M.K.Bhadrakumar served in the Indian Foreign Service for three decades and served as ambassador to Uzbekistan and Turkey. Apart from two postings in the former Soviet Union, his assignments abroad included South Korea, Sri Lanka, West Germany, Kuwait, Pakistan and Afghanistan. He served thrice in the Iran-Pakistan-Afghanistan Division in the Ministry of External Affairs, including as the Head of the Division in 1992-95. Mr. Bhadrakumar sought voluntary retirement from the IFS in 2002 and has since devoted himself to writing.]]> Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is professor of strategic studies at the Centre for Policy Research in Dehli. He is also a Member of the Policy Advisory Group headed by the Foreign Minister of India. Until January 2000, Dr Chellaney was an adviser to India’s National Security Council, serving as convenor of the External Security Group of the National Security Advisory Board.]]> Harry G. Broadman

Harry G. Broadman is a Senior Vice President of Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy firm, and Chief Economist of Albright Capital Management LLC, an investment advisory firm focused on emerging markets. Dr. Broadman is globally recognized as an expert on foreign investment and trade, corporate governance, antitrust and regulation, enterprise restructuring and natural resources pertaining to OECD and developing countries, especially China, Russia, India and Africa.]]> Rupa Chanda

Rupa Chanda is a Professor in Economics and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore (IIMB). She has a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University, with a specialization in International Trade, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard University. At IIMB, Dr. Chanda lectures on Macroeconomics and International Trade. She currently holds an institute research chair and was the recipient of the ICFAI Best Teacher Award for 2006. Prior to joining IIMB, Dr. Chanda worked as an Economist at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC.]]> Aparajita Gangopadhyay

Aparajita Gangopadhyay has done her M.A. and M.Phil. in the fields of International Studies and Latin American Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Ms. Gangopadhyay has written a monograph called the Debt-Equity Swap Programme in Argentina, Brazil and Chile in addition to publishing several articles on Latin America. She was awarded the second prize by the Embassy of Argentina in an Essay Competition in 1994 and placed second in the Essay Competition organized by the Candido Mendes University, Brazil and the Publishers and Book Sellers Guild, Kolkata, India.]]> Ummu Salma Bava

Ummu Salma Bava is Chairperson and Professor of European Studies at the Centre for European Studies, and Co-ordinator, The Netherlands Prime Minister’s Grant, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was also the Director, UGC Europe Area Studies Programme (December 2006 - March 2007). She is also a Guest Faculty at the Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, India.]]> Swaminathan Aiyar

Swaminathan Aiyar is a Indian journalist. Currently he is Consulting Editor, Economic Times and writes regularly for the Economic Times and The Times of India.

Devesh Kapur is the Director of the Centre for Advanced Study of India, he holds the Madan Lal Sobti Professorship for the Study of Contemporary India, and he is an associate professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to arriving at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Kapur was an associate professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin, and before that the Frederick Danziger Associate Professor of Government at Harvard.

Ramesh Thakur is is a distinguished fellow at The Centre for International Governance Innovation in Waterloo and was Senior Vice-Rector of the United Nations University (1998-2007). He received his BA from the University of Calcutta and, his MA and Ph D from the Queen's University in Kingston.]]> VS Arunachalam]]>