S. Paul Kapur

About

S. Paul Kapur is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the US Naval Postgraduate School. From 2020 to 2021, Kapur served on the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, working on issues related to South and Central Asia, Indo-Pacific strategy, and US-India relations.

Kapur previously taught at Claremont McKenna College and was a visiting professor at Stanford University. He is the author of Jihad as Grand Strategy: Islamist Militancy, National Security, and the Pakistani State (Oxford University Press); and Dangerous Deterrent: Nuclear Weapons Proliferation and Conflict in South Asia (Stanford University Press). He is coauthor of India, Pakistan, and the Bomb: Debating Nuclear Stability in South Asia (Columbia University Press); and coeditor of The Challenges of Nuclear Security: U.S. and Indian Perspectives (Palgrave MacMillan). His work has appeared in leading academic journals such as International Security, Security Studies, Asian Survey, and Washington Quarterly; in outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the National Interest, and RealClearPolicy; and in a wide variety of edited volumes. 

Kapur also directs a US-India Track 1.5 strategic dialogue, as well as other US-India engagements, for the Department of Defense. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago and his BA from Amherst College.