Samuel Seitz is a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow in the MIT Security Studies Program. His research interests include status-seeking in international relations, nuclear strategy, military procurement policy, alliance politics, and the ways in which they intersect. His work has been published in Contemporary Security Policy, The Washington Quarterly, Foreign Affairs, and The US-China Perception Monitor. Sam has also worked as a Summer Associate and Adjunct Researcher at the RAND Corporation. He received his Ph.D. in International Relations from The University of Oxford as well as an M.A. in Security Studies and a B.S.F.S. in International Politics from Georgetown University.