Avantika Menon has completed her M.Phil. in Security Studies at the School of National Security Studies, Central University of Gujarat. Her M.Phil. Dissertation was titled, ‘The Indo-Pacific Regional Security Order: India’s Perspective’. Her dissertation was an attempt towards understanding the security order in the Indo-Pacific Region (IPR), with a central focus on India’s strategic interests and engagement with other major powers in the region. She is passionate about research in the maritime domain and her research interests include- geopolitics, maritime security and the regional security architecture in the IPR, the Quad and China’s naval activities in the Indian Ocean Region. She has a graduate degree in Politics and International Relations and an undergraduate degree in Economics (Hons.).