Siddhant Hira

Siddhant is working to establish his niche at the crossroads of Special Forces, Intelligence and Foreign Policy in the Indian context, also focusing on Chinese maritime aggression in the Indian Ocean Region. He is a 2024 Non-resident Fellow at the Irregular Warfare Initiative and holds a Master’s in National Security Studies from King’s College London. During his Masters, Siddhant has participated in the Atlantic Council's Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge as well as the United Kingdom’s Cabinet Office National Security Secretariat’s Policy Hackathon. He was previously the first and last Defence Correspondent at Outlook Business (India), with additional bylines in Project O Five (Canada), The Financial Express (India), The Diplomat (USA), the Observer Research Foundation (India), the Institute of Chinese Studies (India) and The Defence Archive (India)