Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor in Peace and Security at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. I received my Ph.D. from the Department of Government at Cornell University in August 2021. I am also an affiliate at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University, the Centre de Recherche Internationales (CERI) at Sciences Po, Paris, and the Council for Strategic and Defense Research (CSDR), New Delhi.
My book project examines how states build their nuclear forces. Specifically, it addresses the empirical puzzle of why the non-proliferation order – instead of constraining the spread of the means of nuclear delivery – enables it. I have been conducting this research in India, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States. This research has been generously supported by the MacArthur Foundation, the Wilson Center, Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, Cornell University’s Graduate School, the Cornell Institute for European Studies, and the Chateaubriand Fellowship.
Prior to my Ph.D at Cornell, I completed my M.Phil in Diplomacy and Disarmament, and M.A. in Politics and International Relations at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. I have formerly held research positions at Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies and Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation, New Delhi. My prior work includes organizing Track II Dialogues between India and Pakistan specifically on nuclear and other related security issues.