Analysts
Benjamin Charlton
Analyst, East Asia
Joined Oxford Analytica in 2011. Holds an MPhil in Modern Chinese Studies from Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, with fieldwork and language training at Peking University and a BA in Japanese Studies from the University of Sheffield, incorporating study at Doshisha University in Kyoto on a scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Education. Previously worked as a Coordinator of International Relations for a local government in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, and as a Political and Economic Analyst for the British Consulate General in Hong Kong.
Dr Megha Kumar
Analyst, Asia Pacific
Joined Oxford Analytica in 2010. Holds a DPhil and an MSt in colonial South Asian history from Balliol College, University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and a BA from the University of Delhi. Held the Past and Present Research Fellowship at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, and taught South Asian history and politics at Oxford. Has published academic articles and book reviews, and worked as a freelance journalist for two years in Delhi.
Region Heads
Faisal Devji
University Reader in South Asian History, Oxford
Specialises in the political thought of modern Islam as well as in the transformation of liberal categories and democratic practice in South Asia. Author of two books, Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality, Modernity (2005), and The Terrorist in Search of Humanity: Militant Islam and Global Politics (2009), and is currently writing a book on the emergence of Muslim politics and the founding of Pakistan.
Sir Tim Lankester
President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
A development economist specialising in international aid, with particular reference to India and Indonesia. He served at the Treasury, at 10 Downing Street as Private Secretary to Prime Ministers Callaghan and Thatcher, as Britain's representative on the boards of the IMF, World Bank and the European Investment Bank. He has also been Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.
Professor Rana Mitter
Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, University of Oxford
Specialist in contemporary Chinese politics and the political and cultural history of twentieth-century China. Recent publications include A Bitter Revolution: China’s Struggle with the Modern World (Oxford, 2004), for which he was awarded the title Times Higher Young Academic Author of the Year 2005. Professor Mitter regularly broadcasts on BBC radio and History Channel documentaries; his essays and reviews have appeared in the Financial Times, History Today, and the London Review of Books.
Dr Ian Neary
Director of the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford. University Lecturer in the Politics of Japan
Specialist on contemporary Japanese politics. Has published variously on industrial policy and aspects of human rights implementation in East Asia focussing on patients' and children's rights.
Dr Steve Tsang
Reader in Politics, University of Oxford, Louis Cha Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Asian Studies Centre at St Antony's College, University of Oxford
Specialises in the politics and international relations of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Author and editor of seven books including A Modern History of Hong Kong (2003), The Cold War's Odd Couple: The Unintended Partnership between the Republic of China and the United Kingdom (2003), and Peace and Security Across the Taiwan Strait (2004).
Dr David Washbrook
Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, and Trinity College, Cambridge
Specialises in the modern and contemporary history of India, especially southern India. Has also taught at Harvard and Warwick Universities and at the University of Pennsylvania and has contributed to numerous books and periodicals on South Asia, especially on Indian politics and development. Member of the editorial board of Modern Asian Studies.
