Dr Rajat Ganguly

MA ( Jadavpur), MA (Tulane), PhD (Tulane)

Rajat Ganguly is a Senior Lecturer in the Politics and International Studies Programme of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Murdoch University. He has written widely on ethnic conflict and South Asian politics and security. His current research projects focus on insurgency movements and counterinsurgency operations, ethnic secession in world politics, military and non-military approaches to conflict management, and the politics, foreign policy and security of South Asian states particularly India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. His recent publications include articles in Small Wars and Insurgencies (2007), Nationalism and Ethnic Politics (2005), Third World Quarterly (2004), and Asian Studies Review (2001). He is also the author of Secession in World Politics: Contemporary Dilemmas (forthcoming), Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in India (forthcoming), Dictionary of Ethnic Conflict (forthcoming), and Kin State Intervention in Ethnic Conflicts: Lessons from South Asia (Sage 1998); co-author of Understanding Ethnic Conflict: The International Dimension (Longman 2006, 2002, 1998) and Ethnicity and Nation-Building in South Asia, Revised Edition (Sage 2001); and co-editor of Ethnic Conflict and Secessionism in South and Southeast Asia: Causes, Dynamics, Solutions (Sage 2003). He has contributed several book chapters and serves as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of South Asian Development, a bi-annual peer reviewed international journal published by Sage. Before coming to Murdoch, Rajat held academic positions at the University of East Anglia (UK), Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), Tulane University (US) and the University of Southern Mississippi (US).

Senior Lecturer, Politics and International Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150. Fax: (61-8) 9360 6381 Email: R.Ganguly@murdoch.edu.au