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Apr 13 2026
Thinking GlobalThis week on the Thinking Global Podcast, Professor T.V. Paul chats with Dr. Tusharika Deka (@Tusharika24) in this first episode of two about his journey into academia, international security, Asian regional security, Indian foreign policy, and much more.
Professor T.V. Paul(@tvpaul1) is Distinguished James McGill Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal, Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He served as the President of International Studies Association (ISA) for 2016-17. He is the Founding Director of the Global Research Network on Peaceful Change (GRENPEC) and a Distinguished Scholar at Asia-Pacific Foundation, Canada.
Paul is the author or editor of 24 books, co-editor of 6 special journal issues, and author of over 90 scholarly articles/book chapters in the fields of International Relations, Peace & Peaceful Change, International Security, and South Asia. He is the author of the books:The Unfinished Quest: Indias Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi(Oxford University Press, 2024); Restraining Great Powers: Soft Balancing from Empires to the Global Era (Yale University Press, 2018);The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World(Oxford University Press, 2013);Asymmetric Conflicts: War Initiation by Weaker Powers(Cambridge University Press, 1994).He is the lead editor of theOxford Handbook of Peaceful Change in International Relations(Oxford University Press, 2021). Paul currently serves as the editor of the Georgetown University Press book series: South Asia in World Affairs. The awards he has received include: the inaugural Kim Dae-jung Award by the International Political Science Association (IPSA), 2025 (named after former South Korean President and Nobel Laureate for Peace); the 2024 International Studies Association (ISA)-Canada Distinguished Scholar Award and the 2025 International Security Studies Section Distinguished Scholar Award.
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