Dr. Mohammed Badrul Alam has been Professor at the Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, since 2006. He has taught for over a two decades in the United States, Japan and India at various educational institutions. Dr. Alam is the author of several books including, Constructing South Asian Nuclear Discourse (2007), as well as numerous articles, monographs and books reviews published in international journals. He is a recipient of number of prestigious awards including Fulbright Fellowship, Shastri Canadian Foreign Ministry Award, DAAD Fellowship, Salzburg Global Fellowship, Baden-Wuerttemberg Fellowship, Visiting Scholar at East-West Center, etc. His research interests include: US-India relations, nuclear issues in South Asia and the study of Indian elections.