Vipin Narang is an American political scientist who served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy until August 2024, a portfolio that includes space and missile defense policy as well as nuclear deterrence and countering weapons of mass destruction policy.[1] He is a Professor of Political Science at MIT.[1] He is known for his research on nuclear weapons, conflict and proliferation.[2][3][4][5] His research has shown that there are different nuclear weapons postures. These postures have implications for the likelihood of conflict between nuclear states, as well as bargaining outcomes in disputes.[6][7][8][9]
Vipin Narang | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy | |
Acting | |
| In office May 20, 2024 – August 12, 2024 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | John F. Plumb |
| Succeeded by | John D. Hill (Acting) |
| Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy | |
| In office March 29, 2022 – August 12, 2024 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Gregory H. Pejic |
| Succeeded by | John D. Hill (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jamestown, New York, U.S. |
He has a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University, as well as a M.Phil in International Relations from University of Oxford as a Marshall Scholar and a PhD. from Harvard University.[1] He was born in the San Francisco Bay Area to parents of Indian descent.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Meet the Fellows | Vipin Narang". www.pdsoros.org. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ^ Sanger, David E.; Broad, William J. (September 2, 2019). "North Korea Missile Tests, 'Very Standard' to Trump, Show Signs of Advancing Arsenal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ^ Fisher, Max (March 31, 2017). "India, Long at Odds With Pakistan, May Be Rethinking Nuclear First Strikes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ^ Taub, Amanda (January 4, 2020). "Did the Killing of Qassim Suleimani Deter Iranian Attacks, or Encourage Them?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ^ Sang-Hun, Choe (October 12, 2018). "North Korea Weaponizes Its Deal With Trump to Tangle Talks". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ^ "Book Review: Posture Matters, but Stability Matters More | Arms Control Association". www.armscontrol.org. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ^ Hymans, Jacques (2015). "Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: Regional Powers and International Conflict by Vipin Narang. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2014. 360 pp. Cloth, $95.00; paper, $29.95". Political Science Quarterly. 130 (2): 388–390. doi:10.1002/polq.12342. ISSN 1538-165X.
- ^ Kroenig, Matthew (September 1, 2015). "Posturing the Bomb". International Studies Review. 17 (3): 482–484. doi:10.1111/misr.12242. ISSN 1521-9488.
- ^ "ISSF Roundtable 7-17 on Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: Regional Powers and International Conflict | H-Diplo | H-Net". networks.h-net.org. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
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