Along with her work as a distinguished fellow and head of the Nuclear and Space Policy Initiative at the Observer Research Foundation, Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan is also the technical advisor to the new UN Group of Governmental Experts on Prevention of Arms Race in Outer SpaceRajeswari joined ORF after a five-year stint at India’s National Security Council Secretariat, where she was an assistant director. Prior to that, she worked as the research officer at the Institute of Defense Studies and Analyses in New Delhi.Rajeswari has authored and edited nine books, has contributed essays to new outlets including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Times of India, and has spoken at several international forums.She writes a weekly column on Asian strategic issues as the senior Asia defense writer for The Diplomat.