Asma Masood is a Research Officer at the Chennai Centre for China Studies (C3S). She is Founding Member and President, Young Minds of C3S. She has worked as an Independent Researcher on International Relations in the Asia-Pacific and interned at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi. She has an M.A. in International Studies from Stella Maris College and B.A. in Journalism from M.O.P. Vaishnav College, Chennai. Her areas of interest are China and Dynamics of Foreign Policy in the Asia-Pacific. Her articles have been published by several newspapers, magazines, and think-tanks.