Joined IDSA

April 2006

Expertise

International Relations Theory, Ethnic and Intra-State Conflicts, Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution

Education

MA (Politics and Administration), Pune University
Masters Diploma (Journalism and Communications), Symbiosis Institute of Journalism and Communication, Pune
PhD (International Organization), School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Current Project

International Security Audit: Great Power Cooperation or Competition
Armed Ethnic Conflicts in Northeast India and the Indian State's Response

Background

Dr. Goswami completed her doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2005 on the topic "Just War Theory and Humanitarian Intervention: A Comparative Case Study of East Pakistan and Kosovo." Dr. Goswami was a Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Washington. D.C from October 2012 to June 2013; Visiting Fellow at the South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg (November–December 2010); the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), August 2006 to July 2010; and a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University, Melbourne from April to August 2009. She is a recipient of the Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowship, 2012-2013.

Select Publication

• Indian National Security and Counter-Insurgency: The Use of Force Vs Non Violent Response, Routledge, London and New York, 2015
• "The “Myth” behind China’s Territorial Claims: Fabrications in Northeast India", Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict, June 30, 2015
• “India’s Internal Security Situation: Present Realities and Future Pathways” IDSA Monograph Series, No 23, September 2013.
• “Power Shifts in East Asia: Balance of Power Versus Liberal Institutionalism” Perceptions, Journal of International Affairs, XVIII/1, Spring 2013.
• Editor, Imagining Asia in 2030: Trends, Scenarios and Alternatives, Academic Foundation, New Delhi, 2011.
• “China’s Territorial Claim on India’s Arunachal Pradesh: A Response to Changing Power Dynamics in Asia”, Strategic Analysis, 35/5, September 2011, pp. 781-792.
• “Armed Ethnic Conflicts in Northeast India and the Indian State’s Response: Limits on the ‘use of force’ and the ‘notion’ of proportionality, Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, University of Heidelberg, Working Paper No. 60, March 2011, pp. 1-27.
• “India’s North East 2020: Four Alternative Scenarios”, IDSA Occasional Paper No.13, 2010.
• “India’s Counter-Insurgency Experience: The ‘Trust’ and ‘Nurture Strategy”, Small Wars and Insurgencies, 20/1 (March 2009) Routledge, London, pp.66-86.

Other Publications