Dr Sweta Kumari was an Associate Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi from {Nov 2022 - Aug 2024}. She holds a PhD in US Studies Programme from the School of International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). The topic of her research was “Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches in the US Healthcare System, 1999-2020”. She completed her M.Phil. in 2018 working on Yogic thought and practices in the United States. She takes interest in writing articles and web commentaries on Indian Foreign Policy, US Foreign Policy, Indo-US Strategic Relations, Indo-Pacific Region, Space, Yoga, Complementary and Integrative Health and other IR related issues. Some of her publications include: Representation of Indian Spirituality in The United States: Contributions of Swami Vivekananda and Paramahansa Yogananda; Integrative Approach towards Health Security: Prospects for India and its Neighbours; Finding Gravity in Space: Imperatives and Challenges for India’s Defence Capabilities in Outer Space; U.S. Presidential Election 2020 Outcome: Ongoing Chaos and Predicaments, COVID- 19 Outbreak: A Time for the US to Introspect its Healthcare System; “2+2” Part 2: Another Landmark in India-US Strategic Relations; Indo- Pacific Oceans Initiative: India’s Outlook in the Region; The Anti-Access Area Denial (A2/AD) Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific Region; The US Defense Posture in the Asia-Pacific Region from Obama to Trump Administration and Present Debates on Rhetoric, Reassurance, Reliability, and Reality; Un-organizing the “Organized”: Drug Trafficking in the Indo- Pacific Region as a Non-Traditional Security Threat.