Vandana Menon

Vandana Menon is a journalist reporting on politics and culture across South Asia. Currently based out of New Delhi, she has reported on a wide range of issues from the ground. She is the recipient of the Ramnath Goenka award for feature writing in 2021 and the Asian College of Journalism award for social impact […]

Aleksandr Kuzmenchuk

Aleksandr Kuzmenchuk is a former Fulbright-Nehru scholar at Ashoka University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from William & Mary and has interned at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress, the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the U.S. Department of State, and other research institutions.

Constantino Xavier

Constantino Xavier is Senior Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP), in New Delhi, where he leads the Foreign Policy and Security Studies vertical. He is also Visiting Professor at Ashoka University’s International Relations department and a Non-resident Fellow in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution. Dr. Xavier’s research examines […]

Floris Harm

Floris Harm is Leiden Asia Centre’s managing director. Mr Harm has an MA in China studies and Political Science from Leiden University and Peking University. Before joining Leiden Asia Centre, he worked for various media as China correspondent in Beijing and as news reporter and Asia editor for NOS RTV.

Rajesh Rajagopalan

Rajesh Rajagopalan teaches international politics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His main areas of research and writing are international relations theory, security studies and Indian foreign and security policies.

Nicholas J. Wheeler

Nicholas J. Wheeler is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham (UoB) and a non-resident Senior Fellow at BASIC where he works on BASIC’s Nuclear Responsibilities Programme with special reference to India-Pakistan nuclear relations. His research areas are International Relations and Strategic/Security Studies.