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There are four major strands to my research, only 1 of which is currently active:

• Nuclear Politics and Policy:

1. I am writing a book on the political economy of long-term nuclear waste disposal.

• The Political Economy of International Trade: Concurrent with the work on nuclear power and waste, I am working on a project examining India's contemporary trade policy and its impact at the WTO. Thus far, this work has appeared in print as a study of India's promotion of what I call 'developmental multilateralism'; and I hope to follow this up with a study of the relationship between India's pursuit of food security and its trade diplomacy.
• Regionalism: This work has examined both the theory and practice of the rise of ‘new regionalism’ in international politics. It has focused primarily on East Asia but embraces also regional projects in the core of the world economy and across the North-South divide.
• Government-ÌÇÐÄTV-NGO Relations: This work has examined the unfolding relationship between states, inter- and non-governmental organisations and business in the context of regionalisation and globalisation. In particular, it has examined the role of the International Chamber of Commerce as a key actor in the global political economy and, since the announcement of a ‘Global Compact’ between business and the UN, as a key interlocutor between the public and private realms.