Visiting Fellowships

The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses offers opportunities for scholars based in other countries and institutions to carry out research at IDSA.

Visiting Fellowships for International Scholars enables scholars to conduct research on topics of special interest to India.

Visiting Fellowships for SAARC Countries provides an opportunity to interact with India’s research community and to pursue research on regional and international security issues.

Current Visiting Fellows

• Senge H. Sering, New York, USA
• Melanie Hanif, Research Fellow, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Germany
• Lukhimai Louise Linnebank
• Lt. Col. Peter Garretson, CFR Fellow, Chief, Future Science and Technology Exploration, U.S. Air Force
• ISHIDA Yasuyuki, Imaizumidai, Kamakura, Kanagawa (Japan)

Previous Visiting Fellows

• Antoine Levesques, Researcher, IISS, London (Sep-Dec 2009)
• Max Singer, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute in the U.S. and at the BESA Institute of Bar Ilan University in Israel (Nov 2009-Jan 2010)
• Sandy Gordon, Centre of Excellence in Policing And Security, Australian National University (Oct-Nov 2009)
• Swadesh M Rana, Former Chief, Conventional Arms Branch Department of Disarmament Affairs, United Nations & Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute, New York (Sep 2009-Feb 2010)
• Patrick Bratton, Assistant Professor of Pol. Science, College of International Studies, Hawai’i Pacific University (Sep-Nov 2009)
• Tomoko Kiyota, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Takushoku University, Japan (Jul 2009- Jan 2010)
• Marie Christine Boilard, Institute for History and Area Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark (May-Sep 2009)
• Dr. Nisha Sahai Achuthan, Southampton, NY (Jan-Jun 2009)
• Christopher Clary, CFR Fellow, Country Director for Sri Lanka, Maldives and India, OSD, USA (Jan-Aug 2009)
• Prof. Steve Hoffman, Department of Government, Skidmore College, NY (Jan-Mar 2009)
• Yong-Bin Lee, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea (Mar-Jun 2009)
• Guillem Monsonis, French Institute of Geopolitics, France (Dec 2008 - Apr 2009)
• Prakarsh Singh, London School of Economics (Jul - Aug 2008)
• Hayoun Ryou, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul, ROK (Oct 2007 - Feb 2008)
• Ryan Clarke, Centre for International Studies, University of Cambridge (Oct - Dec 2007)