Harsh V Pant is Professor of International Relations at King’s College London, UK. He is Director, Studies and Head of the Strategic Studies Programme at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, India. He is also Director (Honorary) of Delhi School of Transnational Affairs at Delhi University. His current research is focused on Asian security issues. His most recent books include Politics and Geopolitics: Decoding India’s Neighbourhood Challenge (2021), America and the Indo-Pacific: Trump and Beyond (2021), New Directions in India’s Foreign Policy: Theory and Praxis (2018), Indian Nuclear Policy (2018), Handbook of Indian Defence Policy (2015), and India’s Afghan Muddle (2013).