| The United Nations, peace and security: from collective security to the responsibility to protect R Thakur Cambridge University Press, 2016 | 981 | 2016 |
| Global governance and the UN: an unfinished journey TG Weiss, R Thakur Indiana University Press, 2010 | 665* | 2010 |
| The Oxford handbook of modern diplomacy AF Cooper, J Heine, R Thakur, RC Thakur Oxford University Press, 2013 | 491* | 2013 |
| Making states work: State failure and the crisis of governance S Chesterman, M Ignatieff, R Thakur United Nations University Press, 2005 | 406* | 2005 |
| Unintended Consequences of Peacekeeping Operations C Aoi, C de Coning, R Thakur United Nations University Press, 2007 | 323* | 2007 |
| Will China change the rules of global order? G Chin, R Thakur The Washington Quarterly 33 (4), 119-138, 2010 | 313 | 2010 |
| R2P after Libya and Syria: Engaging emerging powers R Thakur The Washington Quarterly 36 (2), 61-76, 2013 | 278 | 2013 |
| Enhancing global governance through regional integration R Thakur, L Van Langenhove Regionalisation and global governance, 33-58, 2007 | 246 | 2007 |
| The group of twenty (G20) AF Cooper, R Thakur Routledge, 2013 | 239 | 2013 |
| Kosovo and the challenge of humanitarian intervention: selective indignation, collective action, and international citizenship A Schnabel, R Thakur United Nations University Press, 2000 | 230 | 2000 |
| The responsibility to protect R Thakur Norms, Laws and the Use of Force in, 2011 | 226 | 2011 |
| R2P: from idea to norm—and action? R Thakur, TG Weiss Global Responsibility to Protect 1 (1), 22-53, 2009 | 226 | 2009 |
| United Nations peacekeeping operations: ad hoc missions, permanent engagement RC Thakur, A Schnabel United Nations University Press, 2001 | 208* | 2001 |
| Multilateralism under challenge: Power, international order, and structural change E Newman, R Thakur, J Tirman Academic Foundation, 2006 | 203* | 2006 |
| Outlook: intervention, sovereignty and the responsibility to protect: experiences from ICISS R Thakur Security Dialogue 33 (3), 323-340, 2002 | 171 | 2002 |
| From peacekeeping to peace enforcement: the UN operation in Somalia R Thakur The Journal of Modern African Studies 32 (3), 387-410, 1994 | 164 | 1994 |
| The Dark Side of Globalization J Heine, R Thakur United Nations University Press, 2011 | 162* | 2011 |
| How representative are BRICS? R Thakur Emerging Powers and the UN, 43-60, 2018 | 161 | 2018 |
| Asia’s Emerging Regional Order: Reconciling Traditional and Human Security WT Tow, R Thakur, IT Hyun Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2000 | 150* | 2000 |
| The government and politics of India R Thakur Bloomsbury Publishing, 1995 | 148 | 1995 |
