David Arulanantham

About

David Arulanantham, a Foreign Service Officer representing the Department of State, is a National Security Affairs Fellow for the 2023-2024 academic year at the Hoover Institution.

David has spent most of his 18-year career working on U.S. policy towards the countries of the Indo-Pacific. In India, he managed coverage of national security and counterterrorism issues and on a separate assignment headed the office looking at domestic politics. David has led teams implementing foreign assistance in Asia, served as a Foreign Policy Advisor to the Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and worked on southeast Asia during the early years of the administration’s “rebalance” to Asia. He also served as Deputy Counselor for Political-Military Affairs in Riyadh, where his team reported on the progress of the war in Yemen.

David’s has a Master's in International Relations from Oxford University, and a Bachelor's in International Relations and Political Science from Stanford University.