On this week's episode of the Thinking Global Podcast, Dr. Astha Chadha chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and co-host, Jude Yeo, about her article that won the 2025 E-International Relations Article Award: ‘The Ghost of Gandhi: A Hauntological Approach to Truth and Non-Violence’ Non-Western Global IR, and much more.
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Dr. Astha Chadha is an Associate Professor of International Relations at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, and an invited lecturer at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu. She is currently a Communications Officer at Religion and IR Section (REL) of International Studies Association (ISA), Researcher at Democracy Promotion Center, Beppu and Women Peace and Security (WPS) fellow at Pacific Forum, Hawaii. She publishes on India-Japan relations, South Asian security, Indo-Pacific affairs, and religion in world politics. She is the author of Faith and Politics in South Asia (Routledge: 2024).
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