Prof. Kanti Bajpai

Prof. Kanti Bajpai is a Visiting Professor of International Relations at Ashoka University and a distinguished scholar of international relations with extensive teaching and research experience. He has previously taught at the National University of Singapore, Oxford University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and has held visiting appointments at institutions including the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra and the Institute for Defence and Strategic Analyses in New Delhi. He is the author of 'India Versus China: Why They are Not Friends' (2021), 'The Roots of Terrorism' (2002) and 'Brasstacks and Beyond: Perception and Management of Crisis' (1995). His recent edited volumes include 'How Realist is India’s Security Policy?' (2023) and the co-edited 'Routledge Handbook of China-India Relations' (2021), with a second edition forthcoming. He is currently writing a book on India’s national security. Prof. Bajpai received the K. Subrahmanyam Award for Excellence in Research in Strategic and Security Studies (2012) and the Qimpro Platinum Standard in Education (2017). In 2010, he was Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Defence and Strategic Analyses (IDSA). He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1990. In July 2025, he became Emeritus Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.