Husanjot Chahal is a graduate student at Georgetown University's Security Studies Program. Prior to this, she was a researcher and program coordinator at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies and worked at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses’ Internal Security Centre, both in New Delhi, India, exploring security issues in the South Asian region. She received a Master in International Security and Terrorism from the University of Nottingham and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi.