About the Authors
Dr Gareth Price is a senior research fellow in the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House, where he has led research on a range of economic and political issues affecting South Asia since 2004. He was also head of the institute’s Asia Programme between 2005 and 2011. Previously he worked as an analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, focusing on South Asia, and before that was the South Asia analyst at Control Risks Group. He holds a PhD in the politics of northeast India from the University of Bristol.
Hameed Hakimi is a research associate in the Asia-Pacific Programme and the Europe Programme at Chatham House. Prior to joining Chatham House in 2013, he held researcher roles at various institutions including the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 2014–15, he worked as an international adviser for policy and capacity development at the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul, under a USAID-funded programme to support international efforts during Afghanistan’s political transition. He holds an MSc in international security and global governance from Birkbeck, University of London.