Ashok Sharma

Adjunct Faculty, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra Fellow, New Zealand-India Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington Deputy Chair, New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, Auckland Branch Fellow, Australia-India Institute, The University of Melbourne Research Interests Ethnic lobbying in US foreign policy, US foreign policy towards India and South Asia, Indian foreign and defence policy, India's relationship with Australia and New Zealand, Indian domestic politics, great power politics, Asia-Pacific/Indo-Pacific security, international security with emphasis on terrorism, nuclear issues and energy security. Book Projects: Indian Lobbying and its Influence in US Decision Making: Post-Cold War(New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2017) https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/indian-lobbying-and-its-influence-in-us-decision-making/book257644#reviews Ashok's current book projects include: India’s Energy Security: The Domestic Approach, Foreign Policy Priority and Geo-Politics Dimension (Work in progress) India-US Strategic Partnership in the 21st Century (Work in progress). Teaching @ The University of Auckland, Politics and International Relations, 2012-2014 Post-Graduate Courses Great Power Relations (POL751) Critical Issues in international Security (POL754) Under-Graduate Course International Security and Conflict (POL327) @ Royal New Zealand Defence Force 2012-2014 International Relations and International Security at BA and Masters level training courses @Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), University of New South Wales, Canberra (2016 onwards) The Executive and Professional Development Courses International Relations and Security/India's Foreign and Security Policy @ Australian National University, National Security College (2016 onwards) Occasional Guest Lecture for India Series Lecture on Indian Foreign Policy and Indo-Pacific Security