Ashley J. Tellis

Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs
Ashley J. Tellis is the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in international security and U.S. foreign and defense policy with a special focus on Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
Education

PhD, MA, University of Chicago
MA, BA, University of Bombay 

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Latest Analysis

    • Research

    A New Friendship: U.S.-India Relations

    • November 29, 2012

    Deepening the U.S.-India partnership requires President Obama to address institutional deficiencies in Washington, cooperate with New Delhi on Afghanistan and Iran, build up India’s defense capabilities, and encourage Indian economic reform.

    • Commentary

    China’s Military Challenge

    • November 06, 2012
    • National Bureau of Asian Research

    China's rising military power has, paradoxically, been enabled by the very American global order that Beijing is now poised to challenge.

    • Commentary

    Can India Revive Nonalignment?

    • August 28, 2012
    • Yale Global Online

    The Cold War policy of nonalignment might look attractive on paper, but in an increasingly uncertain world, India cannot afford to eschew ties with like-minded foreign powers.

    • Research

    Nonalignment Redux: The Perils of Old Wine in New Skins

    Instead of avoiding coalitions, New Delhi should enter into preferential strategic partnerships taking the form of high-quality trading ties, robust defense cooperation, and strong diplomatic collaboration.

    • Research

    Pakistan’s Impending Defeat in Afghanistan

    • June 22, 2012

    Irrespective of how Afghanistan's coming security transition pans out, one country may be on a surprising course to a major strategic defeat: Pakistan.

    • Commentary

    The Menace That Is Lashkar-e-Taiba

    • March 13, 2012

    For a range of reasons, Lashkar-e-Taiba is the most dangerous terrorist group operating in South Asia after al-Qaeda.

    • Commentary

    Pakistan’s Afghanistan Policy

    • January 22, 2012
    • Asian Age

    Even as the civilian representative government of Pakistan attempts to assert its autonomy against a new alliance of the military and the judiciary, the Pakistani military continues to dictate foreign policy abroad.

    • Commentary

    The Indian Ocean and U.S. Grand Strategy

    • January 17, 2012
    • Presentation at the National Maritime Foundation

    The Indian Ocean is an increasingly vital geopolitical space for U.S. interests, and American policymakers take it into account when formulating a U.S. grand strategy.

    • Commentary

    Ebb and Tide: Has the US-Indian Strategic Partnership Bombed?

    • December 05, 2011
    • Force

    Among U.S. policymakers, disappointment with India has raised the question of whether the American effort to cement a strategic partnership with India was worth it after all.

    • Commentary

    Gambling on Reconciliation to Save a Transition: Perils and Possibilities in Afghanistan

    • December 02, 2011

    The Obama administration is supporting political reconciliation between the Taliban and coalition forces in Afghanistan in order to safeguard the upcoming security transition, but numerous challenges still loom.

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