Biography/ Background
Research Interests
Publications
Media Expertise

Dr Priya Chacko

Telephone	+61 8 8313 5088
Position	Lecturer
Email	priya.chacko@adelaide.edu.au
Fax	+61 8 8313 3443
Building	Napier Building
Floor/Room	3 09
Campus	North Terrace
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Biography/ Background

Priya Chacko is a Lecturer in International Politics in the School of History and Politics. She completed her BA (Hons)(First Class) at the University of Queensland and her PhD at the University of Adelaide. Prior to returning to Adelaide, she held teaching/research positions at universities in New Zealand and South Africa.

Research Interests

Identity and foreign policy in India
India and global governance
India's engagement in Africa
Constructivism and postcolonialism in International Relations
Non-Western thought in International Relations
The domestic and international politics of South Asia

Publications

Indian Foreign Policy: The Politics of Postcolonial Identity from 1947 to 2004, London and New York: Routledge (2012)

'IBSA in the Foreign Policy of a Rising India', in Patel, S. and Uys, T. (eds), Legacies, Identities and Dilemmas: Understanding Contemporary India and South Africa, New Delhi: Routledge, 2012

'The Internationalist Nationalist: Pursuing an Ethical Modernity with Jawaharlal Nehru', in Shilliam, R. (ed.) International Relations and Non-Western Thought: Imperialism, Colonialism and Investigations of Global Modernity, London & New York: Routledge, 2011

'The search for a scientific temper: nuclear technology and the ambivalence of India’s postcolonial modernity', Review of International Studies, 37: 185-208, 2011

‘Culture and Politics in an Age of Global Media: The Impact of Satellite Television and the Internet in India’ Flinders Journal of History and Politics, 22: 110-123, 2001/2

Expertise for Media Contact

Categories	International relations
Expertise	India; South Asia; foreign policy

Entry last updated: Sunday, 20 May 2012

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