Deepti Choubey was appointed a Fellow at The Foreign Policy Institute (FPI) of the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in October 2014. She is a nuclear policy expert with a track record of delivering real-world outcomes reducing nuclear dangers. She has a breadth of experience in high-level government advocacy, independent research and policy analysis, as well as commentary on global nuclear security, non-proliferation, disarmament, and other WMD issues.
At the Foreign Policy Institute, Choubey leads the Nuclear Policy Initiative, which is FPI’s most recent contribution to an established legacy of shaping nuclear policy debates. Her projects include conducting original research and analysis investigating the intersection of nuclear security and disarmament, building and extending the capacity of the Washington diplomatic community in preparation for the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit through convening a series of Nuclear Security Roundtables, and advancing policy debates on nuclear and other contemporary challenges.
From 2010–2014, Choubey was Senior Director for Nuclear and Bio-Security at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI). At NTI, in support of the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit, she co-led the Global Dialogue on Nuclear Security Priorities, involving leading officials, experts, and nuclear industry representatives, which resulted in innovative policy proposals reflected in the final Summit outcomes. She also co-led the inaugural 2012 NTI Nuclear Materials Security Index, a first-of-its-kind public benchmarking of the nuclear security conditions in 176 countries, sparking global discussion among officials and experts about what matters most for nuclear security. From 2006–2010, Choubey was Deputy Director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Director of the Peace and Security Initiative for the Ploughshares Fund from 2004–2006. She also worked for Ambassador Nancy Soderberg at the International Crisis Group and previous to that had a career in the private sector advising companies on market- leading strategies.
Her research interests include global nuclear security, the nuclear test ban, calculations of non-nuclear-weapon states, the NPT regime and treaty review process, U.S. nuclear security spending, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and South Asian security. In her career, she has provided analysis for U.S. and foreign media outlets ranging from National Public Radio and the BBC to CNN and NHK. She is a published and widely quoted expert and her op-eds can be found in influential outlets like the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times, among others. Choubey earned her Masters of International Affairs, with a focus on International Security Policy and South Asia, from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. She also became a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow in Hindi and Urdu at Columbia. Her undergraduate degree in Government is from Harvard University.
Choubey was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations from 2009 to 2014 and served on the Term Member Advisory Committee. She is also a former executive board member of Women in International Security (WIIS) and of the Harvard Women’s Leadership Project Alumni Network.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
“The Nonproliferation Motivations of the Non-Aligned Movement,” chapter in State Behavior in the Nonproliferation Regime, UGA Press, December 2014
http://www.ugapress.org/index.php/books/state_behavior_and_the_nuclear_nonproliferation_regime
“From Sprint to Marathon: The 2014 Nuclear Security Summit and the Path Ahead,” Arms Control Today, May 2014