Dr Shayesta Nishat Ahmed is a Research Analyst at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. She is associated with the Defence Economics and Industry Centre. Her area of research includes defence industry and diplomacy, nuclear security, and maritime security.
Previously, she has worked as an Associate Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) and National Maritime Foundation (NMF), New Delhi. She has been a Teaching Assistant for the course on Arms Control and Disarmament Diplomacy, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and has interned at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), Sapru House, New Delhi.She has completed her PhD and M.Phil from the Centre for International Politics, Organization, Diplomacy and Disarmament (CIPOD), Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her PhD thesis is titled “Explaining the Pursuit of Sea-Based Nuclear Deterrence: Case Studies of India, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.”
Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Shayesta Nishat Ahmed’s article ‘New Frontiers in India’s Airpower Diplomacy: Exercise Tarang Shakti; has been published in the Modern Diplomacy platform on 12 December 2024....
India’s focus on building a robust semiconductor ecosystem aligns with its broader goals of fostering innovation and building resilience in supply chains.
The contemporary century’s principles and values underwent a re-evaluation in the context of the global order. The post-Cold War ideologies have shaped the unipolar international order, which is led by...
Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Shayesta Nishat Ahmed’s article ‘EU Sanctions on Russia and Their Implications for India’ has been published in the Defence and Diplomacy, Vol. 12 No....
The launch of the ADITI Scheme reflects the government’s commitment to promote innovations in defence technologies by Indian start-ups for the armed forces.
The complex triangular nuclear dynamics in the South Asian sub-continent with three nuclear weapon States—India, China and Pakistan—and the presence of two adversarial dyads (India-China, and India-Pakistan), embody the pursuit...