J Mohan Malik

Professor J Mohan Malik teaches Strategic Studies at the UAE National Defence College, and is a Non-Resident Fellow at the NESA Center for Strategic Studies, Washington, DC. Prior to joining the UAE National Defence College, he was Professor in Asian Security at the U.S. Defense Department’s Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Hawaii, and Director of Defence Studies Program at Deakin University, Australia. He specializes in great power politics, maritime security and the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific region. Professor Malik is the author and editor of several books, including Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014), China and India: Great Power Rivals (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2011), Religious Radicalism and Security in South Asia (APCSS, 2004), and Australia’s Security in the 21^st Century (Allen & Unwin, 1999). He has contributed numerous book chapters and published over 200 articles in research journals and his op-eds have appeared in Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, Japan Times, The American Interest, The Diplomat, and YaleGlobal Online.