Pratnashree Basu

Pratnashree Basu is an Associate Fellow with the Strategic Studies Programme. She covers the Indo-Pacific region, with a focus on Japan’s role in the region. Her work also covers maritime geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific, with a particular emphasis on the East and South China Seas. Her research explores the geostrategic dimensions of a rules-based maritime order as well as maritime law and governance.

She has recently completed her doctoral degree in International Relations from Jadavpur University. She is a Japan Foundation Indo-Pacific Partnership Program (JFIPP Research Fellow 2024); a Sasakawa Peace Foundation and German Marshall Fund for the US Young Strategists Forum Fellow (2025); a Fellow of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies (2021 and 2023); and a US Department of State IVLP Fellow (2017).

With a decade of policy research experience, her research has been published in books, monographs, and peer-reviewed journals. Besides her regular research at ORF, she also contributes to online and print platforms like The Hindu Business Line, The Lowy Interpreter, The Hindu, 9DashLine, The Diplomat, and East Asia Forum, among others.

• Associate Fellow, Indo-Pacific | Strategic Studies Programme and the Centre for New Economic Diplomacy