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Research Articles

Peer-Reviewed

“Culture Machine: How MetaCLIP Codifies Culture”. New Media & Society. May 2025. (with Luke Munn) https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251336429

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“The United States is a Messianic State: Rhetorical Roots in US Foreign Policy Since 1991”. Australian Journal of International Affairs. vol. 79. no. 1. January 2025. https://doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2024.2415113

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“Feeling for the Anthropocene: Affective Relations and Ecological Activism in the Global South”. International Affairs. vol. 100. no. 2. pp. 731-749. February 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae010

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“Quad and the Indo-Pacific: Examining the Balance of Interest Theory in Quad Coalition.” Strategic Analysis. vol. 46. no. 6. pp. 601-613. December 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/09700161.2022.2149981


Editor Reviewed

“The Paradox of Messiah States.” Economic & Political Weekly [engage]. vol. 57. no. 14. April 2022 (with Anurag Tripathi). https://www.epw.in/engage/article/paradox-messiah-states

“The Rise and Rise of Hindutva: Narratives, Visualised Communities, and the Hindu Nation.” Social Science Research Network. May 2020. https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3608686


Book Reviews

Review of “Sovereign Attachments by Shenila Khoja-Moolji”. Adelaide Journal of Social Sciences. vol. 3. no. 1. pp. 1-5. June 2024. https://able.adelaide.edu.au/socialsciences/ua/media/389/ajss-2024-01-badri.pdf

Review of “International Theory at the Margins: Neglected Essays, Recurring Themes by Nicholas Onuf.” International Affairs. vol. 100. no. 1. pp. 407-8. January 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad303

Review of “Collective Memory in International Relationsby Kathrin Bachleitner.” International Studies Review. vol. 25. no. 4. December 2023.  https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viad049

Review of “Constructive Resistance: Repetitions, Emotions, and Time by Mona Lilja.” International Affairs. vol. 98. no. 5. pp. 1804-5. September 2022. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiac177


Select Commentary

“Opinion – Chipko’s Lessons for Today’s Global Environmentalism.” E-International Relations. May 2024. https://www.e-ir.info/2024/05/28/opinion-chipkos-lessons-for-todays-global-environmentalism/

“Between the two worlds of an Indian diplomat.” The Interpreter, Lowy Institute. May 2024. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/between-two-worlds-indian-diplomat/

“To help end the war in Ukraine, the Quad should back India to engage Russia.” The Interpreter, Lowy Institute. April 2023. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/help-end-war-ukraine-quad-should-back-india-engage-russia

“How did the Americans get Afghanistan Wrong?” Adarsh Badri. March 2023. https://adarshbadri.me/how-did-americans-get-afghanistan-so-wrong/

“Pandemics, Politics, and Populace: Assessing Motives of the State.” Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement. April 2020. https://niice.org.np/archives/4172

“A Short History of the Tension Between India and Pakistan.” Youth Ki Awaaz. October 2016. https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2016/10/history-of-tension-between-india-pakistan