Dr Stuti BHATNAGAR

Dr Stuti BHATNAGAR

Lecturer
UNSW Canberra
School of Humanities & Social Sciences

Dr. Stuti Bhatnagar is a lecturer in Indo-Pacific Studies at UNSW Canberra. She researches and teaches at the intersection of international relations, security studies and political science. Her research focuses on two broad themes: knowledge production in international relations and the international relations of South Asia. She has several academic publications to her credit that investigate topics in foreign policy, rooted in the empirical analysis on India, South Asia and the broader Indo-Pacific. She is the author of India's Pakistan Policy: How Think Tanks are shaping Foreign Relations (Routledge 2021). With a PhD in Politics and International Relations from the University of Adelaide, prior to joining UNSW-Canberra, Stuti held positions at the Australian National University and UNSW-Sydney. 

  • Books | 2020
    Bhatnagar S, 2020, India's Pakistan Policy How Think Tanks Are Shaping Foreign Relations, Taylor & Francis
  • Book Chapters | 2025
    Bhatnagar S, 2025, 'Navigating the Af-Pak arena: India-US relations under the Trump administration', in India-US Convergence and Divergence under the Trump Administration, Routledge, pp. 78 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003624349-8
    Book Chapters | 2024
    Bhatnagar S, 2024, 'Indian Foreign Policy Towards the Gulf States: Strategic Narratives and Domestic Political Projects', in India and the Gulf Theoretical Perspectives and Policy Shifts, pp. 135 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781009310864.007
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Bhatnagar S, 2023, 'State Fragility and Hindu Extremism in India: An Analysis of the Role of the Bharatiya Janata Party', in Dynamics of Violent Extremism in South Asia Nexus Between State Fragility and Extremism, pp. 103 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7405-2_5
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Bhatnagar S, 2022, 'Social Media and Hindu Extremism in India', in Politics of South Asia, Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 71 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6847-0_4
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Bhatnagar S, 2021, 'Think Tanks and Foreign Policy', in , Oxford University Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.624
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Bhatnagar S; Chacko P, 2020, 'Peacebuilding think tanks, Indian foreign policy and the Kashmir conflict', in Rising Powers and State Transformation, Routledge, pp. 100 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003020042-6
    Book Chapters | 2008
    BHATNAGAR S, 2008, 'Revolution in Iran (1979) – The Establishment of an Islamic State', in Caught in Crossfire Civilians in Conflicts in the Middle East, ISBS
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Bhatnagar S, 2023, 'Navigating the Af-Pak arena: India-US relations under the Trump administration', India Review, 22, pp. 184 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14736489.2023.2180921
    Journal articles | 2023
    Bhatnagar S, 2023, 'The BJP Government and the Kashmiri Pandits: Managing the Politics of Displacement in India', Asian Studies Review, 47, pp. 554 - 573, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2022.2135684
    Journal articles | 2021
    Ahmed ZS; Bhatnagar S; AlQadri A, 2021, 'The United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan: analysis of perceptions in India and Pakistan', Global Change Peace and Security, 33, pp. 125 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14781158.2021.1910227
    Journal articles | 2021
    Bhatnagar S, 2021, 'Animosity at Bay: An Alternative History of the India–Pakistan Relationship, 1947–1952', South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 44, pp. 1229 - 1231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2021.1982469
    Journal articles | 2020
    Bhatnagar S; Shahab Ahmed Z, 2020, 'Geopolitics of landlocked states in South Asia: a comparative analysis of Afghanistan and Nepal', Australian Journal of International Affairs, pp. 1 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2020.1793896
    Journal articles | 2019
    Ahmed ZS; Ahmed S; Bhatnagar S, 2019, 'Conflict or Cooperation? India and Pakistan in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation', Pacific Focus, 34, pp. 5 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pafo.12134
    Journal articles | 2019
    Bhatnagar S; Chacko P, 2019, 'Peacebuilding think tanks, Indian foreign policy and the Kashmir conflict', Third World Quarterly, 40, pp. 1496 - 1515, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2019.1642743
    Journal articles | 2018
    Ahmed ZS; Bhatnagar S, 2018, 'The India-Iran-Pakistan Triad: Comprehending the Correlation of Geo-economics and Geopolitics', Asian Studies Review, 42, pp. 517 - 536, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2018.1479728
    Journal articles | 2015
    Bhatnagar S, 2015, 'South Asia in Transition—Democracy, Political Economy and Security, edited by Bhumitra Chakma, andIndia's Foreign Policy and Regional Multilateralism, by Arndt Michael', South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 38, pp. 853 - 856, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2015.1082218