Mohit Musaddi
Mohit Musaddi is a Fellow at the Politeia Research Foundation (PRF). He is also the Regional Manager for Information Services for the Asia-Pacific region at SF Group, London since November 2021. At the SF Group, Mohit monitors security and risk developments across 22 countries in the region, and also piracy and other security-related incidents across the Southeast Asia maritime region.
Mohit also works as a Researcher on India-Bangladesh and India-Myanmar relations at the Institute of Social and Cultural Studies (ISCS) Kolkata, India. He was previously a Research Associate at the Delhi Policy Group (DPG), India from 2017-2021.
At DPG, he focused on the organisation’s BBIN and BIMSTEC projects, covered developments in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka for the monthly publication DPG India Strategic Review and was the lead research associate for the India-Japan Track 1.5 Dialogues from 2018-2020.
He has an MA in International Relations from the War Studies Department of King’s College London and a BA (Hons.) in Political Science from Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi. His MA thesis focused on the difference in narratives between the Al Jazeera Arabic and Al Jazeera English media networks in their coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Mohit’s areas of interest include developments in the Indian Foreign Policy and security and connectivity-related issues across the Indo-Pacific region. He speaks fluent English, Hindi, Bengali and Nepali.
PUBLICATIONS
- Mohit Musaddi, “Purvodaya as a Catalyst for Indo-Bangladesh Relations”, ISCS Purvodaya, Vol. I, Issue 6, September-October 2022
- Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi, “Pandemic and India-Nepal Migration”, in Ujjaini Mukhopadhyay (ed.), “Internal Migration within South Asia”, Springer, January 2022
- Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi, “View: China’s economic engagement and protests in three continents”, The Economic Times, December 24, 2021
- Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi, “In Defence of the ‘Indo-Pacific’ Concept”, ORF Issue Brief, No. 493, September 21, 2021
- Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi, “In Defence of the Indo-Pacific Concept”, in Pratnashree Basu (ed.) “Brass Tracks: Unpacking the Indo-Pacific Template”, GP-ORF Series, July 13, 2021
- Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi, “China’s South Asia Engagement Meets Popular Resistance”, Asia Times, May 26, 2021
- Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi, “Coup in Myanmar: Principal Actors and Possible Scenarios”, DPG Policy Note, Vol. VI, Issue 15, April 28, 2021
- Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi, “Déjà vu in Myanmar”, DPG Policy Report, March 29, 2021
- Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi, “Chinese Firewalls and Myanmar’s Transition”, Asia Times, March 5, 2021
- Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi, “Bangladesh Poised as Bridge Between South, SE Asia”, Asia Times, January 29, 2021
- Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi, “When Politics at Home Impacts Foreign Policy”, The Statesman, January 14, 2021
- Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi, “Myanmar Elections 2020: An Analysis”, DPG Report, Vol. V, Issue 40, December 2, 2020
- Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi, “China-Nepal Territorial Tensions: Lessons From History”, 9 Dash Line, November 16, 2020
- Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi, “The Ups and Downs of Quest for Stronger India-Russia Ties”, Asia Times, September 8, 2020
- Mohit Musaddi, “EU-China and EU-India Virtual Summits: An Appraisal”, DPG Policy Brief, Vol. V, Issue 29, August 6, 2020
- Mohit Musaddi and Sanjay Pulipaka, “Australia-India Relations: Navigating Dichotomy”, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, July 30, 2020
- Mohit Musaddi and Sanjay Pulipaka, “Virtual Diplomacy in Pandemic Times”, DPG Policy Brief, Vol. V, Issue 19, May 12, 2020
- Mohit Musaddi and Brig. Arun Sahgal, “COVID-19 Response: Beijing Consensus versus New Delhi Model”, DPG Policy Brief, Vol. V, Issue 13, April 21, 2020
- Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi, “India and the US: A Growing Engagement”, DPG Policy Note, Vol. V, Issue 7, March 5, 2020
- Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi, “Power Shifts and re-calibrations: India and the Gulf”, Economic Times Commentary, February 14, 2020
- Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi, “China and Myanmar: A Deepening Relationship”, DPG Policy Brief, Vol. V, Issue 4, January 22, 2020
- Mohit Musaddi and Ishita Singh, “The US Indo-Pacific Strategy Report”, DPG Policy Brief, Vol. IV, Issue 14, June 26, 2019
- Mohit Musaddi and Gopika Shinghal, “India’s 17th Lok Sabha Elections”, DPG Event Brief, Vol. IV, Issue 11, May 29, 2019
- Mohit Musaddi, “ISIS: Past, Present and Future”, DPG Policy Brief, Vol. IV, Issue 8, May 9, 2019
- Amb. Biren Nanda, Mohit Musaddi and Gopika Shinghal, “Advancing BIMSTEC Cooperation: Action Plans and Recommendations for Policy Makers”, DPG Conference Report, September 17, 2018
- Mohit Musaddi, “Outcomes of the BIMSTEC Summit”, DPG Regional Brief, Vol. III, Issue 16, September 14, 2018
- Mohit Musaddi, “Prospects for BIMSTEC Cooperation”, DPG Event Brief, Vol. III, Issue 13, August 21, 2018
- Mohit Musaddi, “Reversal of Democracy in Bangladesh”, South Asia Journal, June 29, 2018
- Mohit Musaddi, “Insurgency in Southern Thailand”, DPG Brief, Vol. II, Issue 11, November 9, 2017
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