Amitav Acharya Distinguished Professor and the UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance, School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC. His major works on Southeast Asia include- The Quest for Identity- International Relations of Southeast Asia (Oxford, 2000); Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia- ASEAN and the Problems of Regional Order, 3 edns. (Routledge, 2001, 2002, 2014), Whose Ideas Matter- Agency and Power in Asian Regionalism (Cornell and ISEAS, 2009); Civilizations in Embrace- The Spread of Ideas and the Transformation of Power (Singapore- ISEAS, 2012); The Making of Southeast Asia (Cornell and ISEAS, 2013); and East of India, South of China- Sino-Indian Encounters in Southeast Asia (Oxford 2017). His articles and op-eds have appeared in International Organization, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, International Affairs, World Politics, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune/ Global New York Times, Times of India, Australian Financial Review, and YaleGlobal Online. He has been interviewed by BBC, CNN, CNBC, and National Public Radio (NPR) and other world media.