Core Research Areas

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    CBRN Nonproliferation/Disarmament

    How WMD risk actually shapes de-escalatory policy and security.

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    Emerging Technologies

    The policy blind spots opening up as dual-use technology moves faster than the regimes meant to govern it.

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    Treaty Architecture

    The verification mechanisms and institutional design choices that quietly decide whether an agreement actually works.

Other Research Interests

  • Terrorism/Counterterrorism

  • Insurgent Mobilization Methodology

  • Great Power Conflict

  • Indo-Pacific Security

  • Soft Power Competition

Faculty/Research Mentors

MA Honors Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey Lewis, Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey

Research Mentor: Jeffrey Lewis, Stanford University

Research Mentor: Allison Berke, Stanford University

Research Mentor: Philipp Bleek, Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey

Research Mentor: Aila Matanock, University of California, Berkeley

Research Mentor: Karenjot Bhangoo Randhawa, University of California, Berkeley

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advisor (Political Science): Darren Zook, University of California, Berkeley

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advisor (Global Studies): Gérard Roland, University of California, Berkeley

Notable Publications and Conference Papers