Jatin Kumar is a Research Analyst in Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (MP-IDSA) in West Asia Centre. He holds a Ph. D degree from the Centre for West Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University for his doctoral thesis on Israel’s National Security Policy Making after Oslo. His areas of interests are contemporary Middle East, especially Israel. He is a frequent contributor on various strategic issues to online publications and newspapers. He has published articles with Contemporary Review of Middle East and Strategic Analysis and contributed chapters in various edited books. For MEI he prepared India Speaks (July 2014-September 2017), Pakistan Watch (March-May 2018) and India Watch (October 2018-December 2019).

He was associated with MEI@ND as a Non-Resident Associate until 2024