K.B. Usha | Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University

K.B. Usha

Associate Professor

Centre/School/Special Centre

Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies,

School of International Studies

Room No

008

Off. Phone

011-26704373

ushakb@mail.jnu.ac.in , ushakb@gmail.com

Personal Webpage

http://www.jnu.ac.in

Qualifications

MA (Politics and International Relations), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, 1988
M.Phil, (Soviet Studies), School of Internal Studies, JNU, New Delhi, 1992
PhD (Soviet Studies), School of Internal Studies, JNU, New Delhi, 1997

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Baltic States, Russia, international relations, energy and environmental issues, gender, globalization, social movements

Experience

13+ years (Research and Teaching)

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

1. "The Evolving Relations between India and Baltic States", Lithuanian Foreign Policy Review, (Vilnius, Lithuania) no. 27, 2012, pp. 83-109. ISSN 1392-5504

2. "India’s Foreign Policy Priorities in Central Asia", Foreign Policy Research Centre (FPRC) Journal, vol. 10 no. 2, 2012, pp. 104-122. ISSN 2277 – 2464

3. "Post war Nation Building in Afghanistan: The US Rhetoric of Women’s Liberation and Democracy", Indian Journal of Politics and International Relations, vol. 1, no. 2, July-December 2008, pp. 253-26 ISBN 0973-5011

4. "In Search of Human Security," in Random Plurals: Word, Meaning and Perspective, Ratnamuthu Sugathan and Kamal Kishor Misra, eds., (New Delhi: Anu-Anjali Publications, 2008) pp. 237-243 ISBN 978-81-906250-0-5

5. "Political Empowerment of Women in Soviet Union and Russia: Ideology and Implementation," International Studies (Sage, JNU, New Delhi), vol. 42, no. 2, April-June 2005, pp. 141-165.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

1. "Detention, Interrogation, and Torture of Terrorist Suspects", Frank Shanty ed., Counterterrorism: From Cold War to War on Terror, vol. 1: Combating Modern Terrorism (1968-2011), (Santa Barbara: Praeger: An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2012), pp.398-402.ISBN 978-1-59884-544-0

2. "Ethnic Conflicts and Human Security in South Caucasus and Caspian Region : The Case of Nagorno-Karabakh", in Paramjit S. Shai ed.,India-Eurasia with Special Focus on Caucasus (Chandigarh: Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, 2008), ISBN 8185835535

3. A Wounded Afghanistan: Communism, Fundamentalism and Democracy (Delhi: Shubhi Publications, 2004) ISBN 8182900204, 9788182900202