Dr. Chanintira na Thalang is a Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University. Her research interests include Thai foreign affairs, Global IR, ethnic conflicts, and security in Southeast Asia. She is the author of several books written in Thai. Her work has also been published in English in various academic journals, including International Affairs, Nations and Nationalism, Asian Survey, Electoral Studies, the Journal of Current Southeast Asia, the Australian Journal of International Affairs, and Asian Ethnicity. She recently co-edited (with Yong-Soo Eun) two special issues published in The Pacific Review and Contemporary Southeast Asia in 2022, and an edited volume entitled Global International Relations in Southeast Asia, published with Routledge in 2025.