Ms Arijita Sinha Roy is presently working as a Junior Research Associate at the National Maritime Foundation (NMF). She specialises in regional maritime security of India with a focus on geostrategic imperatives the two Koreas within a broader Indo-Pacific framework. Prior to the NMF, she has worked as a Research Assistant at the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS) from 2022 to February 2025, where she conducted in-depth research on Northeast Asian security and Indo-Pacific geopolitics.

Ms Roy is the recipient of ‘Non-Resident Research Fellow’ at the Korea Institute of Maritime Strategy (KIMS), South Korea, where she aims to create synergies between geostrategies of India and South Korea vis a vis the maritime domain. Further, a recipient of the prestigious Diploma on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) from the 11th Yeosu Academy, 2024. Ms. Roy possesses a robust understanding of international maritime governance. She holds a Masters in East Asian Studies from the University of Delhi and has cultivated expertise in security dynamics and geopolitical strategy.

She has published with CENJOWS, Modern Diplomacy, and the Institute of Security and Development Policy, Sweden on various vexed geopolitical questions while presenting her analytical knowledge on defence and security issues of South Korea to the Japan Joint Staff College delegation at CENJOWS in 2023 and on the legal status of Unmanned Maritime Vehicles during the Yeosu Alumni Program in 2024. Her analytical acumen and scholarly rigor contribute to her insights in the evolving maritime security challenges with an aim to shape strategic discourse on maritime affairs in the Indo-Pacific while reinforcing India’s position in the regional security architecture.

• Geo-strategies of South Korea impacting India.
• South Korea’s Maritime Security and Strategy.
• North Korea’s nuclear proliferation.
• South Korea-Japan relations.

• Diploma in UNCLOS awarded by the 11^th Yeosu Academy on the Law of the Sea (YALOS), South Korea (2024).
• Masters in East Asian Studies, Dept of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi (2022-2024).
• Proficiency in Korean Language (TOPIK 1 Level 2).
• BA (Hons) Political Science, Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi (2017-2020).

• Non-Resident Research Fellow, Korea Institute of Maritime Strategy (KIMS), South Korea (2025-Present)
• Research Assistant cum Publications Manager at the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies, HQ IDS (Sep 2022-Mar 2025).
• Associate Editor, The Kootneeti (Jul 2020-May 2022).
• Research Intern, The Kootneeti (2018-2019).
• Teaching Assistant, The British Council (Summer Internship 2019).
• Operations Manager, The Wordsworth Project (2017-2018).

• Presented paper titled ‘Unmanned Maritime Vehicles and their Legal Status’ to the Korea Maritime Institute on 9th December 2024.
• Presented paper titled ‘India’s National Security: Articulation and Architecture’ to the Japan Joint Staff College Delegation’s visit to CENJOWS on 08th June 2023.

Publications for Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS)

Journal Articles

• Col Vijay Narayan Shukla, VSM and Arijita Sinha Roy (2024), ‘Comprehending Legal Aspects of Outer Space’, SYNERGY, Vol 3, Issue 1, ISSN:2583-5378, pp 239-255.
• Dr Ulupi Borah and Arijita Sinha Roy (2023), ‘Drone Ecosystem in India: Towards Enhancing Greater Civil-Military Fusion’, SYNERGY, Vol 2, Issue 2, ISSN:2583-5378, pp 261-283.

Issue Briefs

• Issue Brief on ‘Dragon at the Dock: China’s Strategic Moves in African Port Development’ (2024).
• Issue Brief on ‘China’s Resource Diplomacy in Latin America: An Assessment and Takeaways for India’ (2024).

Web Articles

• Article on ‘APEC Summit 2024: Balancing Economic Integration with Geopolitical Realities’ (2025).
• Article on ‘Shifting Alliances: Russia and North Korea’s Growing Ties and Regional Security Implications’ (2024).
• Article on ‘Harnessing Synergies: India and Pacific Island Countries (PIC) in the Indo-Pacific’ (2024).
• Article on ‘QUAD Leaders’ Summit 2024: Affirmations for a Free, Open and Inclusive Indo-Pacific’ (2024).
• Article on ‘QUAD’s Indo- Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) in the Indian Ocean Region: Challenges and Opportunities’ (2024).
• Article on ‘Revisiting Juche and Songun: Why Nuclear matters for North Korea?’ (2024)
• Article on ‘The Camp David Summit: Championing A New Era of Northeast Asian Security?’ (2023).
• Article on ‘Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage: The Lesson It Repeats’ for CENJOWS (2022).

Book Review

•     Review of ‘The Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order’ by Rush Doshi (2023)

FIRSTPOST

• Article on ‘Why US- Japan South Korea Trilateral Partnership will withstand the Test of Time’ (2024)
• Article on ‘Japan- Philippines Defence Pact: Countering the Dragon, Championing New Dynamics in South China Sea’ (2024).
• Article on ‘Cold War 2.0: Putin Kim’s ‘Elevated Friendship’ Threatens American Order in East Asia’ (2024).

INSTITUTE OF SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY, SWEDEN

• Article on ‘UK-ROK Relations: Forging Closer Ties in the Indo Pacific’ (2024).

OTHERS

• Article on ‘India’s War is with Terror and not Pakistan’ for Modern Diplomacy (2019).
• Article on ‘Chinese Dawn of Neo Colonialism’, for South Africa Today (2018).