Mr. Soumyodeep Deb is a Research Fellow and Head, Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies at the Forum for Global Studies, New Delhi. Currently, Mr. Deb is pursuing a PhD from the Department of Political Science, Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Prior to that, he had completed his master’s with distinction from Lingnan University, Hong Kong majors in International Affairs. His research expertise focuses on Indo- Pacific Region, Chinese foreign policy, India-China Relations, Great power politics in Indo Pacific, Geopolitics of rising powers.