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Swasti Rao

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Dr. Swasti Rao is Associate Fellow at the Europe and Eurasia Center, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.

She has a Masters in Politics (spl’n. IR) and an M.Phil in East Asian Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has completed her PhD in Advanced International Politics from Tsukuba University, Japan. She is a recipient of Japanese Education Ministry Fellowship (MEXT) in 2011 and also a recipient of the ‘Okita Memorial Scholarship’ in 2010 from ICCR.

She holds an adjunct position at the Tokai University, Japan in the capacity of a foreign collaborator for the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) funded research project on “Civil Society and Urban Governance in Asia, 2020-2025”

Her current research project at IDSA is on Conflicts in Europe amidst shifting Global Power Structures: Geometries of Deterrence and Europe’s Indo Pacific outreach as strategies for Threat Balancing. Her other work and research interests explore dimensions of the securitization debate in Europe , Migrant Crisis, Europe’s Outreach to Indo -Pacific, Defence Cooperation between India and Major European Players, Multilateral Cooperation for Space Situational awareness and Maritime Domain Awareness. She also explores Europe- Japan relations and its global implications. She has published with Routledge on intelligence sharing in the Indo Pacific and her forthcoming work with them is on Climate Change and Space Debris issues with special focus on emerging space race.

Before joining MP-IDSA she was Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategic and Security Studies, AMU where she taught courses on European Security, Rise of China and implications for World Order, Research Methodology and UN Peacekeeping.

She has also been Research Associate at the Graduate School of Humanities and Politics at the University of Tsukuba, Japan from 2011-2016.

She has been a Principal Investigator in Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) funded project,”A Comparative and Empirical Study of the Structural Changes in Politics” from 2011-2014.

She is the editor of Either/Or, an academic journal dedicated to international and political affairs.

Dr. Rao has published extensively, delivered talks and lectures at various international universities like Australian National University, Canberra; Gakushuin University and Tokai University, Japan; Giresun University, Turkey; National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico; Thammasat University, Thailand and writes regular Op-ed columns for leading dailies.

She has been involved in syllabus writing for Political Science, CBCS, IGNOU for the year 2020 and has been associated with the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), for collating International Relations Resources and Research Methodology Resources for teachers in Higher Education in 2020 funded by the National Resource Centre for Education, NEUPA
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Publication

Braverman’s exit and Cameron’s entry is good news for India. It can fast-track FTA

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Swasti Rao’s opinion piece ‘Braverman’s exit and Cameron’s entry is good news for India. It can fast-track FTA’ has been published in ‘The Print’ on 17 November 2023.

Braverman’s remark of Indians being the largest group of visa overstayers had irked New Delhi. Therefore, from India’s perspective, a change in the govt might mean fast-tracking FTA, says Dr Rao.

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  • Published: 17 November, 2023

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For IMEC to have any real impact, fix the finance first. Only then it can counter China’s BRI

Associate Fellow Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Swasti Rao’s article ‘For IMEC to have any real impact, fix the finance first. Only then it can counter China’s BRI’ has been published in The Print on 07 October 2023.

In the aftermath of an unequal economic recovery from the pandemic, several interconnected factors are transforming global capital markets. De-risking financing for IMEC remains a crucial challenge in harnessing its full connectivity potential and pursuing plans for expansion, says Dr Rao.

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  • Published: 7 October, 2023

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Europe can’t de-risk from China fully. It’s not the era of cowboy capitalism’ Published in The Print

Associate Fellow Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Swasti Rao’s opinion piece ‘Europe can’t de-risk from China fully. It’s not the era of cowboy capitalism’ has been published in The Print on 22 September 2023.

There is more work to be done when it comes to India being a direct beneficiary of the EU diversifying its investments from China, says Dr Rao.

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  • Published: 22 September, 2023

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How do you count the takeaways from India’s G20? It’s as simple as ABCD

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Swasti Rao’s opinion piece ‘How do you count the takeaways from India’s G20? It’s as simple as ABCD’ has been published in The Print on 10 September 2023.

The connectivity partnership between the US, EU, UAE, Saudi Arabia, India is a truly big ticket announcement that will be a game-changer, says Dr Rao.

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  • Published: 10 September, 2023

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At the G20 minus Xi, EU looking to further its China+1 strategy—partnership with Asia

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Swasti Rao’s opinion piece ‘At the G20 minus Xi, EU looking to further its China+1 strategy—partnership with Asia’, has been published in ‘The Print’ on 08 September 2023.

The real takeaway for the bloc at the G20 would be to posit and reiterate itself as a development partner to the Global South, says Dr Rao.

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  • Published: 8 September, 2023

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Saudi Arabia latest to join mediators in Ukraine war. But it was a PR exercise for Zelenskyy

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Swasti Rao’s article ‘Saudi Arabia latest to join mediators in Ukraine war. But it was a PR exercise for Zelenskyy’ has been published in ‘The Print’ on 11 August 2023.

The list of mediators is only growing: Saudi Arabia has joined Israel, Turkey, China, India, and Brazil. But all the talk is only rhetoric until the 2024 US election, says Dr Rao.

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  • Published: 11 August, 2023

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Germany’s China document a sign of Europe’s changing perception. It’s shifting to New Delhi

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Swasti Rao’s opinion piece ‘Germany’s China document a sign of Europe’s changing perception. It’s shifting to New Delhi’ has been published in ‘The Print’ on 28 July 2023.

Pessimists sighed at its ambiguity and optimists saw it as a balancing act. But it is a harbinger of the end of the golden era of Germany-China relations, says Dr Rao.

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  • Published: 28 July, 2023

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25 years of France and India — a template of how to conduct relations in an unstable world

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Swasti Rao’s article ‘25 years of France and India — a template of how to conduct relations in an unstable world’, has been published in ‘The Print’ on 14 July 2023.

France and India's desire to shape the emerging global order is key to their partnership — they are not “free riders, but free thinkers” that take pride in their own perspective, says Dr Rao.

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  • Published: 14 July, 2023

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Wagner Group is a Shadow Instrument of Russian Policy, Product of a ‘Deny-Endorse’ Paradox

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Swasti Rao’s article Wagner Group is a shadow instrument of Russian policy, product of a ‘deny-endorse’ paradox’ was published in ‘The Print’ on 30 June 2023.

Private military company Wagner has kept operating within the grey zone as a shadow instrument of State policy, giving the Russian Army a perfect alibi to invoke deniability, wrote Dr Rao.

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  • Published: 30 June, 2023

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