Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati is an assistant professor at the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe), University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from Heidelberg University in Germany. His main research interests are international political economy, development politics, and the political economy of development in India. His works have appeared in prominent economics and political science journals such as Journal of Development Economics, World Development, International Studies Quarterly, and Journal of Peace Research, among others. He is also member of editorial board of Journal of Peace Research and the International Area Studies Review.