Dr Anchita Borthakur is a Research Associate at Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi. She holds a PhD from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. She completed her M.Phil. from the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta, where she was the recipient of M.Phil. Research Fellowship issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. Anchita has completed her Master's in South Asian Studies from Pondicherry University where she secured the South Asia Foundation Scholarship awarded by SAF (an Apex body of SAARC). She holds a graduate degree in Political Science from the University of Delhi. Anchita has published extensively on Afghanistan-Pakistan region in several reputed peer-reviewed International/national journals including in the Journal of Royal Society for Asian Affairs (Routledge), The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs (Routledge), Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (Routledge), Orient: The German Journal for Politics, Economics, and Culture of the Middle East, World Focus, etc. She has also presented her research work in several international conferences including at SOAS, University of London, Copenhagen University, George Mason University, University of Cologne, Russian Armenian University, Roma Tre University, European International Studies Association, etc. Her primary area of research are: South Asia, Afghanistan, India and its neighborhood.