Sachi Pilapitiya is a PhD student specializing in International Relations and Comparative Politics. His research interests include International Political Economy, International Organizations, and the Political Economy of Development, with a particular focus on foreign assistance amidst the globalization backlash. Sachi holds a Master in Global Affairs from Tsinghua University where he was a Schwarzman Scholar and a BA in Economics from New York University Abu Dhabi. Sachi is from Sri Lanka.