Kapur Saloni

Prof. Saloni Kapur is a PhD candidate in International Relations at Lancaster University. Her research explores great-power responsibility towards insecurity in Pakistan.

Prof. Kapur has an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Warwick and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pune. She is the co-editor of Securitisation in the Non-West, published by Routledge in 2019. In addition, her work has appeared in academic journals including Global Discourse, Contemporary South Asia, Lancaster Journal of Philosophy, Critical Studies on Terrorism and Peace Prints. She also writes for academic blogs such as South Asia @ LSE, the Conversation and South Asian Voices.

Prof. Kapur has taught at the Symbiosis School of International Studies and at Lancaster University. She has worked at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna and at the Delhi and London offices of International SOS and Control Risks.

Books

• Mabon, Simon, and Saloni Kapur, eds. 2019. Securitisation in the Non-West. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. Available at: https://www.routledge.com/Securitisation-in-the-Non-West-1st-Edition/Mabon-Kapur/p/book/9781138314955

Book Chapters

• Kapur, Saloni. 2019. “From Copenhagen to Uri and across the Line of Control: India’s ‘Surgical Strikes’ as a Case of Securitisation in Two Acts.” In Securitisation in the Non-West, edited by Simon Mabon and Saloni Kapur, 62-79. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
• Kapur, Saloni. 2019. “Review of ‘Recursion or Rejection? Securitization Theory Faces Islamist Violence and Foreign Religions’, by Mona Kanwal Sheikh.” In Securitisation in the Non-West, edited by Simon Mabon and Saloni Kapur, 39-41. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
• Kapur, Saloni, and Simon Mabon. 2019. “Introduction—The Copenhagen School Goes Global: Securitisation in the Non-West.” In Securitisation in the Non-West, edited by Simon Mabon and Saloni Kapur, 1-4. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Journal Articles

• Kapur, Saloni. 2019 “The Intellectual Roots of Sunni Sectarianism in Pakistan: A Reply to Fuchs.” Global Discourse 9, no. 4: 717-19. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1332/204378919X15718899928703
• Kapur, Saloni. 2018. “From Copenhagen to Uri and across the Line of Control: India’s ‘Surgical Strikes’ as a Case of Securitisation in Two Acts.” Global Discourse 8, no. 1: 62-79. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/2WTp9THfX2u6htkuhkew/full?target=10.1080/23269995.2017.1406633
• Kapur, Saloni. 2018. “Review of ‘Recursion or Rejection? Securitization Theory Faces Islamist Violence and Foreign Religions’, by Mona Kanwal Sheikh.” Global Discourse 8, no. 1: 39-41. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DRzAV7nIDMRKgf7wWGbw/full?target=10.1080/23269995.2017.1406634
• Kapur, Saloni, and Simon Mabon. 2018. “The Copenhagen School Goes Global: Securitisation in the Non-West.” Global Discourse 8, no. 1: 1-4. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DCDSCCVAMTCI6WGNPP6S/full?target=10.1080/23269995.2018.1424686
• Garnett, Mark, Christopher Macleod, Simon Mabon, Matthew Johnson, and Saloni Kapur. 2016. “An Introduction to the Global Discourse Annual Book Review Competition 2015.” Global Discourse 6, no. 1-2: 161-64. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23269995.2015.1104983?journalCode=rgld20
• Kapur, Saloni. 2016. “South Asian Scholarship in Transition: New Perspectives on Politics, Security and Regional Co-operation.” Contemporary South Asia 24, no. 1: 109-14. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/A4mJ3VEhmpr5K3hTGNhN/full?target=10.1080/09584935.2016.1172299
• Kapur, Saloni. 2014. “The Philosophical Underpinnings of an English School Analysis of Terrorist Deradicalisation Programmes.” Lancaster Journal of Philosophy 2, no. 1 (Spring): 37-45. Available at: http://ljop.weebly.com/uploads/3/5/1/5/3515550/volume_two_issue_two.pdf
• Kapur, Saloni. 2012. “Violence, Theory and the Subject of International Politics: A Derridian Analysis of the Partition of India.” Peace Prints 4, no. 2 (Winter): 150-67. Available at: http://wiscomp.org/peaceprints/4-2/4.2.11.pdf

• Kapur, Saloni. 2019. Review of A Theory of ISIS: Political Violence and the Transformation of the Global Order, by Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou. Critical Studies on Terrorism 12, no. 1: 180-81. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZJAEUQRGKZVTEZEQUS7C/full?target=10.1080/17539153.2018.1492187
• Kapur, Saloni. 2014. Review of Pakistan: A New History, by Ian Talbot. Contemporary South Asia 22, no. 4: 436-37. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/J5UTmPfZZPKV92JYkBBw/full?target=10.1080/09584935.2014.965493

• Kapur, Saloni. 2018. “How a Good India-Pakistan Relation Could Bring Stability in South Asia.” Business Standard, October 1. Available at: https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/how-a-good-india-pakistan-relation-could-bring-stability-in-south-asia-118100100109_1.html
•  Kapur, Saloni. 2018. “South Asia: How Regional Cooperation Could Bring Stability to the Region.” Pakistan & Gulf Economist, October 1. Available at: http://www.pakistaneconomist.com/2018/10/01/south-asia-how-regional-cooperation-could-bring-stability-to-the-region/

Blog Entries

• Kapur, Saloni. 2020. “Could Donald Trump Solve the Kashmir Issue?” The Buzz (blog). National Interest, February 19, 2020, https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/could-donald-trump-solve-kashmir-issue-124666.
•  Kapur, Saloni. 2020. “Kashmir: Why Trump’s Offer of International Mediation is a Good Idea.” South Asia Journal (blog), February 18, 2020. http://southasiajournal.net/kashmir-why-trumps-offer-of-international-mediation-is-a-good-idea/.
•  Kapur, Saloni. 2020. “Kashmir: Why Trump’s Offer of International Mediation is a Good Idea.” The Conversation. February 15. Available at: https://theconversation.com/kashmir-why-trumps-offer-of-international-mediation-is-a-good-idea-129112
•  Kapur, Saloni. 2019. “India 2019: The Shifting Sands of Social Control.” South Asia @ LSE. January 22. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2019/01/22/india-2019-the-shifting-sands-of-social-control/
• Kapur, Saloni. 2018. “Counterterrorism and Peacebuilding in Pakistan: Responsibility of Great Powers.” South Asian Voices. October 18. Available at: https://southasianvoices.org/counterterrorism-peacebuilding-pakistan/
•  Kapur, Saloni. 2018. “South Asia: How Regional Cooperation Could Bring Stability to the Region.” The Conversation. September 28. Available at: https://theconversation.com/south-asia-how-regional-cooperation-could-bring-stability-to-the-region-82954
•  Kapur, Saloni. 2018. “The Electoral Victory of Imran Khan: Diffusing the Dynasties of Control in Pakistan?” South Asia @ LSE. September 3. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2018/09/03/the-electoral-victory-of-imran-khan-diffusing-the-dynasties-of-control-in-pakistan/