
Professor Harsh V. Pant is Vice President at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. He is a Professor of International Relations with King's India Institute at King’s College London. He is also Director (Honorary) of Delhi School of Transnational Affairs at Delhi University.
Professor Pant has been a Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore; a Visiting Professor at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; a Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania; a Visiting Scholar at the Center for International Peace and Security Studies, McGill University; a Non-Resident Fellow with the Wadhwani Chair in US-India Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC; and an Emerging Leaders Fellow at the Australia-India Institute, University of Melbourne.
Professor Pant's current research is focused on Asian security issues. His most recent books include Power and Purpose: Rediscovering Indian Foreign Policy in Amrit Kaal (Rupa); India and Japan: A Natural Partnership in the Indo-Pacific (OrientBlack Swan); India, South Korea and the Asean: Middle Power Diplomacy in the indo-Pacific (Routledge); India and Global Governance: A Rising Power and Its Discontents (Routledge); Politics and Geopolitics: Decoding India’s Neighbourhood Challenge (Rupa); America and the Indo-Pacific: Trump and Beyond (Routledge); New Directions in India’s Foreign Policy: Theory and Praxis (Cambridge University Press); India’s Nuclear Policy (Oxford University Press); Handbook of Indian Defence Policy (Routledge); and India’s Afghan Muddle (HarperCollins).
Professor Pant writes regularly for various Indian and international media outlets including the Japan Times, the Wall Street Journal, the National (UAE), the Hindustan Times, and the Telegraph.
Commentaries
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Apr 11, 2026The Structural Challenge to US-Iran ceasefire
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Apr 10, 2026The US-Iran Ceasefire: A Calibrated Pause?
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Apr 08, 2026Trump vs. NATO: A Rift with Global Repercussions
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Apr 06, 2026Iran Challenges American Airpower Dominance
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Apr 06, 2026The US-Iran War: How It Is Redefining the Global Order
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Apr 04, 2026Refining the Partnership: Elbridge Colby's Pragmatism and the US-India Dynamic
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Apr 02, 2026Trump’s Domestic Signalling and Battlefield Realities
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Mar 31, 2026Pakistan: The ‘Broker’ Nation
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Mar 27, 2026Lessons from Ukraine and Iran: Adaptation Remains Key
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Mar 25, 2026The US-Iran Crisis: The Choreography of Negotiations
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Mar 24, 2026The US-Iran Crisis and Global Energy Geopolitics
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Mar 20, 2026The Power of Paradiplomacy