Shibani Mehta is a senior research analyst with the Security Studies Program at Carnegie India.
Her research focuses on the India-China boundary dispute with the purpose of analyzing India’s foreign and security policy decision-making. She also writes extensively on South Asian regional dynamics and minilaterals in the Indo-Pacific.
Shibani’s work has been published in the Routledge Handbook on South Asian Foreign Policy and various online news media. She is also part of policy dialogues between India, Europe, and other Indo-Pacific powers. As one of the hosts of the Interpreting India podcast, Shibani features research by women in International Security.
She is a postgraduate from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore.
This piece examines the strategic implications of Bhutan’s diplomatic efforts amid its border dispute with China, highlighting the thin ice it walks on to achieve a resolution without compromising its vital relationships.
Achieving a balance between flexibility and inclusivity is crucial to ensure that minilaterals contribute to enhancing, rather than fragmenting, global governance.
Shibani Mehta and Pranay Kotasthane write on reimagining India's external intelligence service for the Information Age.
In a BBC World Service podcast, The Inquiry, Shibani Mehta discusses India-China relations, highlighting border standoffs and the history of the Line of Actual Control.
In this episode of Interpreting India, Manoj Kewalramani joins Shibani Mehta to discuss how China views the Indo-Pacific region.
This article examines the significance of the 2013, 2014, and 2015 border standoffs between India and China. It presents a detailed account of the border crises and how the two countries tried to manage them.
In this episode of Interpreting India, Shirin Rai joins Shibani Mehta to discuss gender parity in the Indian Parliament.
If the IFA trilateral remains consistent in its pursuit of shared interests in the Indo-Pacific, it can become one of the most effective collaborations in the region.
Against the backdrop of India’s developmental journey through the seventy-five years post independence, Carnegie India scholars reflect on their respective areas of work to talk about how far India has come and where it is going.
Shibani Mehta explains how artificial intelligence can aid policymakers in surfacing meaning from a deluge of data, allowing them to coordinate shared objectives and prevent crises.