Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri

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Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri

Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri
Born	27 August 1935 British India
Residence	India England
Nationality	Indian
Field	Political Science, International Relations, South Asian Studies
Institution	Institute of Commonwealth Studies University of London
Alma mater	London School of Economics University of Calcutta
Notable prizes	Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society

Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri PhD, DLitt, FRAS (born 1935) is Professor Emeritus of Political Science of the University Grants Commission, India, and Fellow in International Relations at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, UK. He is one of the most prominent living Indian scholars in Political Science, International Relations, and South Asian Studies.

Rai Chowdhuri has taught at several Universities in India and abroad, including St John's College, Oxford, London School of Economics, Calcutta University and Rabindra Bharati University. He was also attached to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

He has, for long time, been India's senior diplomat, and has been recognised as one of the most foremost scholars of India. He has rendered distinguished service as an Adviser to the Ministries of Defence and External Affairs of the Government of India and has played a role in India's defence and foreign policy making. His academic and diplomatic contributions have been acclaimed as pathfinding in disarmament, non-proliferation, peaceful resolution of regional and international conflicts and track two diplomacy. An avowed advocate for world peace and for peace and stability in the South Asian region in particular, his writings have influenced the foreign policy making of many countries. In recognition of his expertise in strategic studies and Sino-Indian relations, he was offered an Ambassadorial assignment to the Republic of China by former Indian foreign secretary the late T. N. Kaul in 1998.

Rai Chowdhuri is a prolific writer who has authored many books and is a Asian Affairs columnist at Columbia University's Project Syndicate and the Asia Institute of the University of California at Los Angeles, and Asia Times Online. He has lectured widely all over the world, and his works have been published and translated into different languages in more than a hundred countries.

In recognition of his outstanding scholarship in South Asian Studies, Rai Chowdhuri was elected a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society in 2006.

He currently resides in Calcutta, India and London, UK.

[edit] Selected Books

• Nuclear Politics: Towards A Safer World
• Leftism In India 1917–1947
• Leftism In India
• India and Nuclear Disarmament
• Peacekeeping By The United Nations In Civil Wars
• Games Nations Play: The Politics of Nuclear Weapons
• The Turbulent Times: Reflections On The New World Order
• The Strategy For Peace In A Nuclear World
• The Strategy For Peace In Twenty First Century World
• Toward Peace and Stability in South Asia
• Nuclear Politics: Toward A Safer World New Edition

[edit] External Links

• Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London
• Project Syndicate, Columbia University School of Law Site
• Leftism In India 1917-1947
• Palgrave Macmillan UK Site
• Nuclear Politics: Towards A Safer world
• Amazon Site
• New Dawn Press Site
• Beijing Review, China
• Straits Times, USA
• University of California at Los Angeles Asia Media Site
• Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, India
• Asia Times Site
• Global Policy Forum Site
• London School of Economics Site
• Singapore Institute of International Affairs Site
• The Statesman, India
• The Tribune, India
• The Hindu Business Line, India
• Bengali Chosen Royal Asiatic Society Fellow, The Asian Age, India