AEC2019: Dr. Rahul Mishra

Dr Rahul Mishra is a Senior Lecturer, and coordinator, International Master’s in European Regional Integration (IMERI) Programme at the Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. He is also the Coordinator, Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence (2019-2020).

Prior to joining the AEI, he was a Consultant with the Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. Dr Mishra worked with the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), a Delhi-based think-tank as a Research Fellow for more than four years.

Recipient of the 2015 Asia Fellowship of the East-West Center in Washington D.C., Dr Mishra was a Researcher at Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi for more than four years. In 2012-13, Dr Mishra was a Visiting Research Fellow at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). Prior to that, he was affiliated with National University of Singapore. He has been a recipient of the Australian and South Korean government fellowships also.

Dr. Mishra specialises on politico-security affairs of the Southeast Asian region, major power relations in Asia, regionalism, and emerging constructs- Indo-Pacific & the Belt and Road initiative. He takes a keen interest in global IR approaches. His latest publications include India’s Eastward Engagement - From Antiquity to Act East policy (Co-authored with Prof. S.D. Muni, Sage Publications, 2019).