Welcome! I am a researcher at Stanford University - a research scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), and concurrently a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. My research focuses on military strategy, Indian defense policy, and Indo-Pacific security issues. I teach classes on Indian foreign and defense policy, and on war as an instrument of policy. I previously held research or teaching positions at the U.S. Army War College, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Georgetown University, the RAND Corporation, the East-West Center in Washington, and the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi.
My work has been published in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Journal of Strategic Studies, International Affairs, The Washington Quarterly, Asia Policy, Intelligence and National Security, Joint Force Quarterly, the Washington Post Monkey Cage, War on the Rocks, the Hindu, and elsewhere; as well as by Carnegie India, CNAS, the Lowy Institute, ASPI, and others.
Prior to my scholarly career, I served for 13 years in the Australian Defence Department, in a variety of analytic, management, and liaison positions, which included a diplomatic posting to Washington, DC. I hold a PhD in war studies from King's College London, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA (Hons) from the University of New South Wales. I tweet @arzandc.
A brief CV is available here. Click here to get in touch.
LATEST PUBLICATION:
A recent commentary in ASPI's Strategist examines how Southeast Asian countries would really respond to the Quad undertaking more security activities - with some surprising results. Its coauthored, and based on a longer report written by my coauthors, here. Read it and more on the Publications page -- all feedback welcome.
