Dr. Stuti Bhatnagar is a lecturer in Indo-Pacific Studies at UNSW Canberra. She researches and teaches at the intersection of international relations, security studies and political science. Her research focuses on two broad themes: knowledge production in international relations and the international relations of South Asia. She has several academic publications to her credit that investigate topics in foreign policy, rooted in the empirical analysis on India, South Asia and the broader Indo-Pacific. She is the author of India's Pakistan Policy: How Think Tanks are shaping Foreign Relations (Routledge 2021). With a PhD in Politics and International Relations from the University of Adelaide, prior to joining UNSW-Canberra, Stuti held positions at the Australian National University and UNSW-Sydney.