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Latha Varadarajan

Latha Varadarajan joined the SDSU faculty after receiving a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Minnesota in January 2005. Her research is located at the intersection of international relations theory, international political economy, and international security. More specifically, her published work has focused on the politics of transnationalism (specifically state-diaspora relations); the connections between neoliberal economic restructuring and national security policies; the meaning and relevance of postcolonial struggles; and the debates surrounding the contemporary manifestations of imperialism. She is currently working on a book project that brings together her background in international law and international relations to discuss the contemporary development of a legal-humanitarian world order.

Varadarajan teaches courses on International Relations, International Political Economy, National Security and Nationalism both at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

In addition to her book, The Domestic Abroad: Diasporas in International Relations ( New York: Oxford University Press, 2010), her publications include:

•  “Out of place: Re-thinking diaspora and empire,” Millennium: Journal of International Studies Vol. 36 (2), 2008, pp. 267-293
  
  
• “Traveling in Paradox: Edward Said and critical international relations,” Millennium: Journal of International Studies, Vol. 36 (1), 2007, pp. 83-100  (Co-authored with Raymond Duvall)
  
  
• “Courtiers of the New Empire,” Review Essay, New political Science, Vol. 28 (2), June 2006, pp. 269-280
  
  
• “The Life and Times of Economic Nationalism,” Featured Review, International Studies Review, Vol. 8 (1), March 2006, pp.90-92 [Review of Eric Helleiner and Andreas Pickel (eds.), “Economic Nationalism in a Globalizing World”]
  
  
• “ ‘The Global Indian Family’: Nationalism, Neoliberalism and Diaspora at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas,” Diaspora: Journal of Transnational Studies Vol. 14 (1), Spring 2005, pp. 45-74 (Co-authored with Bakirathi Mani)
  
  
• “Constructivism, Identity and Neoliberal (In)security” Review of International Studies, Vol. 30, July 2004, pp.319-341
  
  
• “Edward Said” in Jenny Edkins and Nicholas Vaughn-Williams (eds.)., Critical Theorists in International Relations (New York and Oxon: Routledge, 2009), pp. 292-305

View Dr. Varadarajan's CV (.pdf)