Raghav Aggarwal

Raghav Aggarwal is a rising senior majoring in International Relations & Global Studies and Economics with a specialization in Indo-Pacific policy. Raghav first developed an interest in public service in high school as a campaign volunteer in a diverse congressional district, where he witnessed different Asian American diaspora communities lobby his candidate on foreign policy objectives. At UT, Raghav spent his freshman year as a Legislative Intern at the Texas Capitol, writing his own bill on higher education reform. Additionally, Raghav has served as a College of Liberal Arts Representative in UT’s Student Government as Chair of the Ethics and Oversight Committee, and has educated high school students about world affairs through participating in Central Texas Model United Nations. Currently, Raghav is a student researcher for UT’s Global Disinformation Lab, where he led a team in publishing intelligence reports for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency about the Ukraine Refugee Crisis. Raghav also researched the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework extensively from his time as a Brumley Scholar and intern with USAID. He will also intern with the State Department’s East Asia & Pacific Affairs Bureau in the Summer of 2023. After graduation, he hopes to attend graduate school for security studies, later embarking on a career of furthering U.S. engagement in the Asia Pacific.