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Overview

Ramesh Thakur is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on the fields of computer science and social sciences. Within these broad domains, their work addresses various subfields including information systems, artificial intelligence, political science and international relations, development, and computer networks and communications.

The researcher has contributed to topics such as cloud data security solutions, cryptography and data security, international development and aid, privacy-preserving technologies in data, international relations and foreign policy, nuclear issues and defense, and blockchain technology applications and security.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Blockchain based hierarchical semi-decentralized approach using IPFS for secure and efficient data sharing" (2022), Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences
  • "Resurgent Asia: diversity in development" (2020), International Affairs
  • "The United Nations and the North-South Partnership: Connecting the Past to the Future" (2020), Ethics & International Affairs
  • "A Hierarchical Multi-Authority Access Control Scheme for Secure and Efficient Data Sharing in Cloud Storage" (2022), Journal of Strategic Security
  • "Breaking through the Global Politics of Climate Change Policy" (2020), The Washington Quarterly

Ramesh Thakur has frequently collaborated with a number of co-authors, including Smita Athanere, Andrew Phillips, Deepak Nayyar, Shatabhisha Shetty, and Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu.

Their work has appeared in publication venues such as:

  • Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences
  • International Affairs
  • Journal of Strategic Security
  • International Journal of Computer Networks And Applications
  • Ethics & International Affairs

In addition to articles, Ramesh Thakur has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Cambridge University Press in 2024 named Australia in World Affairs 2011-2015.

Best Publications

  • The United Nations, Peace and Security: From Collective Security to the Responsibility to Protect

    Ramesh Chandra Thakur

  • Global Governance and the UN: An Unfinished Journey

    Ramesh Thakur;Thomas G. Weiss

  • The Oxford handbook of modern diplomacy

    Andrew Fenton Cooper;Jorge Heine;Ramesh Chandra Thakur

  • Unintended consequences of peacekeeping operations

    Chiyuki Aoi;Cedric De Coning;Ramesh Chandra Thakur

  • R2P after Libya and Syria: Engaging Emerging Powers

    Ramesh Thakur

  • Kosovo and the challenge of humanitarian intervention : selective indignation, collective action, and international citizenship

    Albrecht Schnabel;Ramesh Chandra Thakur

  • R2P: From Idea to Norm—and Action?

    Ramesh Chandra Thakur;Thomas G. Weiss

  • Enhancing Global Governance Through Regional Integration

    Ramesh Thakur;Luk Van Langenhove

  • The Group of Twenty (G20)

    Andrew Fenton Cooper;Ramesh Chandra Thakur

  • Making states work: State failure and the crisis of governance

    Simon Chesterman;Michael Ignatieff;Ramesh Thakur;David M. Malone

  • Outlook: Intervention, Sovereignty and the Responsibility to Protect: Experiences from ICISS

    Ramesh Thakur

  • The government and politics of India

    Ramesh Chandra Thakur

  • Will China Change the Rules of Global Order

    Greg Chin;Ramesh Chandra Thakur

  • Multilateralism under challenge? Power, international order, and structural change

    Edward Newman;Ramesh Chandra Thakur;John Tirman

  • From Peacekeeping to Peace Enforcement: The UN Operation in Somalia

    Ramesh Thakur

  • The Dark Side of Globalization

    Jorge Heine;Ramesh Chandra Thakur

  • A Political Worldview

    Ramesh Thakur

  • The Ottawa Convention on Landmines: A Landmark Humanitarian Treaty in Arms Control?

    Ramesh Thakur;William Maley

  • Correspondence: Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect

    Gareth Evans;Ramesh Thakur;Robert A. Pape

  • The United Nations, peace and security

    Ramesh Chandra Thakur

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew F. Cooper
Andrew F. Cooper University of Waterloo
Thomas G. Weiss
Thomas G. Weiss The Graduate Center, CUNY
Edward Newman
Edward Newman University of Leeds
Michael Ignatieff
Michael Ignatieff Central European University
William A. Schabas
William A. Schabas Middlesex University
Simon Chesterman
Simon Chesterman National University of Singapore
Beth A. Simmons
Beth A. Simmons University of Pennsylvania
Michael Mandelbaum
Michael Mandelbaum Johns Hopkins University

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