Dr. Jagannath P. Panda is Associate Fellow at the China & South/East Asia cluster of the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi. This book is a research output of his year-long efforts in the cluster. Prior to joining IDSA, Dr. Panda worked as Centrally Administered Fellow at the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) of the Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, New Delhi. He is a recipient of the V.K. Krishna Menon memorial Gold Medal for his excellent academic record in international Law and diplomacy form the prestigious Indian Society of International Law (ISIL), New Delhi. His writinghave been published in various international peer-reviewed journals like: Strategic Analyses (Routledge), China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly (Central Asia – Causasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Programm, Sweden) China Report (Sage), Asian Politics and Policy (Wiley-Blackwell), Aisan Ethnicity (Routledge) etc. he has also published in other international and national journals and newspapers like : China Brief (Jamestown Foundation), Taiwan Journals (Taipei), World Focus (New Delhi), Mainstream (New Delhi), The Pioneer, The Hindu etc.