Kadira Pethiyagoda

Kadira Pethiyagoda is a geopolitics expert and former political advisor and diplomat. His expertise on foreign policy stems from being a Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Advisor to Australia’s Shadow Foreign Minister/Deputy Labor Leader and other MPs, and an Australian diplomat. His book Indian Foreign Policy and Cultural Values (based on his PhD) was published by Palgrave-MacMillan and endorsed by former Australian Labor Foreign Minister, Gareth Evans. He has a media profile as a geopolitics expert, having been interviewed by BBC, NY Times, Al Jazeera, CNN and various Indian media like WION and Republic TV. Dr Pethiyagoda has influenced debates relating to Asia through publishing in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Guardian, Independent, Times of India and Australian Financial Review.