Aseem Mahajan is a PhD student in the Department of Government. His current research applies methodological techniques and theory to understand the behavior of international states and actors. Some of his current interests include international behavior to combat climate change, responses to counterterrorism, and the connections between political institutions and financial markets. Aseem earned by A.B. from Princeton University in 2009, and subsequently worked at the IFF, a Community Development Financial Institutions fund in Chicago; and at PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global Transfer Pricing division in New York.