Author: Akhil Thadani

Akhil Thadani is a research associate with the Project on AI Governance and Strategic Technologies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He provides research and program support on a range of issues impacted by Asia’s evolving connectivity landscape, including trade, digital infrastructure, geostrategy, and China’s Belt and Road initiative. Prior to joining CSIS, he was a research assistant with the Security and Political Economy Lab at the University of Southern California and interned with the CSIS Economics Program, the Eurasia Group’s Geostrategy team, and the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. He received his BS in political science from Texas A&M University.