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Achin Vanaik

Retired Professor of International Relations and Global Politics from thë University of Delhi, Achin Vanaik is an active member of the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (India). His books and writings range from studies of India's political economy, issues concerning religion, communalism and secularism as well as international contemporary politics and nuclear disarmament.

Role

Type of author:

Fellow

Role/Title:

Professor of International Relations and Global Politics, Delhi University

Expertise

Areas of expertise:

Nuclear disarmament, nuclear weapon free zones, Indian security & foreign policy, Indian communalism

Media experience:

Achin Vanaik is frequently interviewed and contributes to The Telegraph (Calcutta), and The Hindu.

Languages spoken:

English

Honours/Awards:

He is a co-recipient, with Praful Bidwai, of the International Peace Bureau's Sean McBride International Peace Prize for 2000.

Selected publications:

New Nukes

Selling US Wars

Contact

Contact details:

Email: achin.vanaik AT gmail dot com

Location:

Location

India

28° 38' 7.1088" N, 77° 13' 29.856" E

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Blundering in Nepal

India’s heavy-handed interference in Nepal, which aggravated its political crisis, speaks of a colossal foreign policy failure, argues Praful Bidwai.

Is India about to lose the huge fund of popular goodwill that it earned in Nepal over the past four years by encouraging reconciliation between the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) and other parties, by facilitating a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), by helping to bring the Maoists into the political mainstream, and by facilitating the country’s transition from a despotic monarchy to a constitutional republic?

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Dealing with Nepal's Himalayan shift

NEW DELHI, Apr 16 (IPS) - After greatly surprising the world through its spectacular victory in direct first-past-the-post elections to the country’s new constituent assembly, the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) now appears likely to perform far better than expected in the proportional representation (PR) component of the house too.

The new Himalayan republic

Achin Vanaik sets out the complex socio-historical backdrop to the Nepalese Second Democratic Revolution of 2006 that overthrew the monarchy, the ensuing struggle for a new republic, and the tactical challenges facing the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).

New Nukes

India, Pakistan and Global Nuclear Disarmament

Praful Bidwai and Achin Vanaik, two of India's most respected and experienced journalists and longtime anti-nuclear activists, examine the causes and consequences of the Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests, and provide a framework for understanding the global context in which they occur.