Steven A. Hoffmann was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. He holds the rank of Professor in the Department of Government at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., has been holder of an endowed chair, and formerly served as Chairperson of the Department. Previously he was a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and a visiting scholar at such places as Columbia University and the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in Delhi. He is a published author on India-China relations, India-U.S. relations, Israeli internal politics, and the politics of Indian historiography.