Riya Sinha is an Associate Fellow in the Foreign Policy and Security vertical. She is also the 2022 Visiting Fellow at the Stimson Centre in Washington DC. At CSEP, Riya coordinates the Sambandh Regional Connectivity Initiative, focussed on conducting data-driven research to map India’s links with its neighbouring countries. She also co-manages the Sambandh Policy Dialogue, a track 1.5 format, private, and off-the- record forum for policy-makers and experts to exchange perspectives on connectivity and geo- economic relations between India, South, and Southeast Asia, the Bay of Bengal, and the Indo- Pacific regions. Her research interest includes regional economic connectivity in South Asia, particularly in the area of trade, logistics, infrastructure, and border management. Prior to joining CSEP, Riya was a researcher at the Bureau of Research on Industry and Economic Fundamentals (BRIEF), where she conducted research on regional supply chains, Cross-Line of Control Trade in Jammu and Kashmir and steered time-release studies across various sea ports for ease of doing business (trading across borders) in India.