Events

I'm an event planner. I've hosted 30+ public events at CSIS with 60+ audience members, featuring U.S. politicians, senior military officers, and academics, as well as numerous private workshops. At Johns Hopkins SAIS, I was an organizer for the 2024 International Staff Ride focused on the Battle of Britain, leading a group of 50 students, professors, and university donors through Brussels, Dunkirk, Dover, and London.

I'm also an educational wargamer. I've co-developed 15+ full-day nuclear crisis simulations in collaboration with the Los Alamos National Lab, with exercises situated in East Asia, South Asia, Western Europe, the Antarctic, and the Middle East. In May 2024, I served as a discussion facilitator for the Nimble Titan 24 Senior Leader Event, hosted by U.S. Space Command at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. That same month, I completed my MA thesis at SAIS on wargaming, entitled Assessing the Influence of U.S. Political-Military Wargames on Nuclear Weapons Education, Policy, and Acquisition, 1958-1962.

Shaan Shaikh playing "Hedgemony" wargame at CSIS.

Playing "Hedgemony" wargame at CSIS with its creator, Yuna Wong (Oct 2021)