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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

T. V. Paul is affiliated with McGill University in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on areas within the social sciences, particularly political science and international relations. They have made notable contributions to various subfields including political science and international relations, sociology and political science, astronomy and astrophysics, development, and nuclear and high energy physics.

The main topics of their work encompass:

  • International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • Peacebuilding and International Security
  • Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
  • Nuclear Issues and Defense
  • International Development and Aid
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

They have published extensively in several academic venues. Notable publication venues include:

  • Perspectives on Politics
  • International Affairs
  • Ethics & International Affairs
  • FACETS
  • The Pacific Review

Recent papers authored by T. V. Paul highlight their involvement in topics related to globalization, international order, and soft balancing mechanisms. These include:

  • Globalization, deglobalization and reglobalization: adapting liberal international order (2021, International Affairs)
  • Soft balancing in the regions: causes, characteristics and consequences (2025, International Affairs)

In addition to journal articles, T. V. Paul has authored books published by recognized academic presses. Their book publications include:

  • The Tradition of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons (2020, Stanford University Press eBooks)
  • The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Change in International Relations (2020, Oxford University Press)
  • Myths on the Edge of Empire: How Classical Mythology Spread throughout Roman Britain (2025, Archaeopress Archaeology eBooks)

The researcher has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including:

  • Anders Wivel
  • Amitav Acharya
  • David Leheny
  • Alastair Johnston
  • Rajesh Basrur

In recognition of their contributions, T. V. Paul was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2018 by the Academy of Social Sciences.

Best Publications

  • India in the World Order: Searching for Major-Power Status

    Baldev Raj Nayar;Thazha Varkey Paul

  • Soft Balancing in the Age of U.S. Primacy

    T. V. Paul

  • Asymmetric Conflicts: War Initiation by Weaker Powers

    Thazha Varkey Paul

  • Power versus prudence : why nations forgo nuclear weapons

    Thazha Varkey Paul

  • Balance of Power: Theory and Practice in the 21st Century

    G. John Ikenberry;T. V. Paul;James J. Wirtz;Michel Fortmann

  • Status in World Politics

    T. V. Paul;Deborah Welch Larson;William Curti Wohlforth

  • The tradition of non-use of nuclear weapons

    T. V. Paul

  • The India-Pakistan conflict : an enduring rivalry

    Thazha Varkey Paul

  • International Order and the Future of World Politics

    John A. Hall;Thazha Varkey Paul

  • Status in World Politics: Status and World Order

    Deborah Welch Larson;T. V. Paul;William C. Wohlforth

  • The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World

    T. V. Paul

  • Complex Deterrence: Strategy in the Global Age

    T. V. Paul;Patrick M. Morgan;James J. Wirtz

  • Globalization and the National Security State

    T. V. Paul;Norrin M. Ripsman

  • Nuclear Taboo and War Initiation in Regional Conflicts

    T. V. Paul

  • Globalization, deglobalization and the liberal international order

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  • Why has the India-Pakistan Rivalry Been so Enduring? Power Asymmetry and an Intractable Conflict

    T. V. Paul

  • Chinese‐Pakistani nuclear/missile ties and balance of power politics

    T.V. Paul

  • Globalization and the National Security State: A Framework for Analysis

    Norrin M. Ripsman;T. V. Paul

  • International relations theory and regional transformation

    T. V. Paul

  • Asymmetric Conflicts: War Initiation by Weaker Powers: Explaining war initiation by weaker powers in asymmetric conflicts

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  • Taboo or tradition? The non-use of nuclear weapons in world politics

    T. V. Paul

  • The systemic bases of India's challenge to the global nuclear order

    T.V. Paul

  • Introduction: National Security State in the Era of Globalization

    Norrin M. Ripsman;T. V. Paul

  • Recasting Statecraft: International Relations and Strategies of Peaceful Change

    T. V. Paul

  • South Asia's Weak States: Understanding the Regional Insecurity Predicament

    T. V. Paul

  • How the Weak Win Wars: A Theory of Asymmetric Conflict

    T. V. Paul

Frequent Co-Authors

G. John Ikenberry
G. John Ikenberry Princeton University
William C. Wohlforth
William C. Wohlforth Dartmouth College
Eliot A. Cohen
Eliot A. Cohen Johns Hopkins University
Lawrence Freedman
Lawrence Freedman King's College London

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