Saurabh Mishra

The emergence of the AU as a player in maintenance of peace and security should
not mean prioritising regionalism over the true spirit of internationalism that the
UN ought to represent. This may need a reform or two on both sides.

• Saurabh Mishra |
• July-September 2015 |
• Africa Trends

Essentially local Islamist extremist groups such as the Boko Haram, which thrive on the domestic social and economic deprivations, seem to be moving towards collaboration with international Islamist groups. This phenomenon is not new, considering the links of Somali groups with the Al-Qaeda.

• Saurabh Mishra |
• October-December 2014 |
• Africa Trends

Boko Haram has recently emerged as one of the deadliest and most brutal terrorist groups with links to the global jihadi movement. The group is grounded in a region where it can tap into ethnic ties and take advantage of weak security environment, generic condition of lawlessness and socio-economic marginalization.

• Nachiket Khadkiwala, Saurabh Mishra |
• July 10, 2014 |
• Backgrounder

• Saurabh Mishra |
• January-June 2014 |
• CBW Magazine

The vote reflected a geopolitical contest wherein the West still has considerable influence and the Chinese influence is on the rise. The discussion and the voting pattern of the African countries also revealed their deep sense of resentment at the West for using the issue of human rights as an excuse against them.

• Saurabh Mishra |
• January-March 2014 |
• Africa Trends

Uhuru Kenyatta's election as the president of Kenya is important both with respect to the Kenyan internal politics and the larger implications for the legal regime of the International Criminal Court. It remains to be seen that who will bring justice to the families of the dead and displaced after the 2007-08 post election violence.

• Saurabh Mishra |
• September 2013 |
• Africa Trends

The book is based on the premise that ‘fundamentalism’ that gives an impression of antiquity is a modern phenomenon and ‘relatively a recent thing’ (p. 17). It explains fundamentalism as a powerful reaction against modernity that has brought unprecedented linear transformations in the economic, political, scientific and educational spheres undermining the influence of tradition and religion over the past couple of centuries. Fundamentalism is an endeavour to reverse the ‘negative side’ of modernity

• Saurabh Mishra |
• July 2013 |
• Strategic Analysis

Though its goal of securing a permanent seat in the Council during the 2011-12 term was ambitious, the efforts that it put in over the last two years were steered in that direction and have yielded favourable results.

• Saurabh Mishra, Keerthi Sampath Kumar |
• March 08, 2013 |
• Issue Brief

There have been several accounts of India's engagement with the United Nations but this book focuses particularly on the idea of One World, something greater than the UN. The need for a potent peace constituency amidst the increasing number of conflict zones with transnational and global impacts bolsters the rationale for an efficient global governing body, One World reified. The book has six chapters with a short prologue and epilogue. Manu Bhagavan presents a fine historical account of India's efforts for One World.

• Saurabh Mishra |
• January 2013 |
• Strategic Analysis

There is a collective international effort to bring about stability, but its history with its neighbours and divisions within may haunt Somalia's future.

• Saurabh Mishra |
• December 2012 |
• Africa Trends