Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo is Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of International Studies at Wells College. A Visiting Scholar in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University, he has been serving as an External Examiner in the Department of Political Science at the University of Ghana since 2012. Also, he has taught political science in many universities and colleges, including the University of Liberia where he was the Chair of the Department of Political Science. His research interests include world politics, higher education (comparative and international), international political economy, South-South relations, peace, security and development studies as well as Africa-Asia relations.