Why is Donald Trump turning on his ideological ally Narendra Modi? How is India responding? Read @newyorker.com's interview with @milanv.bsky.social:

International students are critically important for U.S. universities, and for the U.S. economy. President Trump’s staggering new H-1B visa fee puts both at risk. @milanv.bsky.social and Devesh Kapur explain, for Emissary: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

Six years ago, President Trump told India’s PM Narendra Modi he had never had a better friend as President than him. This summer, U.S.-India relations hit their lowest point in decades. @milanv.bsky.social, with Isaac Chotiner for the @newyorker.com, explains why: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

🆕| In recent years, there is growing concern that the integrity of India's electoral processes has atrophied. @milanv.bsky.social examines the emerging threats to electoral integrity in his latest for @policystudiesorg.bsky.social's "India Politics and Policy"👇 www.ippjournal.org/assessing-th...

🆕| One Nation, One Election would replace India’s current system of staggered elections with a framework of simultaneous elections. Does this proposal make sense for India? @milanv.bsky.social, Caroline Mallory, & Annabel Richter's latest for @carnegieendowment.org👇

Trump has ended—or at least paused—the U.S. policy of strategic altruism towards India. Now, it is New Delhi that must embrace delayed reciprocity from the U.S. @milanv.bsky.social argues for @foreignaffairs.com👇

The Trump administration's main goal in international relations is dominance, says @milanv.bsky.social – a challenge for India, where previous U.S. governments practiced “strategic altruism.” Now, it's India’s turn to be altruistic. Milan in @foreignaffairs.com:

🆕| "In a country like India, the similarity between parties...explains the prevalence of defections—and the harmony between limited polarization and considerable fragmentation." Read @milanv.bsky.social & Madhav Khosla's latest on @jackbalkin.bsky.social's "Balkinisation"👇

🆕| How do Indian Americans engage with U.S. civic and political institutions? How do they maintain connections with their Indian roots while establishing their identities in America? @milanv.bsky.social, Sumitra Badrinathan, Devesh Kapur, & Annabel Richter examine for @carnegieendowment.org👇

🆕| Is India becoming an "elections-only" democracy? @milanv.bsky.social examines how the BJP's single-party dominance has altered the behaviors of India's referee institutions. Read his chapter in Global Challenges to Democracy, available now👇 www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...

Really enjoyed this long conversation with @milanv.bsky.social about my book grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/dec...

What could this week’s developments mean for both India and Pakistan – and does the conflict have an off-ramp? @pstaniland.bsky.social explained.

New #GrandTamasha out: @willdalrymple.bsky.social joins me to discuss the lost and oft forgotten "Indosphere"--the subject of his new book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World" grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/rec...

One of our #GrandTamasha guests is a Pulitzer finalist! Rollo Romig joined @milanv.bsky.social to discuss the legacy of journalist Gauri Lankesh, the focus of his Pulitzer-finalist book. Listen to their conversation – & learn more about the book – here: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/the...

This week on #GrandTamasha, @louisetillin.bsky.social joins me to discuss her new book, "Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy," which examines the evolution of India's welfare state over the last century grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/ind...

My article with U Daxecker titled "Demanding Violence, Punishing Peace: Support for Party Violence in India" has been accepted for publication by The Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social. Below is a 🧵explaining the argument, the empirical case, and many thank you(s). doi.org/10.1086/736113

My article with @hannefjelde.bsky.social & U Daxecker is now published in V87(2) of @thejop.bsky.social. Here is 🧵summarizing our findings: We argue that misinformation can induce affective shifts that increase out-group animosity and fuel polarization. doi.org/10.1086/732979

ICYMI, @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social was my guest on #GrandTamasha last week. We discussed his new book, "The Reactionary Spirit" and the worrisome spread of a new form of authoritarianism. New episodes every Tuesday 9 pm ET (Wednesday 6:30 pm IST) grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/the...

New #GrandTamasha out now: Journalist @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social of @vox.com joins me to discuss his recent book, "The Reactionary Spirit," which explores the emergence of a new style of authoritarianism in the United States--and abroad grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/the...

Our latest @hindustan-times.bsky.social column looks at changes in Indian American attitudes, at home in the United States and vis-a-vis India. Here's a chart characterizing changes in support for the Democrats and support for Narendra Modi between 2020-2024.

🔔Out now!🔔 "Democratic Backsliding: How It Happens and How It Can Be Countered," ed. by @jennifermccoy.bsky.social @beattyriedl.bsky.social @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social & Kenneth Roberts, with articles from @carnegieendowment.org's Thomas Carothers and @milanv.bsky.social. Read the issue here!👇

The issue includes case studies of democratic backsliding (& resistance), including: 🇮🇳 #India by @milanv.bsky.social 🇻🇪 #Venezuela by @lgamboa.bsky.social 🇹🇷 #Turkey by @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social & 🇲🇼 #Malawi by @tallmanfromzomba.bsky.social and yours truly. journals.sagepub.com/toc/anna/712/1

Want to know more about how democratic backsliding happens and how to counter it? See this fully open access issue of AAPSS, co-edited by @beattyriedl.bsky.social, Jennifer McCoy, Ken Roberts, and Murat Somer: journals.sagepub.com/toc/anna/712/1

In their @carnegieendowment.org report, @milanv.bsky.social et al. analyze the foreign policy attitudes of Indian Americans, from their views of the U.S.-India relationship under Biden to their assessment of India's democracy. Read the full piece here 👇

GUEST POST: We Are Professors at Columbia. Here is How We Would Respond. open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

How do Indian Americans feel about leading Indian political figures and organizations? Here's a chart from our latest @carnegieendowment.org report, drawing on a nationally representative survey of Indian Americans conducted w/ @today.yougov.com carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

This week on #GrandTamasha: @taravarma.bsky.social of @brookings.edu joins me to discuss the reordering of the Trans-Atlantic relationship and the implications for India and global order. Listen: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/ind...

How do Indian Americans evaluate the Biden administration’s handling of U.S.-India relations? How do they view the prospects for these relations under Trump? Read the new @carnegieendowment.org report by @milanv.bsky.social, Sumitra Badrinathan, Devesh Kapur, & Annabel Richter👇

🧵1/ Today, we @carnegieendowment.org are releasing Part II of our study of the attitudes and opinions of Indian Americans. This new report examines how Indian Americans view U.S.-India relations, foreign policy, and changes underway in India carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Someone has finally come up a good opposition strategy

My latest for @hindustan-times.bsky.social: The dismantling of the American state is well underway. Indians should not be celebrating but sounding the alarm. Above all, they should be bracing for impact. www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/trem...

In September 2024, a third-party candidate was elected president of Sri Lanka. @milanv.bsky.social speaks with our author Neil DeVotta about Sri Lanka's peaceful revolution based on Devotta's essay in our January issue! grand-tamasha.simple...

How do factors such as ideology, gender, and partisanship drive political behavior in India? The compilation of essays from @carnegieendowment.org's #IndiaElects2024 initiative (ed. @milanv.bsky.social) unpacks these complexities of Indian electoral politics. Read the publication here👇

"India’s Founding Moment: The Constitution of a Most Surprising Democracy" by the scholar Madhav Khosla is a favorite. Elegant and erudite. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Excellent piece by Sajjid Chinoy on India's macro-framework in advance of the Feb 1 Budget www.business-standard.com/opinion/colu...

Curious about the big take-aways on India? Join us for this fun and insightful conversation with the OGs of podcasts on India @amitvarma.bsky.social and @milanv.bsky.social I have enjoyed being on their shows & it was good to ask the Qs this time with my brilliant co-host @pragyatiwari.bsky.social

Amy Pope: Migration Can Work for All--A Plan for Replacing a Broken Global System www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state... via @foreignaffairs.com

Excellent Evan Feigenbaum @forbes.com essay on what Asia can expect from Trump 2.0: "Longstanding assumptions and presumptions about American power, purpose, policy, and strategy in the world’s most economically dynamic region are about to go out the window" www.forbes.com/sites/evanfe...

[email protected] has a nice piece today on the shifting political attitudes of Indian Americans, drawing on insights from our 2024 Indian American Attitudes Survey www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...

For my newsletter Indialog [indialog.substack.com] I asked scholars: what works on 🇮🇳 & the subcontinent stood out to you in 2024? See what @milanv.bsky.social @paliwalavi.bsky.social @pstaniland.bsky.social, Ananya Sharma, Shivshankar Menon & others recommend: indialog.substack.com/p/2024-highl...

1/ Wrapping up 2024 has us reflecting on all of research published in the last year. Here are some must-reads from our Carnegie programs and centers! 🧵 https://buff.ly/3Pe9UwZ

12/ “The Resilience of India’s Fourth Party System” by @milanv.bsky.social & Caroline Mallory from the South Asia Program https://buff.ly/3BUSfr2

It's been a busy week at #GrandTamasha. Two episodes out this week: Populism in South Asia with/ @dnaseemullah.bsky.social & Pradeep Chhibber: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/pop... Best Books of 2024: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/gra... We will be back in mid-Jan with new episodes

What drove Indian American voting decisions in the 2024 U.S. election? In the latest #CarnegieExplains, @milanv.bsky.social reveals how issues like abortion rights, inflation & immigration shape the political preferences of America’s second-largest immigrant group ⤵️

Excited to reveal our #GrandTamasha "Best Books of 2024" - Janaki Bakhle, "Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva" - Karthik Muralidharan, "Accelerating India's Development" - @rahulabhatia.bsky.social, "The Identity Project" Our short blog here: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

For the season finale of #GrandTamasha, I sit down with Adnan Naseemullah (@dnaseemullah.bsky.social) & Pradeep Chhibber to discuss their new book, "Righteous Demagogues: Populist Politics in South Asia and Beyond." Listen here: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/pop...

Indian districts with higher WWII mobilization saw greater occupational shifts from agriculture to industry and services, as well as higher consumption, urbanization, and nighttime luminosity deanyang-econ.github.io/deanyang/fil...

So, I've heard jokes about the Senate looking like a retirement home... but um, it's kinda true. The age distribution of Senators is almost identical to The Villages, the largest retirement community in the U.S.

I've been an avid listener of #GrandTamasha for years; it was so lovely to be able to chat with @milanv.bsky.social about my new book, "Playing with Fire: Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India" for the podcast. Have a listen here: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/par...

New #GrandTamasha out now: scholar @aditimalik.bsky.social joins me to discuss her new book, “Playing with Fire” on the dangerous links between party instability and political violence grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/par...