Dr Shelly Johny V.

Shelly Johny V. is an Associate Professor of Political Science, St. Aloysius College, Kerala. He is also an Honorary Senior Fellow of West Asian and Security Studies, at the Centre for Public Policy Research. He has formerly been an Associate Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies, and a Research Assistant at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. He holds a PhD in West Asian Studies, from Jawaharlal Nehru University. His research interests include maritime security in the Arabian and Red Seas/ Indian Ocean history, contemporary West Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and political Islam. He has numerous publications on West Asian affairs, for multiple journals and online media outlets, including the Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, the Air Power Journal, and Social Orbit.