Dr. Avinash Anil Godbole
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Dr. Avinash Anil Godbole
Professor
B.A. (Psychology) (University of Mumbai);
M.A.; M.Phil.; Ph.D. (School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Biography
Dr. Avinash Anil Godbole is Associate Professor and Associate Academic Dean at JSLH. Previously he was Research Fellow at the ICWA and before that he was Research Assistant at IDSA. His doctoral thesis is on the Political Economy of China’s Environment. He was a Visiting Fox Fellow at the Macmillan Center at Yale in 2007-08. His research interests are in the fields of Chinese Foreign Policy, Environmental Changes in China, Minorities in China, Domestic Politics in China, China’s Asia strategy and India-China Relations. He has written extensively on these subjects in academic and media publications. He has been part of the India-China Think tank Forum and has been involved in various other track 1.5 and track 2 events. He is also a Visiting Faculty at the Naval War College, Goa since June 2020.
Recent Publications
Book Chapter
- “The Difficulty of being Xi Jinping” in Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy under Xi Jinping, Jagannath Panda and AurthorDing (eds), 2020, Routledge, London, pp. 85-101
Journal Articles
- “Stability in Xi Era: Trends in Ethnic Policy in Xinjiang and Tibet since 2012, India Quarterly, 75 (2) June 2019, pp. 228-244.
- “Paris Accord and China’s Climate Change Strategy”, India Quarterly, 72 (4), December 2016, pp. 361-374.
- How Did China Manage its Covid19, Sambhasahan, Inaugural Issue of the Journal published by Dean of Humanities, Mumbai University, 74-79.
Web Publications
- COVID-19 will activate old & new disputes in East Asia, Deccan Herald, 25 May 2020, at:https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/covid-19-will-activate-old-new-disputes-in-east-asia-841664.html
- A long view of China’s Iran deal, joint op-ed with Gunjan Singh, 23 July, at:https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/a-long-view-of-china-s-iran-deal-864535.html
- Expect more Chinese focus on BRI in the post-coronavirus world, Deccan Herald, 13 April 2020, at:https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/expect-more-chinese-focus-on-bri-in-post-coronavirus-world-824772.html
- China’s Communist Party And Its Social Contract Under Xi Jinping, 9dashline, 24 September, https://www.9dashline.com/article/the-communist-party-and-its-social-contract-under-xi-jinping
Lectures and Talks
- Will China Win the World, ORF Mumbai, Online Lecture, 11 May 2020
- Sources of India China Conflict, Birla Institute of Management Technology17 July 2020,
- Mandate and Order, China’s IR Theoretic Thinking, Department of Politics & Governance, Central University of Kashmir, 27 November 2020
- Contemporary China’s Foreign Policy, Yildirim BeyazitUniversity, Ankara, 2 December 2020
Areas of Research and Interest
Theories of International Relations, Asian Security Architecture, China’s Rise, Environmental Changes in China, Minorities in China, Domestic Politics in China, China’s Asia strategy and India-China Relations.
Courses Taught at JSLH
- Theories of IR
- Critical Concepts in Peace and Security
- Indian and Western Political Thought
- Political Science Foundation Course
- China’s Foreign Policy