Debak Das

Debak Das is an Assistant Professor at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs at the University of Denver. His research is at the intersection of international security, nuclear proliferation, crises, and international history. Specifically, his work focuses on the politics of nuclear delivery systems and the global nuclear order. Debak’s research and writing have been published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Global Studies Quarterly, H-Diplo Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum, International Studies Review, Lawfare, Political Science Quarterly, Research and Politics, Security Studies, Texas National Security Review, The Washington Post, and War on the Rocks. Debak is also a Director at the Bridging the Gap program that seeks to promote engagement between the scholarly, policy and public spheres. He earned his PhD in Government from Cornell University in 2021. Debak was the MacArthur Nuclear Security Pre-Doctoral Fellow in 2019-2020, and a Stanton Nuclear Security Post-Doctoral Fellow in 2021-2022, at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University. He holds an M.Phil in Diplomacy and Disarmament, and an M.A. in Politics (specializing in International Relations) from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Debak is also an affiliate at CISAC at Stanford University, the Centre de Recherche Internationales (CERI) at Sciences Po, Paris, and at the Council for Strategic and Defense Research, New Delhi.