Michael Liebig's background is journalism with focus on strategic affairs; in this context he had his first encounter with the Kautilya-Arthashastra in 2002. A political science graduate (Dipl.-Pol.) at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, Michael has submitted there his PhD thesis Endogenous Politico-Cultural Resources: The Relevance of Kautilya's Arthashastra for Modern India in November 2013. Michael is also a member of the South Asia Institute (SAI), Heidelberg University. He is currently engaged in research on the Arthashastra as a foundational text of state theory, theorized statecraft and International Relations theory.