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Prof. Satish Kumar (30 May 1933 - 29 April 2021) was an Indian scholar of International Relations and Professor of Diplomacy at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (1983-98). His domain of work encompassed policy research on India’s relations with its strategic neighbourhood called the Southern Asian region, with special focus on India-Pakistan relations as well as India’s National Security. He edited an annual volume on the same since 2001 and introduced for the first time, a National Power Index charting the national power of leading countries from the 2002 volume. He was Director, Foundation for National Security Research (fnsr) a New Delhi based think tank, at the time of his death. CAREER: Scholar and educator. Indian School of International Studies, New Delhi, Assistant Professor of South Asian Studies, 1961-67; Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, Senior Research Officer on Pakistan, 1967-72; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Associate Professor, 1972-83; Professor of Diplomacy, 1983-98. MEMBER: World Association of World Federalists (Chairman of executive committee), International Political Science Association, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, Authors Guild of India, Indian Council of World Affairs, India International Centre. CAREER DETAILS

Prof. Satish Kumar was Director, Foundation for National Security Research (website url) and Editor-in-Chief, India’s National Security Annual Review. He was Professor of Diplomacy at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (1983-98). He held several distinguished positions, including Distinguished Fellow, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi; Counselor of International Relations, Academy for World Watch, Shanghai (2006-2008, 2011-13); the MEA Chair, United Service Institution of India, New Delhi(1998-99); the India Chair, University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent(1996-98); Visiting Professor in International Relations, University of Turin, Italy; Visiting Fellow, Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley (1978); Visiting Fellow, School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C. (1978); and Director, Indian Foreign Service Probationers Training Course conducted by the School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi (1972-82). Prof. Kumar participated in international conferences in Brazil, Switzerland, Denmark, US, Norway and Yugoslavia. He was also a columnist for Hindustan Times (1971-77); Chairman, World Federalist Movement, Amsterdam and New York (1987-93). He was a Member of the Indian delegation to the on-going India-Pakistan Track II dialogue called the “Neemrana Initiative”. He spoke regularly on issues of defence and foreign policy at National Defence College, New Delhi; Defence Services Staff College, Wellington; Army War College, Mhow. He delivered several special lectures at the Universities of Illinois, Columbia, Heidelberg, Geneva, Malta, London, Guangzhou, and at think tanks in Shanghai and Beijing. He has authored/edited over two dozen books and numerous research articles and newpaper columns.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: AUTHORED Rana Polity in Nepal, Asia (New York, NY), 1967. The New Pakistan, Vikas (New Delhi, India), 1978. CIA and the Third World: A Study in Crypto Diplomacy, Vikas (New Delhi, India), 1981. Reassessing Pakistan as A Long Term Security Threat, Centre for Policy Research (New Delhi, India), 2004. EDITED (Editor) Bangladesh Documents, Indian Ministry of External Affairs (India), Volume I, 1971, Volume II, 1972. (Editor) Documents on India's Foreign Policy, Macmillan (New York, NY), Volume I: 1972, 1975, Volume II: 1973, 1976, Volume III: 1974, 1977. (Editor) Year Book on India's Foreign Policy, 1982-1983, Sage (New Delhi, India), 1984. (Editor) The United Nations at 50: An Indian View, UBS Publishers' Distributors (New Delhi, India), 1995. Editor of India's National Security: Annual Review series, 2001, 2002, 2003,2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,2014, 2015-16, 2018 India’s National Security Annual Review 2012 India's Defence Initiatives References PM Bhutto's website, transcript of his interview with Mr. Bhutto, which is detailed in his book The New India's National Security Annual Review 2015-16, book review by Mr. S.D. Pradhan, Former Deputy National Security Advisor, in The Asian Age. The same volume, reviewed by Ms.Rina Kashyap, Head of Department, Political Science Department, Lady Sri Ram College. Book India’s national security: An integrated view