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India

- Event
Pakistan’s Nuclear Bomb: A Story of Defiance, Deterrence, and Deviance
- Hassan Abbas, Corey Hinderstein, George Perkovich
- June 11, 2019
- Washington, DC
Join Carnegie for a conversation with Hassan Abbas on his new book Pakistan’s Nuclear Bomb: A Story of Defiance, Deterrence, and Deviance.
- International Encryption Brief
The Encryption Debate in India
- Bedavyasa Mohanty
- May 30, 2019
Regulation on encryption is imminent in India. Its exact nature remains undecided, but it will significantly affect India’s newly recognized fundamental right to privacy.
- Event
Line on Fire: India-Pakistan Violence and Escalation Dynamics
- Happymon Jacob, Tamanna Salikuddin, George Perkovich
- May 30, 2019
- Washington, DC
What explains the patterns of violence along the Line of Control and what are the chances that conflict could escalate and involve nuclear weapons?
- Op-Ed
If It’s ‘The Economy, Stupid,’ Why Did Modi Win?
- Milan Vaishnav
- May 25, 2019
- Washington Post
The question of leadership may have successfully diverted attention away from the state of the economy, but Modi’s honeymoon will be short-lived if he does not place it at the top of his agenda.
- Op-Ed
Modi Owns the Win and the Aftermath
- Milan Vaishnav
- May 23, 2019
- Hindustan Times
This election confirms what has been increasingly evident over the past five years: that the BJP, under Modi’s tutelage, has constructed a political hegemony that is impressively resilient.
- Op-Ed
Foreign Policy Challenges Lie Ahead
- Ashley J. Tellis
- May 23, 2019
- Hindustan Times
The next government in India will confront significant tests in managing relations with the great powers and India's neighbors.
- Op-Ed
Routine Meetings Between Leaders Will Liberate the Subcontinent From Formalism of Summits
- C. Raja Mohan
- May 21, 2019
- Indian Express
Rather than pray for the success of SAARC, the new government in New Delhi should double down on informal diplomacy that could help pave the way for more purposeful regional cooperation—both bilateral and multilateral.
- Article
Troubles Aplenty: Foreign Policy Challenges for the Next Indian Government
- Ashley J. Tellis
- May 20, 2019
The post-election government in New Delhi—which could see Modi’s return to the helm—will have to confront serious regional and global foreign policy challenges.
- Article
Coalition Math Could Matter Most in India’s 2019 Election
- Milan Vaishnav, Jamie Hintson
- May 15, 2019
In Indian politics, there are neither permanent friends nor permanent enemies. Both the BJP and Congress Party are doing the election math that would lead to a winning coalition.
- Op-Ed
Indian Society Must Find Ways to Hold ‘Privileged’ Judicial Community Accountable
- Suyash Rai, Anirudh Burman
- May 07, 2019
- Print
In recent years, some of the most dramatic situations in Indian public life have arisen in the higher judiciary—an arm of the state ideally characterized by collegiality, scholarship, predictability, and remoteness from raucous politics.

Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs

India Elects 2019

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Carnegie India

Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform

Carnegie Experts on
India

Darshana M. Baruah
Nonresident Scholar
South Asia Program
Darshana M. Baruah is a nonresident scholar with the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her primary research focuses on maritime security in Asia and the role of the Indian Navy in a new security architecture.
Rudra Chaudhuri
Director
Carnegie India
Rudra Chaudhuri is the director of Carnegie India. His primary research interests include the diplomatic history of South Asia and contemporary security issues.
Toby Dalton
Co-director
Nuclear Policy Program
Dalton is the co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment. An expert on nonproliferation and nuclear energy, his work addresses regional security challenges and the evolution of the global nuclear order.
Evan A. Feigenbaum
Vice President for Studies
Evan A. Feigenbaum is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research in Washington, Beijing and New Delhi on a dynamic region encompassing both East Asia and South Asia.
Frederic Grare
Nonresident Senior Fellow
South Asia Program
Grare is a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s South Asia Program. His research focuses on security issues and democratization in India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Previously, he led the Asia bureau at the Directorate for Strategic Affairs in the French Ministry of Defense.
Christophe Jaffrelot
Nonresident Scholar
South Asia Program
Jaffrelot’s core research focuses on theories of nationalism and democracy, mobilization of the lower castes and Dalits (ex-untouchables) in India, the Hindu nationalist movement, and ethnic conflicts in Pakistan.
R.K. Misra
Nonresident Scholar
Carnegie India
R.K. Misra is a nonresident scholar at Carnegie India. Based in Bengaluru, he drives Carnegie India’s Technology and Society program, and engages with technology innovators and policymakers.
George Perkovich
Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Chair
Vice President for Studies
Perkovich works primarily on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation issues; cyberconflict; and new approaches to international public-private management of strategic technologies.
James Schwemlein
Nonresident Scholar
South Asia Program
James Schwemlein is a nonresident scholar in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Ashley J. Tellis
Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs
Ashley J. Tellis holds the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and is 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.
Milan Vaishnav
Director and Senior Fellow
South Asia Program
Vaishnav’s primary research focus is the political economy of India, and he examines issues such as corruption and governance, state capacity, distributive politics, and electoral behavior.
Tom West
Nonresident Scholar
South Asia Program
Tom West is a nonresident scholar in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an associate vice president at the Cohen Group.