Publications

I have published extensively on topics in international relations, with a particular focus on NATO institutions and South Asian and Canadian strategic theory. I also write on national security, law, culture, sport, and politics.


International Law

“Reassuring the Inviolability of Diplomatic Premises: Worrying Trends from Ecuador to Syria”, for Opinio Juris (May 2024)


National Security

“‘Like the Fox Guarding the Henhouse’: The Gradual Cession of Parliamentary Authority over National Security Affairs in the Post-ATA Era”, for the Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law (November 2024)


Canada and NATO

“Investing in Ukrainian victory is an investment in world peace”, for The Line (February 2024)

“Canada needs an integrated economic-security strategy”, for Policy Options (November 2023)

“Canada’s Potential for Leadership in the Post-War Reconstruction of Ukraine”, for the Network for Strategic Analysis (November 2022)

“How a Canadian Veterans Group Evacuated Over 3000 At-Risk Civilians from Afghanistan and Ukraine”, for the Policy Insights Forum (August 2022)

“Managerial Technicalism: The Evolving Nature of Canadian Decision Making in the Afghanistan War, 2001–2014”, for the U.S Air University’s Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs (August 2021)

“The North Atlantic Triangle in the Age of Trump and Brexit”, for the NATO Association of Canada (August 2019)

“NATO Defence Ministerial – Infographic”, produced for the NATO Association of Canada (June 2019)

“Canadian Armed Forces Operations in the Americas – Infographic”, produced for the NATO Association of Canada (June 2019)

“A Conversation with a Member of the Canadian Reserves”, for the NATO Association of Canada (June 2019)

“Canada, NATO, and the ‘Dumbbell’ Concept”, for the NATO Association of Canada (May 2019)


South Asia

“Does India Need a New Parliament and Buildings for Ministries as Proposed by the Government?”, for Global Order (January 2021)

“Towards ‘Flexible’ Power: Yoga as a Tool of Indian Foreign Policy, Public Diplomacy, and Soft Power”, for Law & Order (September 2020)

“The Ordering and Reordering of Empire in Lutyens’ Imagining of Delhi”, reprinted in Synergy: The Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies’ 2019-2020 annual publication (August 2020)

“Fear and Loathing Along the Line of Actual Control”, for the Columbia SIPA Journal of International Affairs (August 2020)

“Class, Education, and Culture in Irrfan Khan’s Cinematic India – an Examination of Hindi Medium and Angrezi Medium”, for Films with a Cause (July 2020)

“Interpreting the 1971 Indo-Soviet Cooperation Treaty as a Turning Point in South Asian Strategic History”, with Synergy: The Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies (May 2020)

“The Ordering and Reordering of Empire in Lutyens’ Imagining of Delhi”, winning submission for the 2020 Arthur Irwin Prize at the value of $1000 CAD, originally published with Synergy: The Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies (February 2020)

“Diaspora Diplomacy: India’s Global People Power As An Asset of Its National Strategy”, for the NATO Association of Canada (October 2019)

“Special Report: The Three Bangles of Indian Strategy”, original theory first published with the NATO Association of Canada (July 2019)

“Special Report – Between Sattva and Tamas: Observing Recent Trends in Indian Grand Strategy”, for the NATO Association of Canada (July 2019)

“Tiger’s Echo: What do Last Week’s Easter Attacks Mean for Sri Lanka?”, for the NATO Association of Canada (May 2019)


Tibet

“The Snow Lion and the Lynx: Canada’s Early Tibet Policy, 1944-1951”, for The Tibet Journal (January 2023)

“Determining the Status of Tibet Under the Covenants of International Law”, for the Tibet Policy Journal (January 2022)

“Has the Canadian government turned its back on the Tibetan cause?”, for The Hill Times (July 2021)

“For Tibetans, Don’t Let It Be the ‘Genocide Olympics’ All Over Again”, for the Inside Policy platform hosted by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (March 2021)

“Canada Tibet Committee Hosts Virtual Roundtable with Former Canadian Ambassador to China”, for the Canada Tibet Committee (March 2021)

“Canadian Leader of the Opposition Voices Support on Occasion of 62nd Tibetan National Uprising Day”, for the Canada Tibet Committee (March 2021)

“Tibet group writes to Canadian Foreign Minister amid worsening rights situation in Tibet”, for the Canada Tibet Committee (February 2021)

“The Government of Canada shares its current reading of the situation in Tibet”, for the Canada Tibet Committee (November 2020)


International Relations and History

“Comparing Civilization-State Models: China, Russia, India”, for the U.S Air University’s Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs (June 2021)

“Matters of Intention vs. Implementation in Constructing a Global Human Rights Agenda”, for POLIS (May 2021)

“A Reverse Primakov Doctrine?”, for the Sigma Iota Rho Journal of International Relations (March 2021)

“Special Report: The Id, Individuality, and the Genesis of National Foreign Policy”, for the NATO Association of Canada. Reprinted with alterations in The Attaché Journal of International Affairs (February 2021)

“Unstable Structures: Understanding the Decline of Détente”, in the Southern California International Review (July 2020)

“In Review: Space Force – a Comedy for the Multiplex Era”, for the NATO Association of Canada (June 2020)

“Exploring the Possibility of Mexican Membership in NATO”, for the NATO Association of Canada (May 2019)

“Destiny and Demography: A Structural Analysis of Japanese Actions at Pearl Harbor”, noteworthy essay for the Mackenzie Institute’s ‘Langley Hope Academic Excellence in Security and Defence Commentary Award Programme’ (Nov. 2018)


Politics

“How Do We Move Past ‘Hyperpartisanship’? Exiting the Echo Chamber is a Good Start”, for iAffairs Canada (May 2021)


Religion

“Gandhi and the Gita: Interpretations of Karma-Yoga, the Science of Action”, for the North American Hindu Students Council (November 2020)


Cricket

“What Kohli’s Test Captaincy Meant for India”, for The Daily Star (January 2022)

“The Indian Premier League and the Indianizing Effects of Franchise Cricket”, for the South Asian Voices platform hosted by the Stimson Center (February 2021)

“Mapping Cricket: A Game of Empire”, ArcGIS project for HIS389 (April 2020)

“From Kabul to London: The Meteoric Rise of Afghan Cricket”, for the NATO Association of Canada (June 2019)


Student Politics

“Before changing world politics, let’s change student politics”, co-written for The Varsity comment section (March 2019)

“Is $280 per semester a good deal?”, contributed for The Varsity comment section (March 2018)

Anvesh Jain

Anvesh Jain is a licensing candidate with the Law Society of Ontario.

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