Professor Vidya Nadkarni PhD

Non-Resident Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Political Science and International Relations

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BIO

Dr Vidya Nadkarni is currently a Professor of Political Science at the University of San Diego. She was awarded the PhD in Political Science from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. She also holds a Masters degree in International Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi and a Bachelor’s degree in History from St. Xavier’s College, University of Bombay.
Dr. Nadkarni’s research interests are in the areas of international relations and foreign policy, specifically on the foreign policies of resurgent (Russia) and aspiring (China, India) global powers.
She has authored/co-authored the following books:
  • Strategic Partnerships in Asia: Balancing without Alliances(2010)
  • Strategic Emerging Powers in Comparative Perspective: The Political and Economic Rise of the BRIC Countries(2012) (Co-editor)in Asia: Balancing without Alliances(2010)
  • Challenge and Change: Global Threats and the State in the 21st Century
  • The Foreign Policy of Russia: Changing Systems, Enduring Interests(Fifth Edition, 2014) (Co-author)