Dr. Astha Chadha is an Associate Professor at the College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto and is also an adjunct lecturer at Doshisha Women’s College (Kyoto) and Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (Beppu). Her research focuses on South Asian security, Japan-India relations, gender security in the Indo-Pacific, and religion in global politics. She is a Regional Research Associate at the Indo-Pacific Studies Center (Australia), and the Communications Chair for ISA’s Religion and International Relations section. She is the author of Faith and Politics in South Asia (Routledge: 2024).