Vivek Mishra is a Research Fellow at the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi & Deputy Director, Kalinga Institute of Indo-Pacific Studies, Bhubaneswar. He is also Assistant Professor (on leave) in International Relations at the Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata. He has been 2019 South Asian Voices Visiting Fellow at the Stimson Center, Washington D.C. and a Fulbright Visiting Scholar in the Saltzman Institute of War & Peace, School of International Public Affairs, Columbia University, NY for the academic year 2015-16. Dr.