Dokku Nagamalleswara Rao was as a Research Assistant at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS). Rao's research primarily focuses on China, East Asia and the Indo-Pacific. Rao pursued his doctoral studies at Shandong University, P.R. China, specialising in the influence of ancient Chinese strategic culture on its approaches to international security. Prior to joining CLAWS, he obtained an M.Phil. in Chinese Studies from the Centre for East Asian Studies (CEAS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and holds a Master’s degree in Politics and International Relations from the Department of Politics and International Studies (DPIS), Pondicherry University.
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