Ashok Sharma

Current Position/Affiliation:

Visiting Fellow, The University of New South Wales, Canberra at The Australian Defence Force Academy

Adjunct Associate Professor, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra

Academic Fellow, the Australia-India institute, the University of Melbourne

Visiting Fellow, Strategic & Defence Studies Centre, Coral Bell School of Asia-Pacific Affairs, The Australian National University

Deputy Chair, New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, Auckland

Research Interests
International Relations, Global Security and Asia-Pacific /Indo-Pacific Security: With a focus on ethnic lobbying in US foreign policy; great power geopolitics with a focus on U.S.-China-India relations; US-India foreign, defence, and security policy in the South Asian and Asia-Pacific security dynamics; Quadrilateral Alliance in the Asia-Pacific region; India's domestic politics, foreign and defence policy; India’s relationship with Australia and New Zealand; international security and conflict with emphasis on terrorism, nuclear issue and energy security.

Authored Books (Published):

India’s Pursuit of Energy Security: Domestic Measures, Foreign Policy and Geopolitics
(SAGE Publications, 2019)
https://au.sagepub.com/en-gb/oce/india’s-pursuit-of-energy-security/book269889

Indian Lobbying and its Influence in US Decision Making: Post-Cold War( Sage Publications, 2017)
https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/indian-lobbying-and-its-influence-in-us-decision-making/book257644#reviews

Ashok's current book projects include:

India-US Strategic Partnership in the 21st Century

India’s Web of Allies: Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War

Teaching
@ The University of Auckland, Politics and International Relations,
2012-2014
Post-Graduate Courses
Great Power Relations (POL751)
Critical Issues in International Security (POL754)

Under-Graduate Course
International Security and Conflict (POL327)

@ Royal New Zealand Defence Force 2012-2014
International Relations and International Security at BA and Masters level training courses

@Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), University of New South Wales, Canberra (2016 onwards)
The Executive and Professional Development Courses International Relations and Security/India's Foreign and Security Policy

@ Australian National University, National Security College (2016) Occasional Guest Lecture for India Series Lecture on Indian Foreign Policy and Indo-Pacific Security
2020 onwards for Coral Bell School of Asia-Pacific Affairs/Australian Defence College