T. V. Paul

Thazha Varkey Paul (born in 1956) is an Indo-Canadian political scientist. He is a Distinguished James McGill professor of International Relations in the department of Political Science at McGill University. Paul specializes in International Relations, especially international security, regional security and South Asia. He is most notable for his work on asymmetric warfare, soft balancing, and deterrence theory. He has also contributed to the literatures on nuclear non-proliferation, and South Asian security. He served as the president of the International Studies Association (ISA) during 2016–2017, and served as the founding director of both the McGill University – Université de Montreal Centre for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS), and the Global Research Network on Peaceful Change (GRENPEC). Provided by Wikipedia