Ambuj Sahu

Ambuj Sahu is a PhD candidate at the Department of Political Science at Indiana University Bloomington. His dissertation is titled "Fatal Frontiers: Crisis Decision-Making in the Sino-Indian Border Standoffs", where he inquires why do states opt for fatal escalation strategies in crisis bargaining. His research interests include crisis bargaining and decision-making, India-China relations, India-US relations, and Indian Foreign Policy in the Indo-Pacific. He is proficient in quantitative methods like GIS, social network analysis, applied statistics, quantitative text analysis, and geographic information systems. He holds a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering (2017) from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He was the President's Scholar (2019-20) for pursuing MA in International Relations at South Asian University. Alongside his PhD, he completed an M.S. in Applied Statistics from Indiana University. In his previous role as Research Associate at the Delhi Policy Group (DPG), he has contributed many projects mandated by high-level government agencies on India's foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific. He has published for media outlets like The National Interest (US), Nikkei (Japan), The Times of India, Indian Express, The Economic Times, Firstpost, The Print, Swarajya, Observer Research Foundation, Financial Express, and South Asian Voices (US).