Dr. Sandeep Tripathi is the Founder and President of the Forum for Global Studies, India’s multidisciplinary think tank, headquartered in New Delhi. A distinguished strategic thinker, Dr. Tripathi holds a Ph.D. in Russia-Ukraine Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Dr. Tripathi specializes in India’s Foreign Policy; Soviet and Post-Soviet politics; Energy and Geopolitics; Energy Diplomacy, Technology, and State. He is frequently quoted and has appeared in various Indian and international media outlets including the Financial Express, BW Business World, The Economic Times, Asianet Newsable, Sputnik News, International Affairs Forum, Washington DC, WION, TV9 Network, and Zee Group. Dr. Tripathi has been a speaker/panelist at prestigious conferences including the IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science, Vladivostok, Russia, V USP BRICS Conference, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, MNLU, IDSC, Philippines, and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing. He is also the Managing Editor of the ‘Journal of Geo-Economic Analysis’ which is a peer-reviewed International Journal of the Forum for Global Studies.