Kiran is a Junior Researcher at TSM, where he supports research on cross-strait security developments and Chinese naval activity in the Indo-Pacific. His work includes developing open-source intelligence tools to track and analyze Chinese military movements in the Western Pacific. Kiran is a senior at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, studying International Security. His current research interests lie in maritime security, open-source intelligence methodologies, and great power competition in East Asia.