Dayana Alagirova

Dayana Alagirova is a space security researcher and second-year Ph.D. student at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research examines how states signal, construct governance strategies, and manage escalation risks in space before binding norms are in place — with a focus on Russian strategic behavior, cislunar exploration, and middle power dynamics in Eurasian space politics amid great-power competition. A Fulbright alumna, she holds a B.A. from MGIMO University and an M.S. from Georgia Tech, and draws on Russian-language primary sources, data analytics, and scenario forecasting to produce work aimed directly at policy advisers and military planners. Her work has appeared in Russia in Global Affairs and The National Interest and is forthcoming in the Texas National Security Review. She also serves as the Deputy Director & Head of Research at the Space Economy and Policy Research Centre, based in Moscow, Russia.