Dr. A.D. Gnanagurunathan is currently a visiting scholar in the Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University. He received his Master’s at the Madras Christian College at the University of Madras in Chennai, India, and his PhD at the School of International Studies (SIS) Center for Comparative Politics and Political Theory at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi, India. Prior to his current position, he was a visiting Professor at National Chengchi University’s International College of Innovation, the Head of Liberal Arts at Apeejay Stya University in Delhi-NCR, India, a Research Fellow at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), and also a Researcher at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), both of which where in New Delhi, India.