Dr. Sana Hashmi is a Fellow at the Taiwan–Asia Exchange Foundation and an expert on Indo-Pacific strategy, China's foreign policy, and Taiwan's external relations. She was formerly a Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fellow at the Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University, and worked with India's Ministry of External Affairs. She is widely published and actively involved in regional diplomacy, Track 1.5 and Track 2 dialogues, civil society engagement, and security networks focused on China and Taiwan. She is the author of China's Approach Towards Territorial Disputes: Lessons and Prospects.