Shrabana Barua is a Research Fellow at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), Sapru House, New Delhi. She is also a Visiting Fellow at NIICE, Kathmandu. Her research focuses on geopolitics of South and Southeast Asia, particularly Pakistan, China, India and Myanmar. Her PhD is from Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD), School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Political Science from Hindu College, University of Delhi. Earlier, she worked with Gateway House, Mumbai. She has published several articles and book reviews in reputed journals and presented papers at national and international conferences. She writes regularly for the Hindustan Times on global politics.