Norma C. Noonan is Professor of Political Science, and Director, M.A. in Leadership Studies and Center for Leadership Studies, Augsburg College, USA. Her areas of interest include Russia, Russian foreign policy, political leadership, women and leadership. She has published numerous articles and a book, Women in Russian Politics and Society, for which she was a major contributor and co-editor, with Greenwood Press.Vidya Nadkarni is Professor of Political Science at the University of San Diego, USA. Her teaching and research interests revolve around the foreign policies of India, Russia, and the United States. She has published in the journals Comparative Strategy and The Naval War College Review and has contributed chapters to several edited books. Her most recent book is Strategic Partnerships in Asia: Balancing without Alliances (Routledge, 2010).
