Sreeram Chaulia is a PhD Candidate in Politial Science, with a focus on international law and organizations in Africa. After growing up in both suburban south and east India, Sreeram received his A-level equivalent in politics, economics and commerce. While working towards a B.A. (honors) in History from St. Stephens College, he worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross and served as president of the Social Service League. A second B.A. in Modern History from University College, Oxford, where he convened the Oxford South Asian Forum, was followed by an M.S. in Diplomatic History and Political Economy at the London School of Economics (2001). His research here will focus on immigration and asylum systems, the politics of refugee hosting, the link between the foundational ethics of nation states and their asylum systems, and also on the Afghan refugee problem in relation to Pakistan. He’s also extremely passionate about politics and governance reform in India. He has already published in 15 internet journals on South Asian regional and internal politics. A hopeful future employee of the UNHCR, Sreeram notes that his mother will be dissatisfied if he doesn’t eventually become the prime minister of India. Here at The Moynihan Institute, Sreeram is working as a graduate assistant in the South Asia Center, where he maintains the internet clearinghouse on terrorism, handles the video library, and is assigned to the odd errands that are the fate of all graduate assistants.