Colonel Vivek Chadha (Retd), is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA). Prior to joining the IDSA, he served in the Indian Army for 22 years. His areas of research include defence studies, counterinsurgency and counterterrorism. His published books include: Lifeblood of Terrorism: Countering Terrorism Finance; Bloomsbury; 2015, Low-Intensity Conflicts in India: An Analysis; Sage; 2005, Company Commander in Low-Intensity Conflicts; Lancers; 1997, and Indo-US Relations: Divergence to Convergence; Macmillan; 2008. He has also edited the Monograph, Armed Forces Special Powers Act: The Debate, and the Asian Strategic Review, for the last four years. He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Defence Studies, a quarterly journal of the IDSA, disseminating research on core defence issues.