Rajni Gamage is a Senior Analyst with the Maritime Security Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her main research interests are in maritime security in the Indian Ocean and Asia Pacific, and foreign and security policies of South Asian small states. She holds a Bachelor’s degree with Honours in Political Science from the National University of Singapore, and a Master’s degree in International Relations from RSIS, NTU. Prior to pursuing her Masters at RSIS, she worked as Research Analyst at RSIS and Editor at World Scientific Publishing & Imperial College Press.