When are salami slicing operations preferable for aggressor to grab disputed territories? When do security-seeking states seek military action in response to a salami slicing operation? What force development should security-seeking states undergo to deter an expansionist power from conducting salami slicing operations? I am interested in answering these questions using formal models.

What explains the attempts by the leading chipmaking states towards vertical integration of the supply chain despite the ultra-globalized nature of the chip industry? How is the global supply chain affecting their strategic interests? What strategies can state deploy to optimize their position in global chip supply chain? I am using network analysis to seek answers to these questions.

Updates:

• Sahu, A. and S. Dwivedi (work in progress), "Semiconductor Unchained: A Network Analysis Approach to Strategic Leverages", presented at 80th MPSA Annual Conference, April 13-16, 2023.

• Summer Research Assistant to Dr. Sarah Bauerle Danzman at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. (May - August, 2023)