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Have Electoral Bonds Made a Bad System Worse?
- Milan Vaishnav, Jagdeep Chhokar
- December 06, 2019
- Hindu
By their design, electoral bonds legitimize opacity in how elections are funded. There is concern that electoral bonds could become vehicles for money laundering for shell companies, or for prohibited foreign donations.
- Op-Ed
The Era of Data-Globalism is Over. Where Does This Leave India?
- Rudra Chaudhuri
- December 04, 2019
- Print
Whether for reasons of security or economics, the slow slide towards collective protectionism in the United States and Europe is unmistakable.
- Op-Ed
Electoral Bonds: The Safeguards of Indian Democracy Are Crumbling
- Milan Vaishnav
- November 25, 2019
- HuffPost India
India’s electoral bonds have only legitimized opacity. The government has promised reform, while doubling down on nefarious old habits, and this new instrument has intensified the crisis confronting India’s much-vaunted apex institutions.
- Op-Ed
BJP Has Been Effective in Transmitting Its Version of Indian History to Next Generation of Learners
- Christophe Jaffrelot, Pradyumna Jairam
- November 16, 2019
- Indian Express
BJP governments at the state and federal level are altering Indian history textbooks to conform with Hindu nationalist doctrine.
- Op-Ed
In Asia, Disruptive Technonationalism Returns
- Evan A. Feigenbaum
- November 13, 2019
Technonationalists, whatever their nationality, take a strategic view of industry and technology. They view it as fundamental to national security and economic competitiveness and take on faith that economic policies must have strategic underpinnings.
- Op-Ed
The Strange Triumph of Narendra Modi: Can India’s Prime Minister Succeed Even as the Economy Plummets?
- Milan Vaishnav
- November 04, 2019
- Foreign Affairs
In 2014, Modi came to power on the promise of an improved economy. As of 2019, India’s economic growth is slowing but Modi’s popularity appears to be intact. If the BJP cannot correct the course of the economy, it will eventually impact the BJP at the polls.
- Op-Ed
Might India Start the Next South Asia Crisis?
- Toby Dalton, Gaurav Kalwani
- November 01, 2019
- War on the Rocks
The next crisis between India and Pakistan might originate from an Indian offensive to seize territory in Kashmir. If so, the chances of the conflict escalating to war are more likely than currently predicted.
- TV/Radio Broadcast
On Demand Slowdown in India and Economy’s Twin Balance Sheet Problem
- Milan Vaishnav
- October 25, 2019
- Print
A conversation about the consumption slowdown, misleading economic indicators, and flawed bank lending that have led to the current state of Indian economy.
- Q&A
What Will Xi and Modi Really Talk About?
- Rudra Chaudhuri
- October 10, 2019
On October 11, 2019, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their second informal summit in Mamallapuram in southern India. The conversation may follow from the two leaders’ earlier meeting in April 2018 in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
- Commentary
What Will Happen At the India-China Summit?
- Han Hua
- October 10, 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are meeting on October 11, 2019. The summit in Mamallapuram, India, is a chance to work through the recent strains in the two countries’ relationship.

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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.
Jarrett Blanc
Senior Fellow
Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
Jarrett Blanc is a senior fellow in the Geoeconomics and Strategy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Frances Z. Brown
Fellow
Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Frances Z. Brown is a fellow with Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, who arrived at Carnegie after fifteen years as a USAID official, White House staffer, and non-governmental organization practitioner. She writes on conflict, governance, and U.S. foreign policy.
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 and Senior Fellow
Nuclear Policy Program
Dalton is the co-director and a senior fellow 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.
Kim Ghattas
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Kim Ghattas is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she is focused on writing a book about the impact of the rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia on the wider region since 1979.
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.
Jessica Tuchman Mathews
Distinguished Fellow
Mathews is a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She served as Carnegie’s president for 18 years.
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.
Vipin Narang
Nonresident Scholar
Nuclear Policy Program
Vipin Narang is a nonresident scholar in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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.
Rexon Y. Ryu
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Ryu is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he leads an initiative focused on the intersection of diplomacy, technology, and innovation.
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.