Visiting Fellowships

The IDSA Visiting Fellowship Program is a residential fellowship program that invites scholars working on subjects relevant to the field of international relations and area studies, or relevant themes that have a bearing on national, regional or international security. The program provides scholars the opportunity to carry out substantive research in an exciting intellectual environment.

The program runs on two tracks –

Both programs accept applications throughout the year.

Current Visiting Fellows

Previous Visiting Fellows

  • Srdjan Vucetic
  • Adrien Frossard
  • Joanna Spear
  • Sameer P Lalwani
  • Monalisa Adhikari, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
  • Ahana Banerjee
  • Joshua T White
  • Oraian Skylar Mastro
  • Manu Bhagavan
  • Samuel J. Kuruvilla
  • Raphelle Khan- London School of Economics
  • Mumin Chen
  • Amali Wedagedara- University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
  • Hannes Ebert- German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg
  • Lion Koenig- Heidelberg University, Germany
  • Nicolas Blarel- Indiana University
  • Prof. Jeffrey W. Legro- University of Virginia
  • Martin Quencez- Paris School of International Affairs of Sciences Po- Paris
  • Lou Chunhou- Department of International Politics, University of International Relations
  • Sriya Chakravarti- University of San Francisco
  • Indra Adhikari - Nepal
  • Jennifer McArdle- University of Cambridge, Queens’ College
  • Ellie B. Hearne- University of St Andrews
  • Jayita Sarkar- The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva
  • Lance Nobel- George Washington University
  • Ananya Chatterjee- University of Reading, UK
  • Bronson Percival- Centre for Strategic Studies
  • Nigel Singh- University of Oxford
  • Jivanta Schottli- Heidelberg University, Germany
  • Victoria Tuke- University of Warwick, U.K
  • Vasundhra Sirnate- University of California, Berkeley
  • Yang Xioping- Institute for Asia- Pacific Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
  • Sébastien Miraglia- Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of Defence Studies
  • Peter Maher- USA
  • Major Hemantha Dayaratne- University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
  • Prof. Sumit Ganguly- Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Prof Shen Ming-Shih- National Defense University, Taiwan
  • Mahan Abedin- London School of Economics
  • Mehmet Ozkan- Sevilla University, Spain
  • Capt Frank C van Rooyen- Staff Officer Comms. & Electronic Warfare for Chief of Naval Operation
  • Vaidyanatha Gundlupet- Harvard University
  • Constantino Xavier- John Hopkins University, Washington D.C.
  • Justine Isola- Stanford University, Stanford
  • Bilveer Singh- Australia National University
  • Iskander Rehman- Institute of Political Sciences, Paris
  • Anshu N Chatterjee- Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California
  • Darini Senanayake- Princeton University, USA
  • Dr. Chris Alden- U.K.
  • Melanie Hanif, Research Fellow, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Germany
  • Lukhimai Louise Linnebank
  • Max Singer
  • Sandy Gordon, Centre of Excellence in Policing And Security, Australian National University
  • Swadesh M Rana, Former Chief, Conventional Arms Branch Department of Disarmament Affairs, United Nations & Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute, New York
  • Antoine Levesques
  • Mayank Bubna
  • Patrick Bratton, Assistant Professor of Pol. Science, College of International Studies, Hawai’i Pacific University
  • Senge H. Sering- University of East Anglio, U.K
  • Tomoko Kiyota- Takushoku University, Tokoyo
  • Ishida Yasuyuki- Japan
  • Manjeet Pardesi
  • S. Sasikumar - Pondicherry University
  • Marie Christine Boilard- Canada
  • Yong-Bin Lee- Republic of Korea
  • Prof. Steve Hoffman- USA
  • Dr. Nisha Sahai Achuthan, Southampton, NY
  • Lt. Col. Peter Garretson- Council of Foreign Affairs
  • Christopher Clary- Assistant Secretary of Defence for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs
  • Guillem Monsonis, French Institute of Geopolitics, France
  • Saira Basit- Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, Oslo
  • Prakarsh Singh- Canada
  • Hayoun Ryou- Seoul University , Seoul
  • Ryan Clarke- University of Cambridge
  • Shantanu Chakrabarti