Dr Bhumitra Chakma
| Biography | Before joining the University of Hull, Bhumitra Chakma taught at the University of Dhaka and the University of Adelaide. He obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees from University of Dhaka in Bangladesh, a second Masters in International Relations at the International University of Japan, and his PhD from the University of Queensland, Australia. Bhumitra was a resident fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington DC, a visiting fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Affairs, NTU, Singapore, and a visiting scholar in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford University. He is the founder and director of South Asia Project. Chakma's latest publications include - South Asian Regionalism: The Limits of Cooperation - (Bristol University Press, 2020); (co-edited with Xiudian Dai) The Belt and Road Initiative and the Politics of Connectivity: Sino-Indian rivalry in the 21st Century (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022). He guest edited the special issue of Strategic Analysis on the theme - 'The BRI and India's Neighbourhood' - in 2019. |
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| Research Interests | The Politics of nuclear weapons - proliferation and non-proliferation, strategy, arms control and disarmament; Ethnic Studies - conflict, conflict transformation and peace-building; South Asian International Relations - foreign policies, strategic and security politics, regionalism, war and peace; International Relations Theory and Asian International Politics. |
| Scopus Author ID | 6507343739 |
| PhD Supervision Availability | Yes |
| PhD Topics | Dr Chakma welcomes applications in - Strategic and security issues - Global nuclear politics - Asia-Pacific security - South Asian international relations - South Asia's nuclear weapons, arms control and disarmament - International relations theory - Ethnicity, ethnic conflict, conflict transformation and peace building Completed PhDs - Dr Zafar Khan - Dr Yaojia Li - Dr Muzaffir Hussain Current PhD students: Mr Segbenou Mensah Boris Mr Iftekharul Islam Mr Mahmudur Rahman |