Maalavika A is a Research Associate, International Relations at CPPR. Prior to joining CPPR, she has worked as a research and editorial intern at various institutions. She is interested in feminist and critical analysis of IR, and her region of focus is the Indo Pacific. She is a postgraduate in International Politics from SOAS University of London, where she explored the securitisation of Afghanistan through the speeches of President Bush and President Biden, employing the methodology of critical discourse analysis.