Faculty
Mahesh Shankar
Associate Professor of International Affairs
Office: Palamountain 264
Phone: 518-580-8426
Email: mshankar@skidmore.edu
Education:
- Ph.D. in Political Science, McGill University
- M.A. International Relations, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
- B.A. (Honours) English, Delhi University, India
Current courses:
- IA 101: Introduction to International Affairs
- IA 201: Research methods in International Affairs
- IA 376: IA Senior Capstone
- IA 351: Asian International Affairs
- IA 351: Causes of War, Paths to Peace
- MB 351: Examining the Asian Growth Story
Teaching and research interests:
- Asian international affairs
- Asian political economy
- Chinese and Indian security and foreign policies
- War and peace in world politics
Publications:
- "Power, threat, and Chinese assertiveness on the Sino鈥揑ndian border," India Review, vol. 23, no. 5, 2024, 459-469.
- "The reputational bases of India鈥檚 China policy: the forward policy and beyond,鈥� India Review, vol. 18, no. 5, 2019, 520-533.
- 鈥淭he Evolution of the India-Pakistan Rivalry,鈥� chapter in Sumit Ganguly and Frank O鈥橠onnell ed. The Routledge Handbook of the International Relations of South Asia (New York, NY: Routledge, 2022)
- Book: The Reputational Imperative: Nehru鈥檚 India in Territorial Conflict (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2018)
- 鈥淭erritory and the Sino-Indian Competition,鈥� chapter in T.V. Paul ed. Rethinking Sino-Indian Rivalry in the Globalization Era (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2018)
- Nehru's Legacy in Kashmir: Why a Plebiscite Never Happened,鈥� India Review, vol. 15, no. 1, 2016, 1-21.
- Nuclear Doctrines and Stable Strategic Relationships: The Case of South Asia,鈥� International Affairs, vol. 92, no. 1, 2016, 1-20. (with T.V. Paul).
- 鈥淪howing Character: Reputation and the Sino-India Dispute, 1957-1962,鈥� Asian Security, vol. 11 (2), Summer 2015, 99-115.
- 鈥淚ndia and the US 鈥榩ivot鈥� to Asia: Convergence without change,鈥� in William Tow and Douglas Stuart eds. The New US Strategy Towards Asia: Adapting to the American Pivot (London: Routledge, 2015), 184-200.
- 鈥淪tatus Accommodation through Institutional Means: India鈥檚 Rise and the Global Order,鈥� in T.V. Paul, Deborah Larson, and William C. Wohlforth, eds., Status in World Politics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014), 165-191. (with T.V. Paul).
- 鈥淔oreign Policy Making in India: Looking for Theoretical Explanations,鈥� in Amitabh Mattoo and Happymon Jacob, eds., Shaping India's Foreign Policy: People, Politics and Places (New Delhi: Har Anand Publishers, 2010), 46-77. (with T.V. Paul).
- 鈥淲hy the US-India Nuclear Accord is a Good Deal,鈥� Survival 49 (4), 111-22. (with T.V. Paul).