Amitav Acharya was educated at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India, and Murdoch University in Australia. He was President of the International Studies Association (2013-2014) and is now Distinguished Professor of International Relations at American University in Washington DC, where he holds the UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance, and serves as Chair of the ASEAN Studies Initiative. His books include ‘Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia: ASEAN and the Problem of Regional Order’ (Routledge 2001) and ‘The End of American World Order’ (Polity 2018