- Peter Wallensteen Endowed Lecturer, University of Uppsala, May 2026.
- Peter L. Lee Endowed Lecturer, Seattle University, April 2026.
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Kim Dae-jung Award (Inaugural) International Political Science Association (IPSA), 2025 (Award named after former South Korean President-Nobel Laureate for Peace).
- Distinguished Scholar Award, International Security Studies Section (ISSS), International Studies Association, 2025.
- Distinguished Fellow, Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada, 2024-2026.
- Distinguished James McGill Professor, Department of Political Science, McGill University, May 2024.
- Honored with the Establishment of T.V. Paul Lecture Series in Peace and Security, Faculty of Arts, McGill University, May 2024.
- Best International Politics Course (Poli 360: Strategies of War and Peace), Political Science Students’ Association, McGill University, April 2024.
- ISA-Canada Distinguished Scholar Award, 2024.
- Honored with the establishment of T.V. Paul Best Book Award by the Global International Studies
Section (GIRS) of International Studies Association (ISA), May 2023. - Brain Gain Distinguished Scholar, Kerala State Higher Education Council, Jan-Feb 2023.
- Director (Founding), Global Research Network on Peaceful Change (GRENPEC), 2019—Present
- Research Affiliate, Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University, September 2021- August 2022
- Visiting Scholar, Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University, September 2020- August 2021
- Royal Society of Canada Fellow, September 2018.
- President, International Studies Association (ISA), 2016-17
- President-Elect, International Studies Association (ISA), 2015-16
- Erudite Fellow, Kerala State Higher Education Council, India, January 2016 (Invitation)
- Included in the A-List of 41 Influential Indo-Canadians, The Indian Diaspora (www.theindiandiaspora.com), Toronto, January 2015
- The Ngee Ann Kongsi Professor (Visiting) of International Relations, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, August 2014
- Charles Phelps Taft Lecturer, University of Cincinnati, April 2014
- Ambassador John Price and Marcia Price World Affairs Lecturer, Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy, March 2014
- Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum Distinguished Lecturer, Claremont-McKenna College, February 2014
- Team Leader, Globalization and the National Security State Project (Won 4 Consecutive Team Grants from FQRSC- 2002-2017)
- Vice President, International Studies Association (ISA), 2013-14
- Best Professor in International Relations, World Education Congress, Mumbai, June 2012
- KPS Menon Chair (Visiting) for Diplomatic Studies 2011-12, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India
> For more on this, see: http://kpsmenonchair.blogspot.com/ - Honorary Member, The Golden Key International Honour Society (September 2011-)
- Editor, South Asia in World Affairs Book Series, Georgetown University Press, 2010-
- Book, The Tradition of Non-use of Nuclear Weapons has been Selected for Inclusion in the Peace Prize Laureate Exhibition Honoring President Barack Obama by the Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, November 2009 (South Asia Edition, Cambridge University Press, New Delhi, 2010)
- Distinguished Award in Arts and Letters, Indian American Kerala Center, New York, November 2009
- Interviewed in Conversations with History, A Television Interview Series with Leading Scholars and Practitioners, University of California, Berkeley, October 2009 . To view go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvMmnmXGRUM
- “Popular Professor,” Maclean’s Guide to Canadian Universities, 2005
- Faculty of Arts 2005 Award for High Distinction in Research, McGill University
- James McGill Chair, 2003
- Peace Scholar Award, U.S. Institute of Peace, Washington D.C., 1989