Happymon Jacob

Associate Professor Happymon Jacob is affiliated with the School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). He is a renowned expert on India's foreign policy, disarmament, and India-Pakistan relations, with a focus on strategic and defense research. As founder and director of the Council for Strategic and Defence Research (CSDR), he has contributed extensively to academic and policy discourse.

• Authored Line on Fire: Ceasefire Violations and India-Pakistan Escalation Dynamics (OUP, 2019).
• Authored Line of Control: Traveling with the Indian and Pakistani Armies (Penguin Viking, 2018).
• Columnist for Hindustan Times and editor of India's World magazine.

His research emphasizes conflict resolution, military diplomacy, and regional security frameworks.