Sitakanta Mishra is currently an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Previously, he was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS), New Delhi, and a Guest Faculty at the Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He was also the Associate Editor of the Indian Foreign Affairs Journal published by the Association of Indian Diplomats, New Delhi. Dr. Mishra received his PhD from the Centre for South Asian Studies of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi in 2011. He was a Visiting Research Scholar at the Cooperative Monitoring Centre, Sandia National Laboratories, USA, during September-December 2013, and CRDF (USA) Visiting Scholar during April-August 2014. He is the South Asia Liaison of the International Network of Emerging Nuclear Specialists (INENS), London. Dr Mishra has authored several books, monographs, chapters, and national and international research papers related to nuclear safety-security, terrorism, nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, cruise missiles, Indian foreign policy, and South Asian affairs. He is also involved in the Indo-Pak Track-II dialogue.