Chietigj Bajpaee

Prior to his doctoral studies, Chietigj worked with several political risk consultancies and public policy think-tanks. He was a senior analyst in the Global Risk Analysis department at Control Risks, a London-based political and security consultancy. Before this, he was a research analyst in the Country Intelligence Group at IHS Global Insight, a macroeconomic research and forecasting company. He has also worked with the International Security and Energy programs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., and the Defence Analysis and South Asia programs at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).   

My research studies the China-India relationship in a regional context by examining the ‘securitization’ of China in ‘strategic elite’ discourse of India’s ‘Look East’ policy. My doctoral research is funded by the Joint King’s-National University of Singapore PhD studentship and aligned with the Asia Security & Warfare and Indian Security research groups.

My research interests include India and China's foreign and security policies, domestic politics in South and Northeast Asia, the domains of maritime and energy security and defence sector in Asia, insurgencies and terrorist movements in South Asia, and strategic culture and the evolution of the regional security architecture in the Asia/Indo-Pacific region.

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