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< Back Dr Helena Varkkey Helena Binti Muhamad Varkkey is a social scientist based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She is an Associate Professor at the Department of International and Strategic Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya, and a Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. She holds a PhD in International and Strategic Studies from the University of Sydney, and has authored several books, book chapters and journal articles for publishers including Cambridge University Press, Routledge, and Brill. Her latest book is ‘The Forests for the Palms: Essays on the Politics of Haze and the Environment in Southeast Asia’, published in 2021 by ISEAS, Singapore. She also served as a Consultant for the ‘Final Review of the Roadmap on ASEAN Cooperation towards Transboundary Haze Pollution Control with Means of Implementation’ for ASEAN Secretariat in 2020-2021, and as a Subject Area Expert for environmental politics, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia, between 2016 and 2018. Publications Blog By exporting trash, rich countries put their waste out of sight and out of mind: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/opinions/by-exporting-trash-rich-countries-put-their-waste-out-of-sight-and-out-of-mind-varkkey/index.html Three things Jokowi could do better to stop forest fires and haze in Indonesia https://theconversation.com/three-things-jokowi-could-do-better-to-stop-forest-fires-and-haze-in-indonesia-120497

< Back Ms Khyati Singh A PhD Scholar at Center for United States Studies, SIS, JNU. Research Associate at Center for Air Power Studies. Did her masters from SIS, JNU. Published a range of articles concerning Indo-Pacific, AI, Cyber Security. Publications

< Back DR HAPPYMON JACOB EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Happymon Jacob is the founder and director of the Council For Strategic and Defense Research, a new-age think-tank based in New Delhi. Dr Jacob is also an Associate Professor of Diplomacy and Disarmament at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Dr Jacob is an accomplished author, having written the books ‘Line on Fire: Ceasefire Violations and India-Pakistan Escalation Dynamics’ (OUP, 2019) and ‘Line of Control: Traveling with the Indian and Pakistani Armies’ (Penguin Viking, 2018). happy@csdronline.com 123-456-7890

< Back Dr Amrita Sen Amrita Sen is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, and a Visiting Faculty at Azim Premji University. She completed her PhD in Environmental Sociology, from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur, for which she had received the award for Excellence in PhD thesis, 2019. She is a member of the International Sociological Association, Indian Sociological Society, and the International Association for the Study of Commons. She has published articles in journals such as the International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, Economic and Political Weekly, and the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. Her upcoming book, to be published by Routledge, is titled, ‘Contested landscapes and regional political ecologies of environmental conflicts in India’. Publications From SMART to Sustainable Cities: Is COVID19 an opportunity?: https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/from-smart-to-sustainable-cities-is-covid19-an-opportunity-66363/ Is COVID-19 a Capitalocene Challenge?: https://www.en.envstudies.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news1/events11/record-enrolment1/index.html Cyclone Bulbul in the Indian Sundarbans: Another Lesson on Deltaic Vulnerability and Resilience:https://india.mongabay.com/2019/12/commentary-cyclone-bulbul-in-the-indian-sundarbans-another-lesson-on-deltaic-vulnerability-and-resilience/

< Back Dr Pavithra Jayawardena Dr Pavithra Jayawardena is a senior lecturer at the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo. She currently teaches introductory course for International Relations, Geopolitics and Research Methodology at the undergraduate level. Publications

< Back Dr Chow Bing Ngeow Dr. Ngeow Chow-Bing is Director of the Institute of China Studies at the University of Malaya. He received his PhD in Public and International Affairs from Northeastern University. Publications

< Back Lucio III Blanco Pitlo Mr Pitlo is a research fellow at the Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation and a member of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies. He is currently a Visiting Scholar at the National Chengchi University. Publications

< Back Ms Anoosha Panwar Anoosha S. Panwar is pursuing her Doctoral studies in Competition Law from National Law University, Delhi. She also works as Teaching Associate at National Law University, Delhi. Publications

< Back Mr Anurag Mishra I am Anurag Mishra, a Ph.D. scholar at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal University, New Delhi. I hold a Master of Laws degree from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and a B.A.LL.B. degree from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. I have a keen interest in the US politics and foreign policy as well as International Law which I studied during both the undergraduate and post graduate level. Publications

< Back Don McLain Gill Don McLain Gill is a Manila-based geopolitical analyst, an author, and the Director for South and Southeast Asia at the Philippine-Middle East Studies Association (PMESA). He currently has over 100 publications to his credit in the form of books, book chapters, peer-reviewed international journal articles, newspaper columns, and commentary/ analysis articles for top publishers such as The Diplomat, The National Interest, Asia Times, South China Morning Post, Observer Research Foundation, East-West Center, RUSI, and The Stimson Center, among others. He is also regularly interviewed by international news tv channels and newspapers on a wide array of issues regarding Asian affairs, South and Southeast Asian geopolitics, and Philippine foreign policy. He holds an MA Degree in International Relations. Publications ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific: Motivations, Opportunities, and Challenges https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-7521-9_5 India-France Partnership Provides a Model for East-West Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific https://thediplomat.com/2023/01/india-france-partnership-provides-a-model-for-east-west-cooperation-in-the-indo-pacific/ Will the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment be a Game-changer in the Indo-Pacific?https://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/will-the-partnership-global-infrastructure-and-investment-be-game-changer-in-the-indo

< Back Mr Sujeet Kumar Sujeet Kumar is serving the nation, and his state of Odisha, as a Parliamentarian (Member of RajyaSabha/ Upper House). He earlier served as the Advisor, in the rank of Chief Secretary, to the Special Development Council (SDC) of Government of Odisha and as the Special Secretary of Odisha State Planning Board, very senior policy planning positions with Government of Odisha. Publications

< Back Dr Premesha Saha Premesha Saha is an Associate Fellow (Strategic Studies Programme) at the Observer Research Foundation. She holds a PhD from the Center for Indo-Pacific Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, with a thesis on ‘Indonesia’s Indian Ocean Strategy, 2004-2015’. She has formerly been an Associate Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Political Studies in Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan, Jakarta. Her primary research areas are Indonesia’s maritime strategy, the emerging dynamics of the Indo-Pacific region, India and Southeast Asia, India’s Act East Policy, Asia-Pacific multilateralism. She is presently working on research projects focusing on India-Australia defence cooperation, prospects for South Korea’s engagement with India and ASEAN, and deeper Australia-India-Indonesia trilateral cooperation, partnering with institutions such as the Australian DFAT, Korea Foundation, Australian National University (ANU), and CSIS Jakarta. Publications Securing Two Oceans: Bolstering India-Australia Defence Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific: https://www.orfonline.org/research/securing-two-oceans/ India’s Role in the Emerging Dynamics of the Indo-Pacific:https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/indias-role-in-the-emerging-dynamics-of-the-indo-pacific/ The Bottom Line in Blinken’s foray into Southeast Asia: https://www.orfonline.org/research/the-bottom-line-in-blinkens-foray-into-southeast-asia