About the Author

Aneek Chatterjee, Ph.D., teaches at the postgraduate department of Political Science at Hooghly Mohsin College, India. He has authored and edited nine books, and contributed several research articles in leading journals and edited volumes. Earlier, he served as Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science at Presidency University (formerly, Presidency College), Kolkata, India. Dr Chatterjee was a Fulbright Nehru Visiting Lecturer at the University of Virginia, US, in 2010–11. He also received the ICCR (Govt. of India) Chair professorship to teach International Relations in reputed foreign universities. Dr Chatterjee presented research papers in international academic conferences in France, Japan, Slovenia, the US, China, Australia, Hungary, Thailand and India, and visited many other countries for academic work. He sits in the editorial boards of three national/international journals; and acts as reviewer for many research journals in India and abroad.