S. I. Keethaponcalan is a Professor of Conflict Resolution at Salisbury University, Maryland, USA. He was Chair of the Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution Department from 2011 to 2018. Before joining Salisbury University in 2011, he was a Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dr Keethaponcalan has also served as a researcher in several international institutions, including the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) in Geneva and the United Nations University in Tokyo. He served as a consultant to Sri Lanka projects of several international agencies.