B.M. Jain, IJAA's founding editor-in-chief, is an Indian political scientist who has worked toward advancing geo-psychological and psycho-cultural approaches to the study of international relations, foreign policy behavior, and defense, security and strategic policies within the contours of the international system.

Jain has been a senior fellow at the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, India. He was formerly a professor of political science and Senior UGC Research Scientist in political science at South Asia Studies Center, University of Rajasthan, India, and was also a visiting professor at the Department of  Political Science, Cleveland State University, Ohio, at Binghamton University in New York, and at Jaume 1 University, Castellón, Spain (the UNESCO Chair of Philosophy for Peace).

Jain has published over 18 books and nearly 100 articles. His most recent books include: The Gepsychology Theory of International Relations in the 21st Century (Lexington Books, 2021), South Asia Conundrum" The Great Power Gambit (Lexington Books, 2019), China's Soft Power Diplomacy in South Asia: Myth or Reality?(Lexington, 2017); Indo-U.S. Relations in the Age of Uncertainty (New York, NY: Routledge, 2016); India in the New South Asia (IB Tauris,2010) and Global Power: India's Foreign Policy, 1947-2006 ( Lexington, 2008). He is a manuscript reviewer for peer-reviewed journals- Pacific Affairs, Contemporary South Asia, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, and Icfai Journal of International Relations.       

                

Romi Jain, MBA (SFSU, California), Ph.D.(CSU, Ohio), Faculty of Management at the University of British Columbia, Canada, is IJAA's Executive Editor. She is a winner of Canada's competitive federal grant award for her research on knowledge economies of India and China. A China expert, she has published in Asian Survey, Diplomacy & Statecraft, Asian Affairs, Journal of Third World Studies, and Economic and Political Weekly, among others. Jain has served as a Guest Editor-in-Chief of Harvard Asia Quarterly and is currently the Guest Editor of a special issue of Social Transformations in Chinese Societies (UK: Emerald). In her forthcoming book on China (Routledge, April/May 2021), she has advanced an innovative model of geointellect. Jain’s creative works include nearly 200 poems published in poetry books, anthologies, and literary journals. 

The IJAA International Editorial Board

                          (In alphabetical order: Last Name)

Kevin Clements is Director of the National Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Otago University, New Zealand. He was formerly a professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Foundation Director of the Australian Center for Peace and Conflict Studies. His publications include: From Right to Left in Development Theory; Peace, Culture and Society: Trans National Research Perspectives; Peace and Security in the Asia Pacific Region, and Building International Community. 

  Sumit  Ganguly is a professor of Political Science and holds the Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations at Indiana University, Bloomington. He has previously taught at James Madison College of Michigan State University, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and the University of Texas at Austin. Professor Ganguly has been a Visiting Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. He has also been a Fellow and a Guest Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. Most recently, he was a Visiting Scholar at the German Institute for International and Area Studies in Hamburg.

Professor Ganguly is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of twenty books on contemporary South Asia. His most recent book (with Rahul Mukherji) is India Since 1980 (Cambridge University Press). He is currently at work on another book, Deadly Impasse: India-Pakistan Relations at the Dawn of a new Century, under contract with Cambridge University Press.



Patrick James is a Professor of International Relations and Director of Center for International Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. His recent books include Rethinking Realism in International Relations: Between Tradition and Innovation (with Annette Freyberg-Inan and Ewan Harrison, eds.), Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008; and Canadian Studies in the New Millennium (with Mark Kasoff, eds.), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007.





Joseph Tse-Hei Lee  is Professor of History and Co-Director of the East Asian Studies Program at Pace University in Lower Manhattan, New York, USA. He is the author ofThe Bible and the Gun: Christianity in South China, 1860-1900 (New York and London: Routledge, 2003; Chinese edition: 《圣经与枪炮: 基督教与潮州社会，1860-1900》北京: 社会科学文献出版社，2010) and the co-editor of Marginalization in China: Recasting Minority Politics (New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2009).                                                              

T.V. Paul is the James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Canada. He is Founding Director of the McGill University—Université de Montreal Centre for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS). His most recent books include Globalization and the National Security State (with Norrin Ripsman), Oxford University Press, 2010; andTradition of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons, Stanford University Press, 2009.          

Shalendra D. Sharma is a Professor in the Department of Politics at the University of San Francisco, CA, and also teaches in the MA program in the Department of Economics. His recent books include Achieving Economic Development in the Era of Globalization (Routledge, 2007) and China and India in the Age of Globalization: A Comparative Political Economy (Cambridge University Press, 2009). Sharma also serves as a consultant to the World Bank and the IMF.

Zhiqun Zhu is a professor of political science and international relations and inaugural director of the China Institute at Bucknell University, USA. He is the author and editor of over 10 books, including China’s New Diplomacy: Rationale, Strategies and Significance (Ashgate, 2013); New Dynamics in East Asian Politics: Security, Political Economy, and Society (Continuum International, 2012); and US-China Relations in the 21st Century: Power Transition and Peace (Routledge, 2005). Dr. Zhu has received several research fellowships, including POSCO fellowships at the East-West Center in Hawaii; Korea Foundation/Freeman Foundation fellowship; and a visiting professorship at Doshisha University in Japan. He is a member of the National Committee on United States-China Relations and is frequently sought after by international media to comment on Chinese and East Asian affairs.