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Authored Books

Thakur, Vineet, Mallavarapu, Siddharth, Muppidi, Himadeep and Duvall, Raymond (2018) Postscripts on Independence: Foreign Policy Ideas, Identity, and Institutions in India and South Africa. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. (Critical Global Thought)

Thakur, Vineet (2017) Jan Smuts and the Indian Question. Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press.

Book Chapters

Axelby, Richard (2017) 'Gaddis and Gujjars in Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh.' In: Shah, Alpa, Lerche, Jens, Axelby, Richard, Benbabaali, Dalel, Donegan, Brendan, Raj, Jayaseelan and Thakur, Vineet, (eds.), Ground Down by Growth: Inequality in 21st century India. London: Pluto Press, pp. 143-175. (Anthropology, Culture and Society)

Thakur, Vineet (2012) 'Indian Foreign policy.' In: Chimni, Bhupinder S. and Mallavarapu, Siddharth, (eds.), International relations perspectives for the global south. Delhi: Pearson.

Thakur, Vineet (2010) 'India’s Defence and Security Initiatives.' In: Kumar, Satish, (ed.), India's National Security : Annual Review 2010. Hoboken, NJ: Taylor and Francis.

Journal Article

Thakur, Vineet (2017) 'The ‘hardy annual’: A History of India’s First UN Resolution.' India Review, 16 (4). pp. 401-429.

Thakur, Vineet, Davis, Alexander E. and Vale, Peter (2017) 'Imperial Mission, ‘Scientific’ Method: an Alternative Account of the Origins of IR.' Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 46 (1). pp. 3-23.

Thakur, Vineet (2017) 'Liberal, Liminal and Lost: India’s First Diplomats and the Narrative of Foreign Policy.' The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 45 (2). pp. 232-258.

Thakur, Vineet and Davis, Alexander E. (2017) 'A Communal Affair over International Affairs: The arrival of IR in Late Colonial India.' South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies, 40 (4). pp. 689-705.

Davis, Alexander E. and Thakur, Vineet (2016) 'Walking the Thin Line: India's Anti-Racist Diplomatic Practice in South Africa, Canada, and Australia, 1946–55.' The International History Review, 38 (5). pp. 880-899.

Thakur, Vineet (2016) 'Reflections on dead theory in International Relations.' Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, 15 (1). pp. 140-145.

Thakur, Vineet (2015) 'Africa and the Theoretical Peace in IR.' International Political Sociology, 9 (3). pp. 213-229.

Vale, Peter and Thakur, Vineet (2015) ''Out in the dark': knowledge, power and IPE in southern Africa.' Contexto Internacional, 37 (3). pp. 1011-1040.

Thakur, Vineet (2014) 'The colonial origins of Indian foreign policymaking.' Economic and Political Weekly, 49 (32).

Thakur, Vineet (2013) 'India's Diplomatic Entrepreneurism: Revisiting India's Role in the Korean Crisis, 1950-52.' China Report, 49 (3). pp. 273-298.

Thakur, Vineet (2011) 'Jawaharlal Nehru: Thinking beyond International Relations Theory.' Indian Journal of Politics, 45 (3/4). pp. 224-240.

Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs

Sabaratnam, Meera, Hudson, Valerie M, Weldes, Jutta, Brennan, Kathleen PJ, Sylvan, David, Thakur, Vineet, Daniel III, J Furman and Musgrave, Paul (2019) Popular Culture Matters. ISQ Online [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]