T.V. Paul is a distinguished James McGill Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He served as the President of the International Studies Association (ISA) and is also the Founding Director of the Global Research Network on Peaceful Change (GRENPEC). He is the author or editor of 242 books, co-editor of 4 special journal issues, and author of over 80 scholarly articles and book chapters in the fields of International Relations, International Security, and South Asia, and currently serves as the editor of the Georgetown University Press book series, South Asia in World Affairs.