Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Since 1947, India has forged and consolidated the world’s largest democracy—an endeavor that is far from complete. India continues to wrestle with such diverse challenges as ethnic conflict, governance deficits, and stunning economic disparities among regions and peoples.
The precise character and makeup of India’s next governing coalition will play a critical role in determining India’s future trajectory on all of these fronts.
The forthcoming Indian general election, scheduled to begin in mid-April, will be arguably the country’s most critical vote since 1977.
The United States must confront the uncomfortable reality that China’s economic and military might may eventually rival or even surpass its own.
With incidents along their disputed border still relatively common, India and Pakistan’s decades-old quarrel over Kashmir shows little hope of subsiding.
Ashley Tellis and Milan Vaishnav discussed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the White House.
The Indian nuclear energy industry is evolving as the country looks for new sustainable ways to power its burgeoning middle class.
In the past two decades, India has witnessed momentous simultaneous transitions in the economic, societal, and political domains. The intensity and pace of the changes occurring in India is fueling expectations and is already resulting in disappointments, both in India and globally, in terms of the role India will play in the world.
The growth of social media, e-commerce, and e-governance is making policy relating to cyberspace a critical issue in India and elsewhere.
India’s defense policies are in transition—and remain mired in controversy—as India continues its steady march toward great-power status.
