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Dhritiman Mukherjee
He is currently pursuing Ph.D. at the Department of Political Science in Presidency University, Kolkata.

He is currently pursuing Ph.D. at the Department of Political Science in Presidency University, Kolkata.

Contributions 
Pompeo’s Balakot Claim and the Need to Adopt a Nuanced Understanding of Indo-Pak Deterrence Relationship
February 03, 2023 Dhritiman Mukherjee
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent claim that India and Pakistan were on the brink of a nuclear war after India conducted the Balakot airstrike in February 2019 has rekindled fears over the fragile state of deterrence relationship be...

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Article, Crises, nuclear deterrence, stability, neutrality, Mediation
Remembering Kargil: How it Redefined the Concept of War between India and Pakistan
July 29, 2022 Dhritiman Mukherjee
Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated every 26th of July to commemorate the valour and sacrifice of our soldiers who fought in the Kargil war of 1999. The war was fought by Indian soldiers in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir, now situated in Lada...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Neighbourhood Studies, Defence, Pakistan, Article, India, Pakistan, Kargil, nuclear deterrence
Book Published / Book Reviews 
The India-Pakistan Sub-Conventional War: Democracy and Peace in South Asia. Sanjeev Kumar H.M. 2022. Sage, New Delhi. Pp. 202. ISBN No: 978- 93-5479-420-9. Price- 1095 INR
September 05, 2022 Dhritiman Mukherjee
The most significant claim made by the enthusiasts of democratic peace theory like Francis Fukuyama and Michael Doyle is that democratic countries avoid going to war with each other as they tend to solve disputes peacefully via mutual negotiations. F...

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, democracy, USA, South Asia, Book Reviews, neighbour- India
‘India’s Pakistan Policy: How Think Tanks Are Shaping Foreign Relations’ by Stuti Bhatnagar; UK, Routledge; 2021, INR-695, ISBN No- 978-0-367-33475-8; pp. 167
July 07, 2022 Dhritiman Mukherjee
The existing literature on Indian foreign policy making process has largely focussed on the formal bureaucratic structures that are responsible for policy making. The contribution of non-state actors to policy making in India hasn’t attracted much ...

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Book Reviews, policy making, Think Tanks, Foreign Relations
Bangladesh War: Report from Ground Zero, MANASH GHOSH, Niyogi Books Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, INR-695, ISBN No- 978-93-91125-37-0, 2021, Pages- 220
April 13, 2022 Dhritiman Mukherjee
Manash Ghosh’s Bangladesh War: Report From Ground Zero offers a gripping narrative of the events that occurred during the liberation war of Bangladesh or Muktijuddho in 1971. The book written in lucid language is one of its kinds when it com...

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, Bangladesh, Pakistan Army, Book Reviews, East Bengal, Bangladesh War, 1970
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