Anum Khan
Associate Fellow
National Maritime FoundationAreas of Research
- Maritime Geostrategies of East Africa & Western Indian Ocean Island States
- Peace and Conflict Studies
- Security Studies (Critical Security and Geopolitics)
Experience
- Research Associate, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi (since June 2022)
- Research Intern, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi (January 2022 – May 2022)
- Research Intern, Raisina House, New Delhi (July 2021 – Sep 2021)
Education
- PhD in African Studies, Pursuing: Probable Thesis Topic: ‘Spatial Analysis of Conflict’: A Critical Security Perspective of Violence in Liptako-Gourma Region, Department of African Studies, University of Delhi, New Delhi (Enrolled 2022)
- MPhil in African Studies (Ambazonia: Nation in the Quest of State: A Case of Conflict Analysis in Cameroon through Subaltern Realism), Department of African Studies, University of Delhi, New Delhi (2021)
- MA Politics (International and Area Studies), MMAJ Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (2018)
- BA (History with Honours), Kalindi College, University of Delhi, New Delhi (2016)
Presentations
- SECURITISING MARITIME REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT: Leading the Way Through the East African Structures—Presented at NESA’s Maritime Environmental Security in Bangkok, Thailand.
- MARITIME RISK PROFILE OF THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: FORGING COOPERATION— Presented at Maritime Security Seminar, organised by Africa Centre for Strategic Studies at Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania on 22 January 2024.
- A STRATEGIC STOCKTAKE OF THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE— Second presentation given at Maritime Security Seminar, organised by the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies at Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania on 24 January 2024
- Presentation at (CAS/SIS/JNU) in a symposium titled India-Africa Maritime Engagement: Challenges and Issues. Topic of the Presentation—Maritime Orientation of India’s Policy towards Eastern Africa
- Presentation at the Maritime Security Seminar on India’s role in the International Maritime Engagement in the Western Indian Ocean, organised by the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies in Madagascar from 23-28 February 2025.
- Presentation on Risk and Resilience: Maritime Insecurity in the Western Indian Ocean in a panel on Managing Maritime Insecurity, organised by the ACSS on 21 March 2025.
- Presentation on From Securitisation to Surveillance: The Evolution of Regional Maritime Governance in Africa at COLP 48 ON 11 September 2025.
- “Spatial Analysis of Conflict: Critical Security Perspective of Violence in Liptako-Gourma Region” for panel “Critical Approaches to Peace and Security” at 64th Annual Convention of International Studies Association, Montreal, Canada on March 18, 2023.
- “Foraging Lessons of Africa’s Maritime Security from 2050 AIMS: Laying tracks from Strategy to Solutions” at 1st International Conference on Security Studies titled Emerging Geo-political and Security concerns of the Indo-Pacific, organised by Center for Security Studies, Jindal School of International Affairs on February 11, 2023.
- “A Focus on Abyei: Critical Geopolitics on Conflict Essentialism” for panel “Global South Perspectives II: Political Violence and Peace-making”, at International Studies Association Annual Conference 2022, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (Virtual) on March 29, 2022.
- “Women in Artisanal Mines and Resolution 1325: Hidden face of Conflict in Africa”, Virtual International Conference organised by International Studies Association Regional (ISA – West), Paper Presented on September 23, 2021.
- “Ambazonia Crisis: The Question of Statehood” Democracy, Identity and Power, at IAPPS (International Association of Political Science Students) Virtual World Congress May 2021.
- “Covid 19 and Conflicts in Africa: A Study of Cumulative Challenges”, Africa’s Battle against Pandemic Covid – 19: Response and Challenges, at the young scholars International Conference organised by India Africa Knowledge Forum (IAKF).
