M.A. (Pol Sc, DU), MPhil and PhD (Int’l Studies, JNU)
Post-Doc Diploma in Conflict Resolution (Upasala, Sweden)
Arms Control & Disarmament, Conflict Resolution & Peace Studies, India's Defence and Nuclear Policy, Multilateralism, Asian affairs, China's foreign and security policies, China-South Asia, China-India relations, and Emerging Powers related debates
1992-2001 Research Faculty at Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis (New Delhi)
2001- Faculty at School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ., (New Delhi)
2006- President, Association of Asian Studies (Asia-wide network)
2008- General Secretary, Indian Congress of Asian & Pacific Studies
2012-2014 – Chief Vigilance Officer, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada), June 2022-May 2023.
Asia Fellow 2001-2002; worked at School of International Studies, Beijing University
Awarded Several Visiting Professorships in China, UPEACE and other universities
2005-2008 for International Relations with Center de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi
Swaran Singh, “Cosmological foundations of ’Strategic Patience’ in Indic and Sinic Civilisations and its contemporary relevance”, China and the World (World Scientific journal 2026).
Swaran Singh, “US-China Strategic Competition in the Indo-Pacific and India’s Strategic Recalibration of its Policy Choices”, India Quarterly (ICWA 2026).
Swaran Singh, "India and the Superpowers: From Bilateral Anchors to Networked Strategic Autonomy to Visit Bharat", Revista UNISCI / UNISCI Journal, Nº 70-71 (January/Enero 2026)
Swaran Singh, "China's Anti-Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden and Beyond: Implications for India", Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Vol.33, No.1, January-April 2025, pp.73-87.
Swaran Singh,"China’s Inroads into India’s Neighbouring Island Nations: Initiatives and Implications", Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Vol. 32, No. 2, May–August 2024, 1-15
Swaran Singh, "Covid-19 and India-China Equations: Examining their Interface in the Indian Ocean Region", China Studies Journal (Vol. 15, 2021); pp. 111-132
“Quads and Triangles: Locating Japan in India’s Act East Policy”, (co-authored), Global Outlook, Vol. 1 No. 1 (Spring 2016), pp. 111-123.
"The State of Security Studies in India:Limitations and Potential", Millennial Asia, 6(2) 191–204
“Indo-US Cooperation in Countering Cyberterrorism: Challenges and Limitations” (co-authored), Strategic Analysis, Vol.38, No.5 (2-14), pp. 703-716
"No First Use as a Strategic Doctrine" in V R Raghavan (ed.), Global Nuclear Disarmament: Geopolitical Necessities, (New Delhi: Vij Books, 2012), pp. 56-71.
"Debating Multilateralism: The role of emerging powers" in Chandra Chari (ed.), Superpower Rivalry and Conflict: The long shadow of the Cold War on the twenty first century, (London: Routledge, 2010)
India and ASEAN in the Indo-Pacific: Pathways and Perils, (co-edited), (Singapore: Springer Nature, 2024)
Politics of Climate Change: Crises, Conventions and Cooperation, (co-edited), (Singapore: World Scientific 2023 announced)
China and the Indo-Pacific: Manoeuvres and Manifestations (co-edited) (New York: Plagrave, 2023 announced by publisher)
Studies of China and Chineseness since the Cultural Revolution: Vol 1 Reinterpret- ing Ideologies and Ideological Reinterpretations (co-edited) (Singapore: World Sci- entific 2022)
Multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific: Conceptual and Operational Challenges (co- edited) (London: Routledge 2022)
Revisiting Gandhi: Legacies for World Peace and National Integration (forthcoming co-edited, World Scientific, Singapore, 2021)
Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Studies of China and Chineseness: Unlearning Bina- ries, Strategizing Self (co-edited) World Scientific, Singapore, 2020)
Corridors of Engagement (New Delhi: Knowledge World Publishers, 2019),
On China By India: From Civilization to Nation State (London: Cambria Press, 2012), [Co-edited]
Emerging China: Prospects of Partnership in Asia, (New Delhi: Routledge, 2012), [Co-edited]
"Paradigm Shift in India-China Relations: From Bilateralism to Multilateralism", Journal of International Affairs (Columbia University), Vol. 64, No. 2 (Spring/Summer 2011).