Prof. Dr. Amna Mahmood, is Head of Politics and International Relations Department, Islamic International University, Islamabad. She studied in Government College Lahore, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, University of the Punjab, Lahore and University of North Carolina, Wilmington, USA, for MA, MPhil, PhD and post-doc, respectively.

She regularly contributes in print and electronic media. She authored the following books: Emerging Interdependence between China and the US – Trade & Technology Transfers, Government, State & Society in South Asia, External Relations of Pakistan. She has participated in National and International level conferences, seminars, Round-tables on regional and international issues home and abroad.