Madhu Bhalla is member of the International Research Committee at the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Colombo, a member of the Governing Board of the School of Transnational Studies, Delhi University and editor of the India Quarterly, ICWA. She was also Professor in Chinese Studies at the Department of East Asian Studies, Delhi University, India. She holds an MA and PhD from Queen's University, Canada.

Sanjeev Kumar is Senior Research Fellow at the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi, India He has been a Member and Coordinator of ICWA's Core Group on China, and a Member of VIF's China Experts Group. His research interests include the domestic dynamics of China, India-China relations, and China's foreign and neighbourhood policy.