Dr. Scott N. Romaniuk is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Asia Studies, Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies (CIAS), and the Department of International Relations, Institute of Global Studies, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary. He is also a Senior Researcher at Óbuda University, Hungary, and a Non-Resident Fellow at The Dialogue, India. His research focuses on international relations, geopolitics, and critical security studies, with particular emphasis on the Indo-Pacific (including East and Southeast Asia), Africa, and the Middle East. Email: scott.romaniuk@uni-corvinus.hu