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Happymon Jacob | |
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 Jacob at World Economic Forum | |
| Born | 2 October 50 |1975 |10| 2 Thiruvalla, Kerala |
| Education | Jawaharlal Nehru University (BA, MA, MPhil, PhD) |
| Alma mater | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| Occupation | Assistant Professor = University of Jammu Assistant Professor = Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| Notable work | Line on Fire (2019) The Line of Control (2018) |
| Website | https://csdronline.com/individual/dr-happymon-jacob/ |
Happymon Jacob is an Indian academic, author, and commentator on international relations, Indian foreign policy and a retired professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.[1]. He was appointed as the professor in the department of Strategic and Regional Studies at University of Jammu in 2004, in December 2008 he was appointed as the professor for Center for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD) of the school of International studies (JNU).[2] He is a regular contributor to the leading newspapers and organizations like The Hindu, Hindustan Times, Foreign Affaires, The World Economic Forum, Al Jazeera, Time Magazine [3][4][5][6][7][8].
Early life and education
[edit]Jacob was born and raised in a Syrian Christian household in Thodupuzha of central Kerala .[9] He graduated in Philosophy from the Jnana Deepa, Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Pune and Social Science from Punjab University, Chandigarh[10]. He completed his Master's degree in International Relations from Mahatma Gandhi University in 2002[11][12] then he attained his M.Phil. and PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University and appointed as the associate professor in the same university later[13]
Career
[edit]Happymon Jacob's career integrates academic research with public commentary and policy engagement. Throughout his career, Jacob has held visiting positions at institutions such as Institute of Chinese Studies[14] , Central European Studies [15] Australian National University[16] . Jacob's first book was published in 2005 The Rise Fall and and resurgence of Taliban, Jacob had been a supporter of FTA the India and UK trade agreement and had been quoted in BBC.[17] Jacob's book Line of Control discuses about his travel on the Pakistan side of the border and the Indian side of border it also discusses about how it feels to be living 100 meters away from the Line of Control, as it is a notional line not demarcated on the ground, he termed the people living in front of the border as sacrificial lamb[18] [19][20][21]. A.S. Daulat wrote about Jacob's work "Happymon Jacob’s entry into the sanctum sanctorum (GHQ) of the Pakistan Army or his unprecedented access to the line of control on the other side"[22]. Jacob's book Line on Fire is about how persistent ceasefire violation between India and Pakistan could trigger a major escalation[23][24][25].
Jacob has written on the International Relations
Controversy
[edit]Jacob's voluntary retirement has been kept in abeyance by the Jawaharlal Nehru University on the ground of his international trip to Malaysia for an international conference. He requested for VRS in March this year and but denied which Jacob termed as a malafide action of the University.[2]
Bibliography
[edit]Books
[edit]2019 - Line on Fire (Ceasefire Violations and India-Pakistan Escalation Dynamics) ISBN - 978-0199489893[26]
2018 - The Line of Control ( Travelling with the Indian and Pakistani Armies ) ISBN - 978-0670091270[27]
Kashmir and Indo Pak Relations Politics of Reconciliation. 2013. ISBN 978-8187374787
2007 - India and Pakistan Pathways Ahead ISBN - 978-8187966661
2005 - The Rise Fall and resurgence of Taliban ISBN - 978-8187374435[28]
2005 - HIV/AIDS as a Security Threat to India (RCSS Policy Studies 28) ISBN - 978-8173046308
Essays and Reporting
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Jawaharlal Nehru University". www.jnu.ac.in.
- ^ a b Ghosh, Sohini (19 August 2025). "Why invite a problem that does not exist?': High Court asks JNU on holding professor's VRS". The Indian Express.
- ^ Jacob, Happymon. "Dilemmas of India's great power ambitions". The Hindu.
- ^ Jacob, Happymon (September 3, 2025). "Brics as a bloc for India to build global heft". Hindustan Times.
- ^ Jacob, Happymon (14 August 2025). "The Shocking Rift Between India and the United States". Foreign Affairs.
- ^ Jacob, Happymon (26 June 2025). "Geopolitics: An Unfolding Story". World Economic Forum.
- ^ Jacob, Happymon (27 February 2019). "Is war coming to South Asia?". Al Jazeera.
- ^ Jacob, Happymon (3 September 2025). "How Modi Is Sending Trump a Message". Time.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Politics of Memory". livemint.com. 8 July 2015.
- ^ "Dr Happymon Jacob to deliver the 5th CPPR Quarterly Lecture on 'Indo-Pak Relations: What lies ahead?". cppr.in. 20 December 2013.
- ^ "SIRP Alumni MG University". mgu.ac.in.
- ^ "SIRP alumni comes out against media reports". The Indian Express. 14 January 2011.
- ^ "Jawaharlal Nehru University Faculty List" (PDF). jnu.ac.in. 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS)". https://icsin.org/.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "Dr Happymon Jacob: India-Pakistan border". https://religion.ceu.edu.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "Associate Professor Happymon Jacob". https://nsc.anu.edu.au/.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ Biswas, Soutik (25 October 2022). "Rishi Sunak: India glee over new British PM". BBC.
- ^ Daulat, A.S. (19 January 2019). "'The Line of Control — Travelling with the Indian and Pakistani Armies' review: Conflict zone". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Singh, Sushant (12 January 2019). "Both Sides Now". The Indian Express. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Laskar, Rezaul (23 February 2019). "Review: The Line of Control by Happymon Jacob". HIndustan Times.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Dawn. "THE LINES OF OTHERS". Dawn.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Daulat, A.S. (19 January 2019). "'The Line of Control — Travelling with the Indian and Pakistani Armies' review: Conflict zone". The Hindu.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Subramanian, Nirupama (18 May 2019). "The Unmaking of Peace". The Indian Express.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Statesman (24 April 2019). "Putting out other meaning of surgical strike insult to Army: Ex-NSA Shivshankar Menon". The Statesman.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ NYPL. "Line on fire : ceasefire violations and India-Pakistan escalation dynamics". https://www.nypl.org/.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ Jacob, Happymon (21 January 2019). Line on Fire. India: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199489893.
- ^ Jacob, Happymon (November 2018). The Line of Control. India: Penguin. ISBN 978-0670091270.
- ^ Jacob, Happymon (1 January 2009). The Rise, Fall and Resurgence of Taliban. Sanskruti Publication. ISBN 978-8187374435.
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