Bibek Chand, Ph.D.
Area(s) of Expertise: Security studies, Sino-Indian relations, small states in international politics, geopolitics
Education
- Ph.D., International Relations, Florida International University, 2018
- M.A., International Studies, Florida International University, 2015
- B.A., International Relations & Political Science, Wartburg College, 2012
Research/Special Interests
Dr. Chand's broad research interest areas include foreign policy, security studies, and geopolitics. Specifically, he is interested in the dynamics of security in South Asia, Sino-Indian interactions in the Asia-Pacific, small states in international politics, and the emerging notion of the Indo-Pacific in strategic studies.
Courses Taught
- American Government
- Asian Security (undergraduate & graduate)
- Comparative Security Issues
- Special Topic: Environment and International Relations
- Global Issues
- International Organization
- International Relations Theory
- Model United Nations
- Special Topic: South Asian Politics
- US National Security
Student Engagement
Faculty Advisor, Model United Nations Club, Gainesville Campus
Publications
Book
Reframing the Buffer State in Contemporary IR: Nepal’s Relations with India and China. Routledge. May 2023.
Edited Book
New Challenges and Opportunities in European-Asian Relations: Navigating an Assertive China and a Retrenching U.S. Palgrave Macmillan. Co-edited with Lukas K. Danner. 2021.
Journal Articles
“What Is Innocent? Freedom of Navigation Versus Coastal States’ Rights in the Law of the Sea.” Ocean Development & International Law, Vol. 54, No. 3 (2023), pp.349-374 (with Christine Bianco and Zenel Garcia).
“Implementing Quality Matters in the Political Science Online Classroom.” Journal of Political Science Education (2021) (with Maria Gabryszewska).
“Constituting the Indo-Pacific: Securitization and the Processes of Region-Making.” International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Vol. 52, Nos. 1-2 (2021), pp. 15-34 (with Zenel Garcia).
“Dynamics of Rivalry between Geographically Contiguous Regional Powers: The Case of Sino-Indian Competition.” Asian Politics & Policy, Vol. 11, No.1 (2019), pp. 123-143.
“Southeast Asian Hedging and Indo-Japanese Strategies for Regional Balance: Managing China’s Rise.” Air Force Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, Vol.2, No.1 (2019), pp.23-56 (with Zenel Garcia and Kevin Modlin).
“Disaster Relief as a Political Tool: Analysing Indian and Chinese Responses after the Nepal Earthquakes.” Strategic Analysis, Vol. 41, No.6 (2017), pp. 535-545.
“Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Border Minorities in China’s Foreign Relations with South Asia.” Journal of Borderlands Studies, Vol. 34, No. 3 (2019; first published online in 2017), pp.413-431 (with Lukas K. Danner).
“Power Politics and Securitization: The Indo-Japanese Nexus in Southeast Asia.” Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, Vol. 4, No.2 (2017), pp. 310-324 (with Zenel Garcia).
“Implications of the Dragon’s Rise for South Asia: Assessing China’s Nepal Policy.” Strategic Analysis, Vol. 40, No.1 (2016), pp. 26-40 (with Lukas K. Danner).
Book Chapters
“India” in Security Dynamics in the South China Sea: Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities. Routledge (2024). Eds. Howard M. Hensel.
“An Analysis of EU Free Trade Agreements and Negotiations with Southeast Asian Countries” in New Challenges and Opportunities in European-Asian Relations: Navigating an Assertive China and a Retrenching U.S. Palgrave Macmillan (2021). Eds. Bibek Chand and Lukas K. Danner.
“EU-India Relations and New Political Realities: Normative Convergence and Its Implications for Shared Strategic Concerns” in New Challenges and Opportunities in European-Asian Relations: Navigating an Assertive China and a Retrenching U.S. Palgrave Macmillan (2021). Eds. Bibek Chand and Lukas K. Danner.
“Sino-Indian Relations and EU Development Policies in Nepal” in EU Development Policies: Between Norms and Geopolitics? Palgrave Macmillan (2019). Eds. Sarah L. Beringer, Sylvia Maier & Markus Thiel.