www.idsa.in/ Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2009. China’s Inroads into Nepal: India’s Concerns. IDSA Strategic Comment. May 18, 2009. http://www.idsa.in/

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2008. Explaining China’s India Policy. IDSA Strategic Comment. September 17, 2008. http://www.idsa.in/ Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2008. Can India Say No. IDSA Strategic Comment. June 23, 2008. http://www.idsa.in/ Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2008. China and Maoist Nepal: Challenges for India. IDSA Strategic Comment. May 23, 2008. http://www.idsa.in/ Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2008. Taiwan Elections Vindicate the Status Quo. IDSA Strategic Comment. April 26, 2008. http://www.idsa.in/ Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2008. India Should Revisit Its Tibet Policy. IDSA Strategic Comment. April 04, 2008. http://www.idsa.in/ Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2008. The Sealed Fate of the Tibetan Unrest. IDSA Strategic Comment. March 19, 2008. http://www.idsa.in/ Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2007. Wen Jiabao’s Ice-melting Visit to Japan. IDSA Strategic Comment. April 25, 2007. http://www.idsa.in/ Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2006. China's Claims over Arunachal: Reflections on Chinese Foreign Policy and what India needs to do. IDSA Strategic Comment. November 21, 2006. http://www.idsa.in/ Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2006. China’s Power Projection in Africa. IDSA Strategic Comment. November 7, 2006. http://www.idsa.in/ Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2006. History and Power Shift Fuel Sino-Japanese Rift. IDSA Strategic Comment. August 23, 2006. http://www.idsa.in/ Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2006. Strategic Implications of Qinghai-Tibet Railway. IDSA Strategic Comment. July 7, 2006. http://www.idsa.in/

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Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2006. Buddhism and China’s Rise. IDSA Strategic Comment. June 23, 2006. http://www.idsa.in/ Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2006. Hu’s Foreign Visits: Emerging Beijing Consensus. IDSA Strategic Comment. May 11, 2006. http://www.idsa.in/

Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last three years)

Organization of a Conference 2014. Co-Coordinator, International Conference, Transitions: State, Society and Culture in China, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, January 10-11. 2013. Co-convener, Roundtable, Emerging Trends in Chinese Politics, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, April 06.

2012. Coordinator, Department of East Asia, University of Delhi, Delhi and Department of Political

Science, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh Panel Discussion on Rise of China and Future of South

Asia, Department of East Asia, University of Delhi, Delhi, October 8.

Coordinator, IDSA Round Table on India’s Asia Strategy, Nov 26, 2008, New Delhi.

Coordinator, IDSA East Asia Workshop, November 12, 2008, New Delhi.

Coordinator, IDSA-CICIR Bilateral, Sep, 2008, Beijing, China.

Coordinator, IDSA-CICIR Bilateral, Apr, 2007, IDSA, New Delhi.

Presentations in National- International Conference, Workshop, Round Table and Bilateral Dialogue Bhattacharya Abanti. 2014. China and the Northern Silk Route, ICS-CICIR Bilateral Dialogue, CICIR, Beijing, 22nd April, 2014.

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Bhattacharya Abanti. 2014. Chinese Perspectives on the 1914 Shimla Convention, Conference on Shimla Convention 1914, India, Tibet & China, Tibet Policy Institute, Dharamshala, March 28, 2014 Bhattacharya Abanti. 2014. China and its Minorities: The Reterritorialisation of China’s Periphery, International Conference on Transitions: State, Society and Culture in China, DEAS, University of Delhi, January 10, 2014. Bhattacharya Abanti. 2013. Reappraisal of India’s Tibet Policy, Select Group Meeting, Foundation for Non-violent Alternatives (FNVA), May 31, 2013. Bhattacharya Abanti. 2013. Is India-Nepal China Trilateral Cooperation Possible? Round Table Discussion, IDSA, May 15, 2013. Bhattacharya Abanti. 2013. Fragile Periphery and Restive Minority, Roundtable on Emerging Trends in Chinese Politics, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, April 06, 2013. Bhattacharya Abanti. 2013. Tibet in China’s Periphery Strategy, Seminar on China and Internal Periphery, Institute of Peace and Conflict studies (IPCS), March 01, 2013. Bhattacharya Abanti. 2012. Future of China’s Minority Policy: Reflections on Tibet and Xinjiang. International Conference on Leadership Transition in China: Implications for the Chinese, Tibetans and Others, Tibet Policy Institute, Dharamsala, 28-30 December, 2012. Bhattacharya Abanti. 2012. China’s Developmental Nationalism: the linkage and its implications, International Conference on Participation, Contestation and Legitimation in Chinese Politics, Indian Institute of Technology, China Studies Centre, Madras, Chennai, India, December 3-5, 2012. Bhattacharya Abanti. 2012. Domestic Debates on Future Direction of China’s Economic Reform, 4th China Core Group Presentation on CCP and Internal Dynamism of China, ICWA, Sapru House, October 08- 09, 2012. Bhattacharya Abanti. 2012. China’s Management of its Periphery: Strategy and Implications, Annual National Conference, "Inside China: Political Developments, Social Unrest and Economic Crisis" on September 08, 2012 at the India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi. Bhattacharya Abanti. 2012. Changing Perspectives of the US and Chinese views on South Asia, Seminars and Exchange of Views Sessions on the Rise of China and Future of South Asia, Department of Political Science, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, May 27-30, 2012. Bhattacharya Abanti. 2012. Future of the Tibetan Movement. Tibet Forum Seminar on Tibet: Present and Future, JNU, New Delhi, March 21, 2012. Bhattacharya Abanti. 2012. Taiwan’s 2012 Elections: Taiwanese Identity Consolidated. DEAS Workshop on Taiwan 2012 Presidential Election, Delhi, January 23, 2012. Bhattacharya Abanti. 2011. China’s Periphery Strategy: Implications for India. Presentation to the Centre for Advanced Strategic Studies, Pune, December 20, 2011.

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Bhattacharya Abanti. 2011. Domestic Politics of China and its Implications for India-China Relations.

National Seminar on India-China Relations: Prospects for Synergy Building in the Twenty First Century,

Manipal Centre for Asian Studies, Manipal University, Manipal, 2-3 December, 2011.

Bhattacharya Abanti. 2011. China’s Perception of India’s Look East Policy. XIth Conference of Indian

Congress of Asian & Pacific Studies (ICAPS) in collaboration with Association of Asia Scholars (AAS)

Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur (IDSJ) 4-5 September, 2011.

Bhattacharya Abanti. 2011. Tibet in World Politics. Seminar on Tibet in the Aftermath of Devolution of

Political Power, Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi, 6-7 September, 2011.

Bhattacharya Abanti. 2011. Contextualizing China’s Nepal Policy: From Non-interference to Pro-activism, International Seminar on India-Nepal Relations, Centre for the Study of Nepal, Banaras Hindu University, March 28-30, 2011. Bhattacharya Abanti. 2010. China’s Security Policy Towards India. Presentation at the IDSA Commandant BSF Course, December 24, 2010, New Delhi. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2010. Current Status of India-China Relations. Paper presented at the Border security Force Lecture Series, Institute for defence Studies and Analyses, August 19, 2010, New Delhi. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2010. China’s Greater Periphery Strategy and India-China Relations. Paper presented at the Institute for Chinese Studies, July 28, 2010, Delhi.

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2010. China’s Foreign Policy in the Era of Globalization. Paper presented at the Emerging Dominance of the Dragon in South Asia & India’s Measures to Meet the Challenge, January 28-29, 2010, Sikkim, Gangtok. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2009. China’s Foreign Policy Choices and Security Strategy in East Asia. Paper presented at the ORF Seminar Series on China III, China’s Foreign Policy And Foreign Relations, December 04-05, 2009, New Delhi. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2009. Taiwan in China Studies in India. Paper presented at the International Conference on Emerging China: Prospects for Partnership in Asia, Indian Council of World Affairs and Association of Asian Scholars, November 21-23, 2009, New Delhi, India. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2009. Taiwan’s Identity and Nationalism: a constrained Taiwanese nationalism. Paper presented at the International Conference on Taiwan as a Factor in the Emerging Asian Security Architecture, March 19-21 2009, Department of East Asia, University of Delhi. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2008. Interpreting Chinese Discourse on Contemporary Chinese Nationalism. Paper presented at the IDSA East Asia Workshop on Political Trends in East Asia and India’s Look East Policy, November 12, 2008, IDSA. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2008. India and Regionalism. Paper presented at the CICIR-IDSA Bilateral Workshop, September 22-27, 2008, Beijing.

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Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2008. In Defence of Identity: Chinese Nationalism and Asian Security. ASC National Seminar, February 04, 2008, IDSA, New Delhi. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2008. China’s Periphery Policy: Relevance for India, Interactions with the US Department of Defence (DOD), IDSA, October 22, 2008. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2008. Discourse on China’s Regionalism, Fellows’ Paper, IDSA, August 22, 2008. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2008. Deconstructing Chinese Nationalism: Contending Narratives and Implications, Fellowship Seminar, IDSA, February 23, 2008. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2007. Chinese Nationalism and Japan, Fellowship Seminar, IDSA, August 03, 2007.

Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2006. Asian Regionalism: Indian and Chinese Approaches,” Fellowship Seminar, IDSA, December 6, 2006. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2006. Asian Regionalism: Indian Approaches, IDSA-CICIR Bilateral, November 29, Beijing. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2006. Scenario Building and scenarios for Post-Dalai Lama period, IDSA, May 17. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2006. Chinese Nationalism and the Fate of Tibet. Fellowship Seminar, IDSA, March 11. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2005. Chinese Nationalism and Foreign Policy. Presented at the one-day National Seminar on India-China Relations, University of Delhi, December 02. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2005. Chinese Nationalism: The Rise of Taiwanese Nationalism. Fellowship Seminar, IDSA, March 5. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2004. Factoring Xinjiang in Sino-Pakistan Relations, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi at a Sino-Pakistan National Symposium, March 19. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2004. Chinese Nationalism and Hong Kong. Fellowship Seminar, IDSA, March 13. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2003. Chinese Nationalism and the Uyghur Movement, Fellowship Seminar, IDSA, March 8. Bhattacharya, Abanti. 2002. The Emerging Foreign Policy Framework, IDSA Workshop on the 16th Chinese Communist Party Congress, IDSA, December 18.

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration) Name of Project: China’s Defence Potential (IDA-DRDO Project) Position in Project: Team member Period: May 2004- January 2006

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Funding Agency: Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Chapters on: Bhattacharya, Abanti. China’s Threat Perceptions and National interests Bhattacharya, Abanti. China’s Civil-Military Relations Bhattacharya, Abanti. China’s Defence Industrialization Bhattacharya, Abanti. Evolution of the Chinese Military Name of Project: Case Study on China’s Tibet Policy under Hu Jintao’s Leadership Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)-Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA). Position in Project: Team member Period: 2007 Funding Agency: Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) Name of Project: Security Training Module for senior Indian Foreign Service officers on India-China Relations. Position in Project: Sole Member Period: December 2008 Funding Agency: Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) Name of Project: Security Training Module for senior Indian Foreign Service officers on India-China Relations. Position in Project: Sole Member Period: February 2010 Funding Agency: Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) Name of Project: Social Instability in China and Implications for the PLA Position in Project: Sole Member Period: June-July 2010 Funding Agency: Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), New Delhi

Awards and Distinctions

Awarded for securing first position in school at higher secondary level, Humanities, Calcutta, 1990. Awarded for securing first position in graduation, department of history, Lady Brabourne College, Calcutta 1993. Awarded Junior Research Fellowship in History by University Grants Commission (UGC), 1999. Awarded Chinese Government Scholarship, 2000.

Association With Professional Bodies

Member, IDSA

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Editing

Member, Editorial Board, Strategic Analysis, IDSA, 2008-2009

Committees and Boards

Convener, Prospectus Committee, Department of East Asian Studies, Delhi University, 2012-2013

Member, Prospectus Committee, Department of East Asian Studies, Delhi University, 2010-2011

Member, RTI Committee, Department of East Asian Studies, Delhi University, 2010-2011

Member, Library Committee, Department of East Asian Studies, Delhi University, 2009-2013

Member, M. Phil Committee, Department of East Asian Studies, Delhi University, 2009-2013

Member, Editorial Board, Strategic Analysis, IDSA, 2008-2009

Other Activities

EXTERNAL EXAMINER FOR M. PHIL/ PhD DISSERTATION

2011. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Kazakhstan-China Energy Cooperation, 1991-2001. School of International

Studies (CSCSEASWPS), JNU, 2011, New Delhi.

2010. Tran Duc Minh, China’s Vietnam Relations: The Process of Land Border Dispute Resolution. Centre

for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies (CEAS), JNU, 2010, New Delhi.

2009. Bhavani Singh, Discursive Nationalism and Contemporary Chinese Public Sphere- An Analysis of

Sports and Cinema. School of International Studies (CEAS), JNU, 2009, New Delhi.

EXTERNAL REFEREE

External Referee for IDSA China Year Book -2011, New Delhi (2012)

External Referee for an article in Journal of Defence Studies, IDSA, New Delhi (2011).

MEDIA INTERVIEWS 2015. Wall Street Journal, Uighur, China and its Neighbours, 9 July, 2015. 2012. Swedish National Public Radio, Foreign Affairs Programme, India-China Relations, 12 March 2012. 2012. Global Times, China, 29 March, Jain TV, India TV (2009-2010). DISCUSSANT FOR PAPER PRESENTATION

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2015.

2014. IDSA Fellow Presentation, May 9, IDSA, Discussant for Pushpa Adhikari’s paper on Changing Patterns of Nepal-China Relations. 2011. Conference on "India’s Foreign Policy: Evolving New Partnerships – Indian and Japanese Perspectives", February 21, 2011, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Discussant for two papers: "China Factor in the U.S. Policy toward India" by Mr. Kazutoshi TAMARI and "Friction and Expectation between China and India" by Prof. Emi Mifune. 2011. IDSA Fellow Seminar Presentation on February 11, 2011. Discussant for “Chinese Conception of

National Interest” by Rukmani Gupta, IDSA.

USI Paper on Tibet, March 10, 2010

IDSA Asian Security Conference, 2009

China’s Grand Strategy, United Service Institution, New Delhi, June 2008

China-Japan Relations, Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, November 2008, New Delhi.

IDSA Fellows’ Seminars on China related issues, six papers between 2006 and 2008.