Introduction

The Centre for the Study of Global International Relations is India’s first academic association dedicated to multidisciplinary research and analyses in the non-Western and post-Western traditions of International Relations (IR) – a growing sub-field widely known as ‘Global IR’. Established in 2022 at the Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA), CSGIR is committed to the agenda of making the academic discipline of IR more inclusive (or more ‘Global’) by outspreading its theoretical and empirical foundations beyond Eurocentric limits. In line with the transcontinental outlook of this agenda, CSGIR inspires research collaborations with leading academics, practitioners, policy-analysts, journalists, and social-activists affiliated with diverse universities/institutions/think-tanks/media-houses/(I)NGOs in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Australia

Objectives

• Exploring the untapped non-Western world-views, knowledge-forms, and narratives to construct a resourceful theoretical framework to grasp contemporary global politics.
• Employing the established Indian, Chinese, African, Latin American, Islamic and other non-Western/post-Western IR theoretical formulations to explain particular issue-areas (e.g., global pandemic, climate change, economic crises, arms and technology race, terrorism, nuclear politics, trade war, civil or inter-state war) or general world order.
• Executing quantitative, qualitive, and mixed-method study to design creative solutions to foreign-policy-problems. In this context, the aim is to translate the complementarities between Western and non-Western worlds into doable policy-actions - the Centre sponsors a 'decentering agenda' to highlight the West-non-West complementarities that are mandatory not only to comprehend global multipolarity but also to reconstitute an ethically effective Western agency in non-Western worlds, and vice versa.

Activities

● Research Training Services

CSGIR forms 'Research Training Groups' to familiarize young/early-career scholars with cutting-edge research innovations in non-Western/post-Western/Global IR.

● Research Funding Information Services
CSGIR provides an up-to-date information about available national/international grants related to Global IR research themes, and also assists interested researchers in drafting project proposals for obtaining those grants.

● Research Collaboration Services

CSGIR invites collaborative project proposals from interested researchers based in Western and non-Western universities/institutions/think-tanks/media-houses/(I)NGOs. We have a rolling application for internships and fellowships without remuneration. Whosoever is keen to join hands with the Centre, in virtual or in-person mode, is requested to drop an email at deepshikha.shahi@jgu.edu.in.

● Conferences, Seminars, and Workshops

CSGIR organizes national and international conferences, seminars, and workshops to mainstream the sidelined non-/post-Western IR approaches/perspectives/voices.

● Publications

CSGIR provides research services (e.g., training services, funding information services, collaboration services) and organizes events (e.g., conferences, seminars, workshops) with the vision to expand the existing body of literature on Global IR. It not only supports authored/co-authored/edited book-projects but also looks forward to launching of an academic journal, Indian Journal of Global International Relations, with a view to grant a sustained and consolidated shape to the Global IR research programme

Events

• CSGIR has joined hands with the Jindal India Institute (JII) to organise a workshop on "Debating Democracy: The Indian and Greek Experiences" to be held on 26th February 2024. Several diplomats, scholars and journalists will participate in this workshop as speakers.
• CSGIR has collaborated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway to work on a research project on "The Environmental Dimensions of World Politics and Global IR".
• CSGIR will organize a talk on "India's Neoliberal Agenda for Development: The NREGA Experience" on 7th November 2023 at 9:30 AM in room T4-F95. The guest speaker is Dr. Matilde Adduci (University of Turin, Italy).
• CSGIR will organize a talk on "India and Europe: Geopolitical Reconfigurations and Geostrategic Thoughts" on 27th October 2023 at 2:00 PM in room T4-M90 (Mezzanine, North side). The guest speaker is Prof. Vasileios Syros (Distinguished Fellow, USI, and Life Member, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge).
• CSGIR will organize a talk on "Perso-Islamic and Endogenous Traditions of Statecraft in India" on 10th October 2023 at 9:30 AM in classroom T4-F95. The guest speaker is Prof. Saurabh Mishra (Amity University)
• CSGIR will organize a talk on "Gandhi's Ascetic Nationalism: Lessons for India's Strategic Thought" on 19^thSeptember 2023 at 09.30 AM in room T4-F95. The guest speaker is Prof. Rajshree Chandra (University of Delhi, India).
• CSGIR will organize a talk on "Azad, Nationalism and International Humanism" on 29^thAugust 2023 at 09.30 AM in room T4-F95. The guest speaker is Prof. Amit Julka (Ashoka University, India).
• CSGIR will organize a talk on "Danda: A Concept of Justice and Punishment in the Upanishads & Mahabharata" on 8^thAugust 2023 at 02.00 PM in room T1-S25. The guest speaker is Prof. Arindam Chakrabarti (Stony Brook University, US).
• CSGIR will organize a webinar on "Mapping the Arrival of Global IR" on Monday, 29^th May 2023 from 10:00 am to 2.30 pm. The zoom link for participation in the webinar is: https://zoom.us/j/97107510397. The webinar is open for all. No prior registration is required.

• CSGIR in collaboration with the Norwegian University of Life Science (Norway) will organize two guest lectures on April 17 at 5:30 PM. Prof. Halvor Eifring (University of Oslo) will speak on the "Relevance of Confucianism for IR". And Prof. Karin M. Fierke (University of St. Andrews) will speak on the idea of "Revisiting IR through Asian Philosophy". The zoom link for participating in the webinar is: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/65795779384

• CSGIR will organize a talk on "Religious Tolerance and World Rulership: The Mughal Experiment" on 17^th February 2023 at 9:30 am in T1-F20. The talk will be delivered by Prof. Vasileios Syros (Greek Chair, School of Language, Literature, and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University).

• CSGIR will organize a talk on "Contemporary Relevance of Ancient Indian Statecraft: Comparing Arthashastra and Kural" on Monday, 7th November 2022 at 12.30 pm in room T1-F13. The guest speaker is Col. Pradeep Kumar Gautam (Retd) who is an Honorary Distinguished Fellow at the United Service Institution of India.

• CSGIR will organize a talk on "For or Against Nuclear Weapons: Strategic and Moral Contestations" on Monday, 31st October 2022 at 12.30 pm in room T1-F13. The guest speaker is Prof. Achin Vanaik (Transnational Institute, Amsterdam).

• CSGIR will organize a talk on "The Contribution of Indian Mughal Empire to Global International Relations" on Monday, 17th October 2022 at 12.30 pm in room T1-F13. The guest speaker is Prof. Jayashree Vivekanandan (South Asian University, India).

• CSGIR will organize a talk on "Globalisation, Deglobalisation and Knowledge-Production" on Monday, 10^th October 2022 at 12.30 pm in room T1-F13. The guest speaker is Prof. Navnita Chadha Behera (University of Delhi, India).
• The inaugural lecture of the CSGIR will be delivered on the topic "The Postcolonial Decondition: A Critique of Religion and Secularity" on Monday, 19^th September 2022 at 12.30 pm in room T1-F13. The guest speaker is Prof. Purushottama Bilimoria (University of California, Berkeley).
• International Conference: Mapping the Arrival of Global International Relations

• Journal Launch: Journal of Global International Relations

Ongoing Projects

Partnership between the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway and the O. P. Jindal Global University (JGU), India in education and research on "Environmental Dimensions of Global International Relations"

Project Summary: The project intends to build a long-term partnership between NMBU and the Global International Relations research initiative at JGU with an objective to create relevant higher education programmes and conduct cutting-edge collaborative research. Based upon an innovative theme - "Environmental Dimensions of Global International Relations" - which mobilizes multiple interdisciplinary approaches to environment studies arising from the Western and non-Western parts of the globe through a series of joint activities, the project will equip students with the knowledge and training that is needed to effectively transform current geopolitical and environmental crisis-situations and to contribute to making a collective change for a sustainable future.

Project Supervisor: Deepshikha Shahi

Project Coordinator: Raghav Dua

Newsletters

Newsletter 2023-2024

Newsletter 2022-2023

Team

Director: Prof. Deepshikha Shahi

Deepshikha Shahi is a Professor of International Relations at the O. P. Jindal Global University. Her research interests revolve around the theories of Global IR, non-Western intellectual resources, pedagogical practices, politics of knowledge-production, Indian politics, Afghan politics, and world politics. She performs symptomatological readings of classical texts to theorise IR and to boost transdisciplinary synergies between humanities and social sciences. She is the author of Advaita as a Global International Relations Theory (2018, Routledge), Kautilya and Non-Western IR Theory (2018, Palgrave); Understanding Post-9/11 Afghanistan: A Critical Insight into Huntington's Civilizational Approach (2017, E-IR Publishers). She has also edited a volume, Sufism: A Theoretical Intervention in Global International Relations (2020, Rowman and Littlefield). Her work has appeared in European Journal of International Relations, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, All Azimuth, among others.

Academic Advisor: Prof. Devika Misra

Devika Misra is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the O. P. Jindal Global University. She is the Faculty and Student Success Coordinator of the MA in International Relations, Security and Strategy Program offered by the Jindal School of International Affairs in collaboration with Coursera. She also works as an Associate Researcher at the Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones Econ omicas y Sociales (CRIES) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a member of Fundaci on L uvo, a Canadian-Latin American feminist solidarity collective. Her pedagogical approach is strongly interdisciplinary and her research interests lie in field of International Relations Theory, comparative regionalism, Latin American integration, and South-South cooperation. She has presented her work across the globe and published her research in English, French and Spanish.

Research Co-ordinator: Chirag Bajaj

Chirag Bajaj is a Doctoral Research Scholar at the Jindal School of International Affairs. His research interest includes the making of Indian strategic thought, Indian foreign policy, philosophy, history, and conflict resolution.

Research Co-ordinator: Aishwarya Pande

Aishwarya Pande is pursuing her Masters in Diplomacy, Law & Business from Jindal School of International Affairs. Her research pursuits revolve around exploring Soft Power Diplomacy, Urdu & Hindi Literature, Indian Strategic Thought, and Post-Western IR Studies amongst a range of other areas that spark her curiosity and help expand her knowledge bubble.