Raagini Chandra

Raagini Chandra is an M.Phil. student at the RAND School of Public Policy and an assistant policy researcher at RAND. She is currently taking courses in Data Science and Machine learning which require the use of R. 

Chandra's policy interests center on economic impact research, with a particular focus on analyzing development indicators, especially in countries within the Indo-Pacific region. She also explores great power competition and the influence of ASEAN in regional geopolitics and security. She has experience working at a number of policy organizations, including the Atlantic Council, the IMF, and the U.S. Department of State. 

Chandra is conversationally fluent in Mandarin. She holds a B.S. in international affairs and a B.S. in economics from the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University, with a minor in Chinese language and literature. She completed two senior theses, “The South China Sea Dispute: Historical Underpinnings, Competing Claims, Hydrocarbon Potential, and Prospects for Cooperation” and “How does State Expenditure on Public Transit Affect the Unemployment Rate?” For her theses she engaged in a comprehensive literature review and used STATA, multiple linear regressions, and Bureau of Labor Statistics data.