Mahanth is Editor

My college thesis, a deep academic dive, Senior year at Georgetown School of Foreign Service was on nuclear weapons proliferation in India and Pakistan. I was guided and mentored by highly prominent practicing Washington experts in the field of nuclear weapons including Robert Gallucci, Alan Krass, and Lawrence Scheinman– who were administrators or adjuncts on campus while simultaneously working in the field. Bar none, by a mile, having practicing academics rather than ivory tower theorists as professors was the best part of my college experience. Other professors and TAs of mine included Indian Ambassador Sunil Lal, the feisty and stern UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, CIA folks, Secret Service folks, State Department climate change negotiators, and DEA personnel. Only later in life do I appreciate how special that academic time was with such a rich set of experiences being shared- including how many…