Vivek Mishra

Vivek Mishra is a Research Fellow at the Indian Council of World Affairs in New Delhi, India. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor in International Relations at the Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata and was also South Asian Voices Visiting Fellow 2019-2020. He received his PhD in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He has been a Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Scholar at the Saltzman Institute of War & Peace, School of International Public Affairs, Columbia University in the City of New York for the academic year 2015-2016. His research interests include America in the Indian Ocean and Indo-Pacific and Asia-Pacific regions, particularly the role of the U.S. in security in South Asia, Indo-U.S. defense relations, and the Indian defense sector.

Mr. Mishra is also an editorial associate with the Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, run by the Association of Indian Diplomats, besides a contributing Strategic Affairs Expert for the All India Radio’s External Services Division. He has also worked an associate with Indicia Research and Advisory, a New Delhi–based think tank consulting on the Indian defense sector and internal security. Previously Mr. Mishra was a research fellow with the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies, Integrated Defence Staff, Ministry of Defence, India. He was also an intern with the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi. He was awarded a pre-doctoral fellowship by the Osmania University Centre for International Programs, Osmania University, Hyderabad, to study U.S.-India-China relations in the Indian Ocean. He has published seven peer-reviewed journal articles, six book chapters and more than 45 Op-eds including in The Diplomat, The National Interest and Huffington Post. Mr. Mishra is currently working on a book manuscript exploring India-US relation under Prime Minister Modi.

He has a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Delhi University. He has a double Master’s degree in Linguistics and International Relations, besides an M. Phil. in International Relations from JNU, New Delhi.