Vipin Narang

Vipin Narang
Official portrait, 2022
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy
Acting
In office
May 20, 2024 – August 12, 2024
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byJohn F. Plumb
Succeeded byJohn D. Hill (Acting)
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy
In office
March 29, 2022 – August 12, 2024
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byGregory H. Pejic
Succeeded byJohn D. Hill (Acting)
Personal details
BornJamestown, New York, U.S.

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]

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

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  1. ^ a b c d "Meet the Fellows | Vipin Narang". www.pdsoros.org. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Book Review: Posture Matters, but Stability Matters More | Arms Control Association". www.armscontrol.org. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Kroenig, Matthew (September 1, 2015). "Posturing the Bomb". International Studies Review. 17 (3): 482–484. doi:10.1111/misr.12242. ISSN 1521-9488.
  9. ^ "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.