"L.N. Rangarajan graduated from the University of Madras with an M.Sc in experimental physics. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1956 and has been Ambassador to Greece, Sudan, Tunisia, Norway and Iceland. A political economist with a special interest in conflict limitation and negotiation, he has contributed articles on political economy to several journals. His previous publications include: Commodity Conflict: The Political Economy of International Commodity Negotiations and The Limitation of Conflict: A Theory of Bargaining and Negotiation. L.N. Rangarajan is married to a musician and has two sons."