About me
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I am a researcher and policy analyst working at the intersection of foreign policy, development, security, law and technology. I serve as Lecturer in the Program in International Relations at Stanford University, affiliated with the Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), and hold concurrent appointments as Research Fellow at the Georgetown University Institute for Women, Peace and Security and Nonresident Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Previously, I was Lecturing Fellow at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy, Visiting Assistant Professor at Duke Kunshan University, Director for Education Content at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London.
My research centers on bureaucratic and policy reform, AI and emerging technologies, and the relationship between development and security. I currently lead a project on AI and democracy with Carnegie California, the West Coast program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and work on improving the research-policy nexus with the Research on International Policy Implementation Lab.
My forthcoming book, Bureaucratic Smokescreens: Aid-Diplomacy Mergers and the Politics of Foreign Policy Reform (Bloomsbury Academic, November 2026), examines the global trend toward integrating development and diplomacy agencies and what it means for foreign policy effectiveness. I also write "Bridging Boundaries," a living literature review on interdisciplinary research for innovative public policy.
My work has appeared in Foreign Policy, Just Security, The Washington Quarterly, Global Studies Quarterly, World Politics Review, The National Interest, CFR.org, Human Rights Review, and in edited volumes including The Arab Gulf States and the West and The Routledge History of Human Rights. I have contributed analysis to BBC News, CNN, and Arise America TV.
I have collaborated on projects supported by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Packard Foundation, World Bank, USAID, DFID, OECD, Global Affairs Canada, Swedish International Development Agency, Transparency International, and the UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate, among others. I am currently a co-creation fellow with the Research on International Policy Implementation Lab, developing training modules for research-policy partnerships in collaboration with Bridging the Gap.
I hold a BA in Politics from Princeton University, an MA in Middle East Studies from Harvard University, and a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science. I am a 2025 Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.