Bibek Chand is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the University of North Georgia, USA. His research interests include Sino-Indian interactions in Asia, international relations of small states, security studies, the emerging notion of the Indo-Pacific, and geopolitics.Lukas K. Danner is Research Associate at the Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, Florida International University, USA, and Fulbright-NSF Arctic Research Scholar at the University of Iceland. His research interests include small states, security studies, foreign policy, and geopolitics of Europe, Asia, and the Arctic.