Bose, Sumantra
Professor Sumantra Bose
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Experience keywords:
former Yugoslavia; India; democratisation; Kashmir; Israeli Palestinian conflict; peace processes; conflict resolution; Bosnia; ethnic conflict; Sri Lanka
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Sumantra Bose is a scholar of comparative politics and international relations. His work includes several acclaimed books--Contested Lands: Israel-Palestine, Kashmir, Bosnia, Cyprus, Sri Lanka (Harvard University Press, 2007), Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace (Harvard University Press, 2003), and Bosnia after Dayton: Nationalist Partition and International Intervention (Oxford University Press, 2002). Contested Lands was also published in Arabic translation in 2008, and in an edition for the Indian subcontinent by HarperCollins India, Delhi. Contested Lands and Kashmir are available worldwide in paperback and digital forms, and Bosnia after Dayton in hardback and paperback.
Professor Bose's new book, Transforming India: Challenges to the World's Largest Democracy, will be published globally by Harvard University Press in 2013 (in the Indian subcontinent by Picador India, Delhi). Transforming India will appear in print and digital forms.
Sumantra Bose graduated in 1992 with highest honours from Amherst College, Massachusetts, USA and received MA, MPhil and PhD (1998) degrees in political science from Columbia University, New York, USA. He is a citizen of India, where he spends a considerable proportion of his time. He contributes regularly on his topics and areas of expertise to many international media including the BBC and Al-Jazeera.
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Countries and regions to which research relates:
Palestine; Sri Lanka; India; Kashmir; Bosnia; Israel
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Languages: Bengali [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; Hindi [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; Urdu [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; Bosnian [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Serbian [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]
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Media experience:
Has written for mainstream press; Radio; TV
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The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.
Bose, Sumantra (2012) Peacemaking in conflicts over independence. In: Fixdal, Mona, (ed.) Ways out of war: peacemakers in the Middle East and Balkans . Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK. ISBN 9781137030535 Bose, Sumantra (2011) To partition or not: a comparative perspective. Ethnopolitics, 10 (3-4). pp. 445-449. ISSN 1744-9057 Bose, Sumantra (2010) Kashmir. In: Baruah, Sanjib, (ed.) Ethnonationalism in India: a reader . Oxford University Press, India. ISBN 9780198060437 Bose, Sumantra (2008) Contested lands: Israel-Palestine, Kashmir, Bosnia, Cyprus and Sri Lanka [in Arabic]. Arab Scientific Publishers, Beirut. Bose, Sumantra (2007) Contested lands: Israel-Palestine, Kashmir, Bosnia, Cyprus and Sri Lanka. Harvard University Press, Cambridge Mass. ISBN 9780674024472 Bose, Sumantra (2005) The Bosnian state a decade after Dayton. International peacekeeping, 12 (3). pp. 322-335. ISSN 1353-3312 Bose, Sumantra (2004) Decolonization and state-building in South Asia. Journal of international affairs, 58 (1). pp. 95-113. ISSN 0022-197X Bose, Sumantra (2004) Kashmir, roots of conflict: paths to peace. In: Laqueur, Walter, (ed.) Voices of terror. Reed Press, New York, USA, pp. 458-463. ISBN 9781594290350 Bose, Sumantra (2003) Kashmir: roots of conflict, paths to peace. Harvard University Press, Massachusetts, UK. ISBN 9780674011731 Bose, Sumantra (2003) Mostar: International Intervention in a Divided Bosnian Town. In: Siani-Davies, Peter, (ed.) International intervention in the Balkans Since 1995. Routledge. Bose, Sumantra (2003) The Implications of Ethnonational Conflict for Democracy. In: Karatnycky, Adrian and Piano, Aili and Puddington, Arch, (eds.) Freedom in the World 2003. Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc. Bose, Sumantra (2002) Flawed mediation, chaotic implementation: the 1987 Indo-Sri Lankan peace agreement. In: Stedman, Stephen J, (ed.) Ending civil wars: the implementation of peace agreements. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, CO, pp. 631-662. ISBN 9781588260833 Bose, Sumantra (2002) Bosnia after Dayton: Nationalist partition and international intervention. Oxford University Press, New York, USA. ISBN 9780195158489 Bose, Sumantra (2001) Kashmir at the crossroads: problems and possibilities. Security dialogue, 32 (1). pp. 41-64. ISSN 0967-0106 Bose, Sumantra (2000) Kashmir, 1990-2000: reflections on individual voices in a dirty war. Development, 43 (3). ISSN 1011-6370 Bose, Sumantra (1999) Kashmir: sources of conflict, dimensions of peace. Survival, 41 (3). pp. 149-171. ISSN 0039-6338 Bose, Sumantra (1997) The challenge in Kashmir: Democracy, self-determination and a just peace. Sage Publications, New Delhi, India. ISBN 9780803993501 Bose, Sumantra (1994) States, nations, sovereignty: Sri Lanka, India and the Tamil Eelam movement. Sage Publications, New Delhi, India. ISBN 9780803991705
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