Dr. Binoda Kumar Mishra is a Fellow of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Kolkata. Prior to his stint at MAKAIAS, he served as a lecturer in Political Science at Panchakot Mahavidyalaya, Purulia. He is a Ph.D in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and his academic interests include traditional and non-traditional security studies, India-China relations, developmental studies and diaspora studies.