Former Fellow, International Security Studies Programme
Sameer Patil is former Fellow, International Security Studies Programme, Gateway House. Prior to this, he was Assistant Director at the National Security Council Secretariat in Prime Minister’s Office, New Delhi, where he handled counter-terrorism and regional security desks. Sameer has written extensively on various aspects of national security including counter-terrorism, cyber security, Kashmir issue, India-Pakistan and India-China relations. He is also a dissertation advisor at the Naval War College, Goa. In 2019, he was a recipient of the Canberra Fellowship, awarded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia. He tweets at @sameerpatilIND. Download high-res picture
Education
M.A. and M.Phil. in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University
Expertise
International security and conflict, cyber-security, defence business, counter-terrorism
The nuclear deal with Iran benefits India and Pakistan in terms of energy security and connectivity. But both countries also face challenges in their prospective engagement with Tehran, and both will have to tread carefully while using the new opportunities.
As India celebrates its Independence Day, security situation on eastern borders is gradually moving towards stability with experiments in peace making focused on resolving insurgencies and border management. These experiments coupled with the sub-regional economic initiatives potentially put eastern region on the path of prosperity.
The attack in Gurdaspur this week was different from any previous Pakistan-sponsored terrorist hit. India must be wary of the new and improved strikes coming from across the border, and must also plan a robust, long-term policy response
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Central Asia is an important moment for Indian business to increase its presence in the region. Before doing so, it must consider the region’s geopolitical and security challenges—but once past these hurdles, the region has many investment opportunities
Indian and Pakistani Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif met on the sidelines of the SCO and released a joint statement on July 10. Gateway House National Security Fellows C.Christine Fair and Sameer Patil analyse the meeting along with the joint statement, and explain why it will be no breakthrough in India-Pakistan relations.
Ahead of India's elevation to a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Sameer Patil, National Security Fellow, Gateway House, sits down with Dev Lewis to discuss the SCO and India as well as Narendra Modi's planned meeting with Nawaz Sharif
On 22 June 2015, a suicide bomber and six gunmen from the Taliban attacked the Afghan Parliament in Kabul. All six gunmen were later killed by Afghan security forces. Sameer Patil, Fellow, and C. Christine Fair, Visiting Fellow, national security, ethnic conflict and terrorism, Gateway House, sit down to discuss the significance of the attack, the security situation in Afghanistan and how India would respond if Indian investments came under attack.
A recent visit by Gateway House researchers to various think tanks in Beijing and Shanghai offered a glimpse of China’s efforts to establish a “think tank culture”. The government hopes this will create a research base for policy analysis and project the country’s power globally, but for now the thinks tanks face many challenges, such as intellectual autonomy, language, and using resources optimally
While China will seek India’s cooperation on its ambitious ‘One Belt, One Road’ project during Prime Minister Modi’s visit this week, Indian policy makers must soon articulate a definite stand on this transnational corridor by bridging the country’s security concerns and the benefits of such an engagement with China.
Rapidly evolving security threats in India's neighbourhood and a number of accidents means it is critical for India to invest in the modernisation as well as the indigenisation of India's rapidly obsolescing defence equipment. This policy perspective provides recommendations on what role Indian private sector can play in the modernisation of India's defence sector
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