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Dr. Ranjit Kumar Dhawan is an Associate Fellow in the East Asia Centre at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, India. Earlier, he taught Korean Studies at the Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. He received his Ph.D. degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in 2016, and was a Research Grantee at the Graduate School of Korean Studies, the Academy of Korean Studies, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea during 2013-14.
Dr. Dhawan was awarded Gold Prize by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, South Korea in an essay contest on “Korea’s National Image” in 2012, and received a scholarship from Asiana Airlines in 2015. He completed the “Korean Unification for Junior International Experts” programme organised by the Institute for Unification Education, Ministry of Unification, South Korea in 2015, and was awarded Grand Prize by the Ministry of Education-The Academy of Korean Studies, South Korea in an essay contest on “Understanding Korea” in 2023.
Dr. Dhawan has published research articles in several journals, including Tamkang Journal of International Affairs (Taiwan), Strategic Analysis (Routledge), Jadavpur Journal of International Relations (Sage), International Journal of Korean Unification Studies (KINU, South Korea) and The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis (KIDA, South Korea). His research interests include international relations issues related to East Asia, India’s relations with the two Koreas and the political economy of South Korea. He can be reached at rkdhawan13[at]hotmail.com