Dr. Shreya Upadhyay

The author is an Assistant Professor, Christ (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore. Shreya has a PhD in US Area Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University and served as a Nehru Fulbright scholar at American University, Washington DC. Prior, she has worked as a researcher with several think tanks and has been a geopolitical risk analyst for the corporate industry.

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