Nigel Li is currently pursuing an MA in Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown University. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (2019-2023) and served two years in the Singapore Armed Forces. 

At Georgetown University is a Graduate Fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and serves at a Teacher Assistant where he has lectured on the Russian Orthodox Church and the ethics of nuclear weapons. He is also a Bunker Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy where is he researches developments in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. His primary interests are Russian foreign policy, geopolitics in Central Asia, and nuclear arms control.