Nachiket Khadkiwala

Biography

Nachiket Khadkiwala has been Research Assistant in IDSA’s Africa, Latin America and UN Centre (ALACUN) since 2013. Broadly, his work revolves around the fields of International Relations; Geopolitics/Geo-economics; Foreign Policy; Security Studies; and Strategic Studies. He specialises in the geopolitics and foreign policy of Europe and the European Union, and Europe-Africa Relations with a special interest in Libya and conflicts in the Sahel region. He is involved in researching on areas of military intervention, globalization, multilateralism and global governance as well. Nachiket has an interdisciplinary background with an MA in Development Studies from B.R. Ambedkar University, Delhi, and an MPhil in European Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is a regular contributor and part of the editorial team of Africa Trends, a quarterly newsletter published by IDSA. He is a member of the International Studies Association and International Political Science Association, and has presented papersat international conferences in Europe and United States. His publications include: “The Niger Delta Avengers: A Formidable Threat,” Africa Trends, 5 (1), 2016; “China-EU Relations: Marco Polo arrives from the East?,” in China Year Book 2015: China’s Transition under Xi Jinping, Jaganath P. Panda (ed.), IDSA: New Delhi, 2016; “Need to Build an Effective Indo-German Partnership,” IDSA Comment, November 9, 2015; “Libyan Chaos reaches European shores,” Africa Trends, 4 (2), 2015; Book Review of Stefano Guzzini (eds.), The Return of Geopolitics in Europe? Social Mechanisms and Foreign Policy Identity Crises”, Strategic Analysis, 39(2), 2015, pp. 219-222; “The Limits of French Military Intervention in Mali,” Africa Trends, 3 (2), 2014.

Research Interest

International Relations; Geopolitics/Geo-economics; Foreign Policy; Security Studies; and Strategic Studies