Sumitha Narayanan Kutty

Dr. Sumitha Narayanan Kutty is a Research Fellow at King's College London's Centre for Grand Strategy, Department of War Studies, with adjunct positions at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore, and Lancaster University. Her research focuses on security dynamics in South Asia, the Middle East, and the Indo-Pacific, examining India's foreign policy evolution and military intervention patterns.

Research interests include:

• Rising powers' strategic behavior in the international order
• Indian foreign policy and military doctrine
• Regional security architectures in South Asia and the Middle East
• Intervention dynamics in conflict zones
• Geopolitical competition in maritime domains

Publications analyze India's evolving partnerships with Japan, Iran, and the United States, with fieldwork conducted across 10+ Asian and Middle Eastern countries.