Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor in Peace and Security at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs at the University of Denver. My research lies at the intersection of international security, nuclear proliferation, crises, and international history. Specifically, my work focuses on the nuclear non-proliferation regime and the politics of nuclear delivery systems. I am a Director at the Bridging the Gap project that seeks to promote engagement between the scholarly, policy and public spheres and inform debate and policymaking on global challenges. 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 current book project examines how states build their nuclear forces. Specifically, it addresses the empirical puzzle of why the non-proliferation regime – instead of constraining the spread of nuclear delivery vehicles – enables it. I have been conducting this research in India, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States. My research and writing have been published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Global Studies Quarterly, Foreign Policy, H-Diplo Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum, International Studies Review, Lawfare, Political Science Quarterly, Research and Politics, Security Studies, Texas National Security Review, The Washington Post, and War on the Rocks. My research has also been generously supported by the MacArthur Foundation, the Stanton 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.

I received my Ph.D. from the Department of Government at Cornell University in August 2021. Prior to my Ph.D,  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.