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ZORAWAR DAULET SINGH

Zorawar Daulet Singh is an author and foreign affairs analyst based in New Delhi. He is an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies and a Visiting Fellow at the Forum for Strategic Initiative. Dr. Daulet Singh is also a founder of Northcap University, a State Private University located in Gurugram, Haryana.

His research focus includes India’s foreign policy and diplomatic history, various dimensions of India China relations, Eurasian geopolitics, and, international political economy. He contributes to the Economic & Political WeeklyThePrint and Hindustan. He has participated in several Track-II dialogues and has addressed leading training institutions in India including the National Defence College, Defence Services Staff College Wellington, and the Foreign Service Institute.

Previously he was a Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi. Zorawar holds a PhD in international relations from  King’s College London, an M.A. from the  School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University and a BSc from the University of London where he majored in economics and finance.

Dr. Daulet Singh’s recent books includes India China Relations: The Border Issue and Beyond and Chasing the Dragon: Will India Catch up with China? His latest book, Power and Diplomacy: India’s Foreign Policies during the Cold War (Oxford University Press, 2019), India China Relations: The Border Issue and Beyond and Chasing the Dragon: Will India Catch up with China? His latest book, Powershift: India-China relations in a Multipolar World, has received the Kalinga Literary Festival Book of the Year Award 2020-21 in the category of Diplomacy/Strategic Affairs. More details about his publications are available here:  https://www.zorawardauletsingh.com



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China’s peacemaker role that exposes limits of America’s power
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How China Emerged as the Peacemaker in the West Asia?
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How China Emerged as the Peacemaker in the West Asia?

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Indian Geopolitics in a Multipolar World
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US-led alliance expansion is over. Russia wants an iron-clad deal to stop NATO
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Russia is calling for a fresh approach to Europe’s security architecture upon which it believes to hold significant leverage and influence similar to the US.

NL Interview: Zorawar Daulet Singh on India can tackle China
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In this episode of NL Recess, Zorawar Daulet Singh, historian and author, joins Mehraj D Lone to discuss his latest book Powershift:

On the economy, don’t disengage with China | Opinion
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सिर्फ अपने हित की राह चले देश
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Are US and China On the Verge Of a Cold War 2.0?
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Crafting India's Strategy for China
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Should India balance against China by drawing closer to the United States? Or should it adopt a more subtle strategy that allows it to keep its options open? Historian and strategist Zorawar Daulet Singh talks to Aditya.

How India can keep China in check | Opinion
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Leverage the international environment without becoming an object in a new great game

Making sense of India-China border tensions | The Hindu In Focus Podcast
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Coexisting in the Indo-Pacific
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Rethinking India's Approach to China's Belt and Road Initiative
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India's role in the economic endeavour of China's Belt and Road Initiative

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Locating the Belt and Road in China’s Broader Policy Shifts
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The Belt and Road initiative is part of a broader Chinese policy reorientation where its leaders are responding to...

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Limited Geopolitical Accommodation...
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The nature of Sino–Indian interactions across five issue areas highlights that Delhi and Beijing have more overlapping interests than is generally recognised.

Resources

Areas of interest

India’s foreign policy, various dimensions of India China relations, Eurasian geopolitics, the evolution of BRICS, international political economy.

Experience

Current Positions

    • Board of Management, The Northcap University, Gurgaon

Past Positions

    • Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Alternatives, an independent New Delhi-based think tank, 2007-2012
    • Analyst, Corporate Finance Division, PricewaterhouseCoopers, New Delhi, India, 2001-2004

    • Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, 2017-2020

Education

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