RESEARCH,
RESPONSES AND RUMINATIONS
This
page hosts links to those of my research publications that can be accessed
online, to published articles, web resources and other essays created
in response to ongoing events and finally, to essays that record my
reflections on professional issues.
Research
Selected Scholarly Publications and Conference Papers
The
Dravida Nadu Experience: Security, State-building and Secession from
a Peninsular Perspective”
Security Dimensions of Peninsular India,
Centre for Security Analysis, Chennai, India, March 22-23, 2004.
"Conceptualizing
Security, Securing Women"
National Seminar on Challenges to Peace and Security in South Asia:
Emerging Trends,
University of Madras Department of Defence Studies, Chennai, India,
February 19, 2004
"Research,
Policy, Reality: Women, Security, South Asia"
6th Sustainable Development Conference,
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan, December
2003.
“Of
Militants, Martyrs, Nations and States: Kashmir and Sri Lanka”
Swords and Ploughshares, Volume XV / Number 1 / Summer 2003.
“Secularism
in India: Accepted Principle, Contentious Interpretation”
In William Safran, ed., The Secular and the Sacred: Nation, Religion
and Politics, Frank Cass, London (2003).
"An
anatomy of the Sri Lankan Conflict"
Sri Lankan Conflict at the Crossroads,
Fundacao Oriente,
Lisbon, Portugal, June 2002.
“Re-building
Afghanistan: Lessons from South Asia”
Seminar, February 2002.
“Internal
Unit Demarcation and National Identity”
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Volume 5:3-4, Fall and Winter 1999,
pp.191-211.
“National
Integration in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan: Constitutional and Elite
Visions”
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Volume 3:4, Winter 1997, pp.1-38.
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Responses
The
Importance of Studying Sri Lanka
Why
Autonomy Demands Are Valuable Opportunities
Beyond
Mahiyangana
A
Non-violent Response to Violence: A Speculative Essay
Re-building
Afghanistan: Lessons from South Asia
The
LTTE Proposals and Sri Lanka's Peace Prospects, November 2003.
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Electronic
Learning Resources Created
Contextualizing
the Events of September 11 and Thereafter,
September-November 2001.
Alliance
for Lifelong Learning, Learning
Guide on India-Pakistan conflict, January-February 2002.
On
Events in Gujarat, March 2002.
The
Iraq Question, February-March 2003
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Media
Articles
“Sri
Lanka: Politics, War and Peace,” National Review,
Vol. I No. 3, December 2003.
“Ilankai:
Amaidhi Thodara India Yenna Cheyya Vendum?”
(In Tamil; Translation of "Sri Lanka:
Can Peace Be Seized From The Jaws Of Conflict?”) Thisaigal,
December 2003.
"The
Maldives: On the cusp of change?" National Review,
Vol. 2, No. 9, September 2004.
"Stirrings
of change in Maldives," Deccan Herald, October 24,
2004.
Subconsciously,
Self-consciously Subcontinental
The Swarna Rajagopalan Column on Indogram.com
Selected Links
Towards
the turning of the tide
A
Report Card for March 8th 2005
A
Season of Political Change in South Asia
Part
I: Nepal
Part
II: Bhutan
Part
III: Maldives
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Ruminations
Ruminations
on Morality, Ethics and International Relations
Insider
/ Outsider: Incomplete Reflections
The
Semester of September 11th
Understanding
Security
At
Bottom, A Simple Choice: Means or Ends?
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