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S. Paul Kapur is a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the United States Naval Postgraduate School. He is also a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. From 2020-2021, Kapur served on the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, working on issues related to South and Central Asia, Indo-Pacific strategy, and U.S.-India relations. Previously, he taught at Claremont McKenna College, and was a visiting professor at Stanford University. Kapur is author of Jihad as Grand Strategy: Islamist Militancy, National Security, and the Pakistani State (Oxford University Press); Dangerous Deterrent: Nuclear Weapons Proliferation and Conflict in South Asia (Stanford University Press); co-author of India, Pakistan, and the Bomb: Debating Nuclear Stability in South Asia (Columbia University Press); and co-editor of The Challenges of Nuclear Security: U.S. and Indian Perspectives (Palgrave MacMillan).

His work has appeared in leading academic journals such as International Security, Security Studies, Asian Survey, and Washington Quarterly; in outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the National Interest, and RealClearPolicy; and in a wide variety of edited volumes. Kapur also directs a United States-India Track 1.5 strategic dialogue, as well as other U.S.-India engagements, for the Department of Defense. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and his B.A. from Amherst College.

Teaching Interests:

Politics and Security in South Asia

Introduction to International Relations