Security and terrorism expert

ACDIS Affiliation: Ford Visiting Fellow, 2003

Education: Master of Arts, St. Stephen\\\\\\\'s College, University of Delhi (Philosophy)

Areas of Expertise

Militancy in South Asia; Islamist terror; Bangladesh; North East India; China

Biography

Jaideep Saikia is a security analyst with over two dozen published and presented academic papers on security and strategy. He is also the author or editor of several books, including Terrorism: Patterns of Internationalization (2009, with Ekaterina Stepanova); Bangladesh: Treading the Taliban Trail (2006); Terror Sans Frontiers: Islamist Militancy in North East India (2004); Lyrics from the Amygdala: A Collection of Poems (2003); Development Challenges in India: Assam Faces the 21st Century (2002); and Contours: Essays on Security and Strategy (2001).

Born in 1966, Saikia had his education at the Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehra Dun and at St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. He has traveled widely in the United States, Europe, and in South and Southeast Asia on academic assignments. He traveled to Pakistan as the guest of President Gen. Zia-ul-Haq in 1988. Earlier, he traveled to Kashmir and studied the security situation on a fellowship from the National Foundation for India, New Delhi, and to Sri Lanka on a Regional Centre for Strategic Studies fellowship. He visited the People’s Republic of China where he lectured and interacted with the top think tanks and universities of Beijing, Fudan, and Zhejiang. He was also an “international visitor” to the US to study “International Crime Issues and Global Cooperation” on the invitation of the US Department of State. Saikia was part of an international expert group for a mandated agency of the United Nations in its project ”Devious Objectives and Spoilers in Peace Processes.” He examined the thesis with an eye to Kashmir.

Contact Information

Mailing Address

3-D, Dichang Apartments, Beltola-Jawaharnagar Road, Beltola Tinali,
Guwahati-781028, Assam, India

Phone

91-361-2233194

Email

jaideepsaikia[AT]rediffmail[DOT]com