Dr. Rekha Datta is Professor of Political Science at Monmouth University where she holds the Freed Endowed Chair in Social Sciences. Her Ph.D. is from the University of Connecticut, and she was also educated at Presidency University and the University of Calcutta in India. She was a U.S. Fulbright Senior Scholar (2017-18) and is an Affiliate Faculty of the South Asia Center at the University of Pennsylvania. An award-winning educator, her teaching and research interests include political theory, international relations, gender and development, and comparative politics of South Asia, East Asia, and developing areas. A selection of her scholarly publications includes her most recent co-edited books Inequality and Governance in an Uncertain World: Perspectives on Democratic & Autocratic Governments (Lexington Books, 2023) and Democracy in Crisis Around the World (Lexington Books, 2020); Contemporary India: The Basics (Routledge, 2017); Beyond Realism: Human Security in India and Pakistan in the Twenty-First Century (Lexington Books, 2008, 2010); Why Alliances Endure: The United States-Pakistan Alliance, 1954-1971 (South Asia Books, 1994). She is also co-editor of Women in Developing Countries: Assessing Strategies for Empowerment (Lynne Rienner, 2002).
Dr. Sangit Sarita Dwivedi is Professor of Political Science at Bharati College, University of Delhi. She completed her BA (Hons.) in Political Science, her MA and M.Phil. from University of Delhi, and her Ph.D. from CIPOD, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Her research interests are in international relations, South Asian Studies, and East Asian Studies. She has authored one book, Perspectives of International Relations and World History, has contributed more than 20 chapters in edited books, and has presented numerous times at national and international seminars and conferences. She is an Associate Editor of The Research Post: Journal of Social Science and Humanities and serves on the Editorial Board of Human Resources Management and Services.
Dr. Vahida Nainar is an independent researcher/consultant with 25 year-experience working on issues and spaces of women’s human rights, gender, impunity, conflicts, reparation, international law, and justice. She has presented papers at several national and international events, written articles, co-edited a book, written reports, manuals, working papers and/or draft of bills/policies. She has been associated in different capacities with several national and international organizations. Among other things, she is currently a member of the IRB of the International Institute of Population Studies in Mumbai.
Dr. Michael B. Bishku is Professor of History at Augusta University in Georgia. He has published numerous articles on Middle Eastern diplomatic history, politics, and international relations, especially regarding Turkey and Israel as well as minorities and relations with other areas of the Global South. He is the former President of both the Association of Global South Studies and of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies.
Dr. Raja M. Ali Saleem is a former Associate Professor at the Centre for Public Policy and Governance at Forman Christian College in Lahore, Pakistan.
Norman Cigar retired as Director of Regional Studies from the Marine Corps University.