Manasi Bose is a PhD Candidate at the Department of Politics at Princeton University. Her research interests lie in understanding the dynamics of international intervention and the consequences of third-party intervention for conflict resolution in civil war, with a regional focus on the Middle East. In her dissertation, she examines the conditions under which rebels transition from armed rebellion to non-violent political strategies and addresses the question of why groups with no expectation of legitimacy or legal recognition engage in costly political institutionalization. This work sits at the intersection of international security studies and comparative politics, and fits into her broader research agenda that examines the sources and nature of rebel legitimacy; and the responses engendered by rebel governance. 

Prior to to beginning her studies at Princeton, she completed a Master's in Public Policy with honors at the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, and an MSc. in Social and Public Communication with distinction from the London School of Economics.