Siddharth Singh Editor

Alok Bansal is the Director of India Foundation. He is also an Adjunct Professor at New Delhi Institute of Management (NDIM) and Secretary General of Asian Eurasian Human Rights Forum (AEHRF). A former Naval Officer he served in Indian Navy for almost 32 years, where he commanded two warships. He has also served as the Executive Director of the National Maritime Foundation (NMF) and worked with the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA). He has authored two books titled Balochistan in Turmoil: Pakistan at Cross Roads and Gilgit Baltistan and its Unending saga of Human Rights Violation and has also co-edited a book on Geopolitics of Himalayan region: Cultural, Political and Strategic Dimensions.

Deeksha Goel is currently working as a Senior Research Fellow at India Foundation. Her research interests include Geopolitics of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and Development Financing in the IOR. Deeksha graduated as an Engineer specialising in Electronics and Communication and has a MBA in Finance.

Siddharth Singh is a Senior Research Fellow at India Foundation. He has done his Masters in International Relations and M.Phil. in Indo-Pacific Studies from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. His PhD research is on "Comparative Analysis of India and China`s Maritime Diplomacy in Indo-Pacific Region". His area of research includes Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region, India`s Maritime Diplomacy and India`s engagements in Multilateral Institutions. Contributors • Alok Bansal • Aniruddha Rajput • Apurv Kumar Mishra • Bimal N. Patel • Bimal Verma • C. Raja Mohan • Deeksha Goel • Dhruva Jaishankar • Gudmundur Eiriksson • Gurpreet S Khurana • Hamsa Devineni • Harsha De Silva • Jayantha Perera • M J Akbar • Myo Htike Tan Thein • Shakti Sinha • Siddharth Singh • Sidharto Suryodipuro • Sreeradha Datta • Tariq Karim • Ton Sinh Thanh • Vijay Sakuja • Vinay Badhwar • Yurika Ishii