Sameer Lalwani is appointed as the deputy director for Stimson Centre’s South Asia program.
By Raif Karerat
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An Indian American academic has been named to a key position at a Washington D.C. think tank where he will contribute his expertise on South Asian affairs.
The Stimson Centre announced the appointment of Sameer Lalwani as Deputy Director for its South Asia program on Aug. 17.
Lalwani’s research will focus on crisis management, nuclear security, and national security decision making in South Asia; he will also help devise Stimson’s online open courses on nuclear-related issues, Stimson revealed in a press release.
Lalwani received his doctorate from M.I.T’s Department of Political Science last year; his dissertation examined strategies of counterinsurgency and state consolidation in South Asia.
According to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lalwani’s studies focused on U.S. grand strategy, military intervention, civil-conflict, civil-military relations, and national security decision making with a focus on the Middle East and South Asia.
He conducted field research in Pakistan, India, Kashmir, and archival research in the UK, for which he has received support from the Smith-Richardson Foundation, the Tobin Project and the MIT Entrepreneurship Center.
Before joining Stimson, Lalwani was with RAND, where he was a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow. He also previously served as a policy analyst at New America for three years and holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from University of California, Berkeley.
“I am grateful that Sameer is adding his considerable talents to Stimson’s work in South Asia,” said Stimson co-founder and Senior Associate Michael Krepon. “He will be a major force working on pressing security challenges in South Asia.”