Mukesh Kumar is a doctoral research scholar at the Centre for International Politics, Organisations, and Disarmament (CIPOD), School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). He has a master’s in Defence and Strategic Studies from the University of Allahabad. He is a former research intern at Manohar Parrikar Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA). His area of interest includes Arms Trade and Foreign Policy, Arms Control and Nuclear Disarmament, Arms Industries and Economics, War and Peace, and Defence and Strategic Studies.