Friends: India’s Closest Strategic Partners: A Book Launch with Sreeram Chaulia
On April 10, 2025, the center hosted the book launch of Friends: India’s Closest Strategic Partners, a thought-provoking book by Professor Sreeram Chaulia. The event offered an insightful exploration of India’s evolving relationships with its key strategic allies. Professor Chaulia, the Dean of Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA) and Director General of the Jindal India Institute, discussed the significance of these partnerships in shaping global politics. Moderated by Lauren MacLean, Professor and Department Chair, Political Science, Northeastern University.
Biography
Dr. Sreeram Chaulia is a social scientist and an opinion maker on international issues. He holds a Doctorate (Ph.D.) and a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Political Science and International Relations from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, USA and a Master of Science (MSc.) degree in History of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. He was a Radhakrishnan British Chevening Scholar at the University of Oxford, UK, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Modern History. He also has a Bachelor of Arts Honours (B.A. Hons.) from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, India.
Professor Chaulia’s areas of specialisation include diplomacy, foreign policy, comparative politics, international political economy, international organisations, armed conflict, humanitarian practices, and contemporary world history. He has been interviewed on issues relating to the global economy, contemporary armed conflicts and world politics by Russia Today (Moscow), China Global Television Network (Beijing), South Africa Broadcasting Corporation (Johannesburg), Voice of America, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Agence-France Presse, ‘The New York Times’, ‘USA Today’ and ‘The Wall Street Journal’. He has been cited in the world media for his analytical articles on pressing current events.
Professor Chaulia hosts the weekly ‘Indian Diplomacy’ TV show on India’s national broadcaster DD India. He is a regular commentator on international current issues on Sansad TV, DD News and Republic TV in India, with over 700 television appearances to date.
Prof. Chaulia has worked as an international civilian peacekeeper for the Brussels-based NGO, Nonviolent Peace force, in the war zones of eastern Sri Lanka and southern Philippines for over three years. He was a Contributing Editor serving on the Board of the Kashmir News Network (KNN), a rights advocacy organisation for minority victims of ethnic cleansing in the Indian territory of Jammu & Kashmir. He is an advocate for freedom and democracy and has written extensively about the problems of repression and human suffering under authoritarian regimes.
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