K.P. Vijayalakshmi, is Professor & Head of Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal. She is also an Executive Council Member at Manohar Parrikar Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi and an Adjunct faculty at ISSP, NIAS, Bengaluru. She was formerly Professor of US Studies, Centre for Canadian, US & Latin American Studies, School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi.