Monalisa Adhikari

Biography

I joined as a Lecturer in International Relations at the School of Social, Political and Global Studies in 2021. Prior to joining Keele, I was a Research Fellow with the Political Settlements Research Programme at the University of Edinburgh. I obtained my PhD in International Relations from the University of Edinburgh in 2020. My primary research interests include peace processes, international interventions in fragile and conflict-affected states, rising powers engagement in the global governance of peace and security, and foreign policies of India and China. I have conducted research in China, India, Myanmar and Nepal. Previously I have worked at London-based FIA Foundation, Edinburgh and Lothian Regional Equality Council in Edinburgh, and at The Asia Foundation in Nepal. I was a Fellow at New Delhi based Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) in 2012.

Publications

Journal articles

(Review of) Operationalisation of Hybrid Peacebuilding in Asia: From Theory to Practice, Journal of Inter-Regional Studies: Regional and Global Perspectives, Vol 5, 17-22
Adhikari, M.(2022). “Negotiated Coexistence”: Indian and Chinese Engagement in the Global Governance of Peacebuilding, International Studies Review, 24 (1)
Adhikari, M. (2021). Peacebuilding with ‘Chinese Characteristics’? Insights from China's engagement in Myanmar's peace process (DOI: viab039), International Studies Review, Vol.23 (4), p.1699-1726
Adhikari M. 2020. Breaking the Balance? The Impact of Peacekeeping Deployments on Civil–Military Relations, International Peacekeeping, 27 (3): 369-394
Adhikari M. 2018. India in South Asia: Interaction with liberal peacebuilding projects, India Quarterly, 74(2):160–178
Adhikari, M. 2014. Politics and Perception of Indian aid to Nepal, Strategic Analysis, 38 (3): 325-340.

Commissioned reports

Adhikari, M (2022) “Asian” Approaches to Peacebuilding?: Modalities, Convergences, and Differences in India, Japan and China’s Approach to Supporting Peace Processes (Global Transitions Series), Peace and Conflict Evidence Platform (Link- “Asian” Approaches to Peacebuilding?: Modalities, Convergences, and Differences in India, Japan and China’s Approach to Supporting Peace Processes (Global Transitions Series) | PeaceRep)

Datasets

Bell, Christine, Monalisa Adhikari, Sanja Badanjak, Juline Beaujouan, Margherita Distrotti, Tim Epple, Robert Forster, Robert Wilson, and Laura Wise (2020). PA-X Local Peace Agreements Database and Dataset, Version 1. www.peaceagreements.org/lsearch March 25, 2020

Other Publications

Responding to Covid-19: The coming of age of regionalism in Asia? Political Settlement Research Programme blog, June 4, 2020
Ending the Political Transition? Analysing the Nepal elections from an inclusion perspective, Political Settlement Research Programme blog, January 18, 2018
Myanmar’s Twin Transitions: Challenges and Choices, Political Settlement Research Programme blog, August 31, 2017.
China’s Role in Myanmar, 2021. Spotlight, PRIF, Germany

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