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< 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

< Back Dr Marufa Akter Dr. Marufa Akter is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Global Studies and Governance in Independent University, Bangladesh. She obtained a PhD in Political Science from University of Bremen, Germany and her dissertation titled: Women’s Political Participation in Bangladesh Parliament: A Case Study Analysis of Women’s Substantive Representation. She has obtained a Masters degree in Public Policy from Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt, Germany under DAAD scholarship. She also holds a Bachelor and a Master of Social Sciences degree in International Relations from University of Dhaka. She has attended a one-year graduate course on Peace building, and Conflict Transformation at the SIT Graduate Institute in Vermont, USA. She works in the areas of women and politics; gender and governance; women, peace and security; conflict resolution and peace building, climate change in Indo-pacific, and migration. Publications

< Back Ms Munira Mustaffa Ms. Munira Mustaffa founded Chasseur Group and serves as its Executive Director and principal consultant. In addition, she is a non-resident fellow at New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, a Washington, DC-based independent policy think tank, and a fellow at Verve Research, an independent research collective focusing on the relationship between the military and society in the context of political development in the Indo-Pacific region. Since 2014, she has worked professionally in the security field, including the corporate, public, and military sectors. Her work on terrorism, extremism, militancy in Southeast Asia, and cyber warfare has been published by the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, NATO's Strategic Communications Center of Excellence (STRATCOMCOE), and the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET). She obtained a Master’s degree from University College London (UCL). Publications “Social Media Discourse in Malaysia on the Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Rationales for Pro-Russia Sentiments”, ISEAS Perspective, 22 Apr 2022, https://www.iseas.edu.sg/articles-commentaries/iseas-perspective/2022-41-social-media-discourse-in-malaysia- on-the-russia-ukraine-conflict-rationales-for-pro-russia-sentiments-by-benjamin-y-h-loh-and-munira-mustaffa/ “Radical Right Activities in Nusantara’s Digital Landscape: A Snapshot”, Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET), 19 Apr 2022, https://gnet-research.org/2022/04/19/radical-right-activities-in-nusantaras-digital-landscape-a-snapshot/. “The Kadyrovtsy: Putin’s Force Multiplier or Propaganda Tool?”, New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy, 7 Mar 2022, https://newlinesinstitute.org/russia/the-kadyrovtsy-putins-force-multiplier-or-propaganda-tool/.