Milan Vaishnav

Director and Senior Fellow
South Asia Program
Milan Vaishnav is a senior fellow and director of the South Asia Program and the host of the Grand Tamasha podcast at Carnegie, where he focuses on India's political economy, governance, state capacity, distributive politics, and electoral behavior.
Education

PhD, Political Science, Columbia University
MA, MPhil, Political Science, Columbia University
BA, International Relations, University of Pennsylvania 

Languages
  • English

Latest Analysis

    • Commentary

    Modi: Pro Business, Not Pro Markets

    • August 15, 2017
    • Cipher Brief

    Modi has generally been good for business but not always good for a level playing field. His government is pro-business, but it also has a strongly nationalist outlook, and those two things are mutually reinforcing.

    • Commentary

    India’s Opposition Heads for the Hills

    • August 03, 2017
    • Foreign Affairs

    The recent upheaval in Bihar is only the latest signal that the BJP is the new center of political gravity in a country long controlled by the storied Nehru-Gandhi dynasty of the Congress Party.

    • Commentary

    Ethnic Identifiability in India: Evidence from a Voter Survey

    • August 02, 2017
    • Asian Survey

    While Indian voters often misidentify the ethnic identity of their candidate, the degree of error is small but systematic.

    • Commentary

    Trade, Terrorism, and H-1B: Modi and Trump’s First Meeting Has a Big Menu

    • June 26, 2017
    • Quartz

    When Trump and Modi meet for the first time, they will likely focus on defense deals. They may also discuss areas of mutual interest, including trade, investment, and counterterrorism.

    • Commentary

    Does Democracy Encourage Criminal Politicians?

    • June 08, 2017
    • The Wharton School

    Voters in India select candidates with criminal records to fill a gap left by weak institutions. Criminal politicians promise to provide services to their caste or social group, no matter the cost.

    • Multimedia

    Vaishnav, Kapur and Mehta on Rethinking Indian Public Institutions

    • May 19, 2017

    The biggest challenge for the Indian state is not its size, but its inefficiency. Carnegie Senior Fellow Milan Vaishnav and co-authors Devesh Kapur and Pratap Bhanu Mehta discuss their new book, Rethinking Public Institutions in India, and explore the massive challenges India faces and the state’s ability to adapt. (Runtime - 29:09)

    • Commentary

    Crooks Win Votes

    • May 18, 2017
    • Atlantic

    In India, candidates with a criminal record have a higher rate than clean candidates. Parties nominate criminals at least partially because they win.

    • Commentary

    Weak Public Institutions Behind India’s Low State Capacity

    • May 15, 2017
    • Livemint

    As India’s challenges mount, the need for institutional reform is vital if the country is to build and sustain an Indian state for the 21st century.

    • Commentary

    India’s Democratic Marketplace for Criminality

    • May 08, 2017
    • Seminar

    In India, it is useful to view the relative success of criminal politicians as a byproduct of democratic practice, rather than its authoritarian antithesis.

    • Commentary

    Finance Bill Makes Funding For Political Parties More Opaque Than Ever

    • March 29, 2017
    • Hindustan Times

    There is a dramatic mismatch between what ails political finance in India and the government’s “reform” measures. The budget presentation and its new amendments have made political funding less transparent.

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