Dr Pradeep Taneja is a Senior Lecturer in Asian Politics and an Academic Fellow of the Australia India Institute at the University of Melbourne. He has worked in senior roles with a number of organisations in Australia and Asia. Born and educated in India, he lived and worked in China for more than six years during the 1980s and 90s. In addition to his work on China, he continues to maintain teaching and research interests in Indian politics and foreign policy and regularly writes about it. He was a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, in 2016 and a Visiting Fellow at the Mercator Institute for China Studies in Berlin from May to July 2019. He also worked in Bangkok for two years to help establish a new private university. Earlier he was Director of International Programs in the Graduate School of Management at La Trobe University. His professional career has combined teaching, consultancy and research. Pradeep is frequently interviewed by Australian and foreign media on developments in the Asia-Pacific region. He has published in a variety of journals, including International Politics, European Studies, South Asia, and Asia Policy. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs. His forthcoming book (OUP) looks at India’s China Challenge. Pradeep studied at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Peking University and the University of Oslo before earning a PhD from Griffith University in Australia. He has published on inclusive policies in China and India.