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Marcus Andreopoulos is a part time PhD candidate in International History at LSE. His research explores British military and defence policy towards Pakistan in the first decade after the partition of the British Raj.
Marcus holds a BA in History from the University of Kent and an MSc in International History from the LSE. Currently, he is a Senior Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Foundation, with a focus on South Asia, and has conducted primary research throughout the Himalayas and Kashmir. He also works alongside NATO’s Defence Education Enhancement Programme, engaging in professional military education and defence curriculum development with partner nations in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and the Balkans. Marcus’ work is supervised by Professor Kirsten Schulze, an authority on Political Islam.
PhD Title: "Disarming the Raj: Anglo-Pakistani Military Relations, 1945-1958"
PhD Supervisor: Dr Kirsten Schulze
Expertise
British Rule, Decolonisation, Post-colonial Statecraft, Pakistani Military Establishment
Engagement and impact
Selected Commentary
‘Islamabad’s Crisis of Control in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir’, The Diplomat, 19 June 2026
'Trump’s Iran War Casts Doubt on Pakistan’s Regional Diplomacy’, Inkstick Media, 15 April 2026
‘Pakistan’s New Special Security Unit Underscores China’s Hold on the Country’, The Diplomat, 21 February 2026
‘Terrorist Financing and Pakistan’s Illusion of Compliance’, Geopolitical Monitor, 5 February 2026
‘China’s Risky Bet on Pakistan’, Italian Institute for International Political Studies, 27 January 2026
‘Pakistan’s Use of Transnational Repression to Crush Dissent’, The Diplomat, 15 January 2026
‘Pakistan’s Domestic Issues Are Just as Grave as Taliban Conflict’, Inkstick Media, 28 October 2025
‘Reassessing the Security Implications of Pakistan’s ICBM Programme’, Royal Society for Asian Affairs, 3 October 2025
‘Trump’s Pakistan Deal Risks Neglecting the Plight of Imran Khan’ 9DASHLINE, 3 September 2025
‘Trump Boasted of an Oil Deal with Pakistan. Is it a Pipe Dream?’, Inkstick Media, 19 August 2025
‘Is the Resurgence of the Tehreek-E-Labbaik Symptomatic of a Collapsing State?, Royal Society for Asian Affairs, 6 June 2025
‘Pakistan’s Armed Proxy Web Runs Much Deeper than Just Kashmir’, Inkstick Media, 27 May 2025
News
‘Disarming the Raj: Anglo-Pakistani Military Relations in the Early Cold War’
Marcus Andreopoulos (PhD student) has been awarded runner-up at the Three Minute Military Thesis Competition for his thesis entitled, ‘Disarming the Raj: Anglo-Pakistani Military Relations in the Early Cold War’.
The competition was held at Kings College London and organised by the Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War, the British Commission for Military History and the International Society for First World War Studies.