Professor Swaran Singh is currently Visiting Professor, the Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia; Professor and former Chair, the Centre for International Politics Organisation and Disarmament, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University and President of the Association of Asia Scholars. He has published in reputed journals like Columbia Journal of International Affairs; Journal of Indian Ocean Region, Issues and Studies, BIISS Journal, and regularly writes for newspapers like Asia Times, China Daily, and Global Times. His latest book is China and the Indo-Pacific (Palgrave 2023)