Srishti Punja is a post graduate research scholar in the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations at Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) in Manipal, India. She received her undergraduate degree in Information Science and Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India. Her research interests include U.S foreign policy towards Southern Asia, U.S domestic politics, Islamic terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan, revolution in military affairs, and security architecture of the Indo-Pacific.