Amit Dholakia is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He has co-edited a book India and the Emerging World Order: Foreign Policy and Security Perspectives and contributed several articles to scholarly journals and edited volumes. He has presented papers at numerous seminars in India and participated in academic programmes at the University of Michigan, U.S.; Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Sri Lanka and Theodore Heuss Academy, Germany. His research interests are focused on India-Pakistan conflict, peace and security in South Asia and conflict resolution approaches.