Formal Research & Reviews

Formal academic work reflects sustained inquiry across policy, history, and institutional studies. Publications include peer ready articles, working papers, book reviews, and academic presentations produced through independent and collaborative research. Each work adheres to established scholarly standards and disciplinary conventions. Research engages theory, methodology, and evidence to advance understanding within and across fields. These publications demonstrate a commitment to rigor, transparency, and intellectual contribution.

The Intelligentized Security Dilemma:

This article examines how the PLA's Systems Destruction Warfare doctrine integrates AI, quantum sensing, hypersonic weapons, and counterspace capabilities to create an "intelligentized" security dilemma that renders Cold War stability models obsolete. It traces the compounding interaction of these technologies across domains and proposes governance mechanisms tailored to the resulting escalation risks.

Systems Destruction Warfare, Technological Entanglement, and the Erosion of Strategic Stability

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The Role of Chronic Stress in the Pathophysiology of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease

This review examines the role of chronic psychological stress in the development of metabolic and cardiovascular disease, focusing on type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, and hypertension. It synthesizes evidence showing that prolonged neuroendocrine and inflammatory activation, particularly through cortisol dysregulation, contributes to insulin resistance, visceral adiposity, and elevated blood pressure. The review also considers stress related eating behaviors and racial and ethnic disparities in stress exposure, emphasizing chronic stress as a clinically significant and modifiable risk factor.

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Decision-Making in Defense Policy:

Alyssa Agard's analysis examines defense decision making as a critical determinant of both strategic effectiveness and moral legitimacy. Drawing on historical case studies from the First World War through post 9 11 security policy, it explores how cognitive bias, institutional structures, ethical reasoning, and uncertainty shape strategic outcomes. The study advances pathways for stronger defense decision making through interdisciplinary insight, institutional reform, and ethical accountability.

Institutions, Bias, and Strategic Accountability

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Caste and Migration:

Pratham Kumar’s paper examines how caste hierarchy has structured Indian migration to the United States across four distinct waves, consistently privileging upper caste migrants through unequal access to education and professional pathways. It shows how U.S. immigration policy, particularly skilled worker programs, reinforced these inequalities while largely excluding Dalits. The paper concludes that caste discrimination persists within the Indian American diaspora and argues for policy recognition of caste as a transnational system of inequality requiring legal and institutional safeguards.

A Study of Indian Diaspora and Inequality

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