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Tanvi Kulkarni teaches Defence and Strategic Studies at the Savitribai Phule Pune University in India. She recently submitted her doctoral thesis to the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and is on her way to earn a PhD in Diplomacy and Disarmament Studies. Her thesis examines why states in a nuclear dyad negotiate nuclear confidence-building measures (NCBMs). Tanvi completed her M.Phil in Diplomacy and Disarmament in August 2014, and for her dissertation, she worked on tracing the evolution of the ideas of Credible Minimum Deterrence and No First Use in India's nuclear doctrine and policy. She researches and writes on nuclear politics, national security, and strategic issues. She was a South Asian Voices Visiting Fellow in 2015. Tanvi has previously worked with the the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies in New Delhi and the Chaophraya Track II Dialogue.