M. S. Prathibha
Associate Fellow
Defence studies and analyses
Institute for Defence studies and Analyses
India
Biography
Joined IDSA December 2013 Area of Interest China and Nuclear Order, Chinese Views on War and Strategy, Strategic Force Modernisation, China and World Order, China-US, India Relations, Chinese Social and Cultural Politics, Security Dynamics in East Asia, Chinese Civilisation and Philosophy. Current Projects Missile Defence and China Education PhD (2016): China’s Nuclear Policy and Strategic Conduct, 1992-2008, Chinese Studies Division, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Senior Scholar (2011): Political Theory, School of Political Science and International Studies, Beijing Normal University. Senior Scholar (2010): Chinese Language, School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University MPhil (2008): Missile Defence and China’s Strategic Force Modernisation, Chinese Studies, Division, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. MA (2006): International Studies, Stella Maris College, Chennai BSc (2004): Mathematics, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai Scholarship/Fellowship Dr M S Prathibha was a recipient of China Government Scholarship and Ministry of Human Resource Department (India) scholarship to China from 2009 to 2011. She has also conducted field trip through the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) grant to China from March to May 2015.
Research Interest
China and Nuclear Order, Chinese Views on War and Strategy, Strategic Force Modernisation, China and World Order, China-US, India Relations, Chinese Social and Cultural Politics, Security Dynamics in East Asia, Chinese Civilisation and Philosophy.
Publications
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M. S. Prathibha (2017), "Kautilya and Sun Zi: Comparative Philosophical Analyses", in Michael Liebig and Saurabh Mishra (eds.), The ArthaÅ›Ästra in a Transcultural Perspective: Comparing Kautilya with Sun-Zi, Nizam al-Mulk, Barani and Machiavelli, New Delhi, IDSA, Pentagon Press, 2017