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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.
Commentaries
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Oct 22, 2025The new arc of India-Australia collaboration
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Aug 30, 2025The Call of Tokyo
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Aug 26, 2025India-Japan Ties — Old Partners, New Priorities
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Aug 12, 2025Shared Strategic Interests Bind Delhi and Manila
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May 03, 2025China’s strategic push — Asia ties amid tariff tensions
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Mar 21, 2025Why New Zealand Wants Better Ties With India - Despite China
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Jan 27, 2025An enduring commitment to the Indo-Pacific
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Jan 09, 2025Trump 2.0 will see stronger US security ties with India
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Oct 13, 2024At 10, the path ahead for India’s Act East policy
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Sep 15, 2024Modi 3.0 Is Leaving Nothing To Chance With Southeast Asia
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Sep 03, 2024Singapore as India's bridge to southeast Asia
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Jul 22, 2024Multilateralism key for de-risking Indo-Pacific subsea cables