About the Author

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Vesselin Popovski is Vice Dean and Executive Director of the Centre for United Nations Studies at Jindal Global University in India. He previously worked as Senior Academic Officer at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Director of the EU project 'Legal Protection of Individual Rights in Russia' (2002-2004), lecturer at the University of Exeter, UK (1999-2002), Research Fellow, NATO Democratic Institutions Programme (1996-1998) and Bulgarian diplomat (1988-1996) serving in Sofia, New York and London. He currently sits on the Advisory Board of the 'Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies' and of the Editorial Boards of 'International Studies Review' and of 'Sustainability Science'. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored and edited over twenty books.