Group Captain (Dr) Ajey Lele (Retd.) is the Deputy Director General of Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA). He was a senior fellow at the MP-IDSA and had headed its Centre on Strategic Technologies earlier. He specializes in Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) issues with a focus on Chemical and Biological Weapons, Space and Strategic Technologies. He has authored and edited several books, including “Bio-Weapons: The Genie in the Bottle” (Lancers, 2004), “Strategic Technologies for the Military” (Sage, 2009), “Asian Space Race: Rhetoric or Reality?” (Springer, 2012) and “Disruptive Technologies for the Militaries and Security” (Springer, 2019). He received the K. Subrahmanyam Award (2013), conferred for outstanding contributions to strategic and security studies. He has written for Strategic Analysis, Indian Defence Review, Space Policy and Astropolitics. He was the founding Editor of the journal CBW Magazine. He has been associated with the Society for Study in Peace and Conflict since its inception. [Emails: ajey.lele@gmail.com]