New #GrandTamasha out now: Sajith Pai of Blume Ventures joins me to talk about this year's much-discussed "Indus Valley Annual Report 2025"--a data-rich survey of the Indian economy, consumer trends, and tech ecosystem.

How is democratic backsliding occurring in countries around the world, and how can it be countered? Milan Vaishnav pens a case study on India for a special issue of The AAPSS. Read this + 16 other essays here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/anna/712/1

✍️ RSVP today! This Thursday, March 27, Ashley J. Tellis will host Ambassador Syed Tariq Fatemi, special assistant on foreign affairs to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, for an in-person discussion on "Pakistan in the World." Secure your registration here: carnegieendowment.org/events/2025/03…

New #GrandTamasha: Veteran diplomat and public intellectual Kishore Mahbubani joins me to discuss his new book, “Living the Asian Century.” We discuss his Partition-era family’s life in Singapore, his diplomatic career, and the secret to Singapore’s success grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/kisho…

For a special issue of The AAPSS on democratic backsliding, Milan Vaishnav writes on India as a case study in the wake of the 2024 elections. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

New Hindustan Times column with Sumitra Badrinathan & Devesh Kapur on the changing attitudes of Indian Americans and the future of US-India ties hindustantimes.com/opinion/indian…

New #GrandTamasha out now: journalist Zack Beauchamp ([email protected]) of Vox 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.

New #GrandTamasha: Amogh Dhar Sharma joins me to discuss his new book, "The Backstage of Democracy," a timely exploration of the rise of political consulting firms, social media volunteers, pollsters & data-driven insights in India. grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/a-new…

ICYMI, here is Ashley J. Tellis' Carnegie South Asia assessment of where India stands after 100 days of Trump 2.0 carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/…

Brand new #GrandTamasha: What does Trump's tariff threat mean for India? Can it finally take advantage of the elusive "China+1" moment? This week, Johns Hopkins SAIS economist Shoumitro Chatterjee joins me to answer these and other timely questions. Listen now: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/trade…

WATCH | In the first episode of #Latitude, senior journalist Nirupama Subramanian speaks to strategic affairs specialist & former US diplomat #AshleyJTellis about the world according to US President #DonaldTrump. youtube.com/watch?v=tki4pc…

New #GrandTamasha: This week, Louise Tillin of King's India Institute joins me to talk about her excellent new book, "Making India Work"--an insightful history of India's welfare regime. We discuss its evolution from the late colonial period to the present day.

New #GrandTamasha out now: Sadanand Dhume of American Enterprise Institute & Tanvi Madan of The Brookings Institution join me to discuss the April 22 terrorist attack in Jammu & Kashmir, JD Vance's whirlwind India trip, and the possibility of a US-India trade deal. Listen: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/terro…

We have an excellent episode of #GrandTamasha on Operation Sindoor & the early lessons of the India-Pakistan crisis coming out in about 12 hours. Subscribe to make sure you don't miss it: Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0JNjJc1Wt… YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

New #GrandTamasha: the always thoughtful, nuanced Christopher Clary joins me this week to discuss Operation Sindoor and the state of play between India and Pakistan. Chris is the rare IR scholar with deep experience inside the policymaking beast. Link in reply

New #GrandTamasha: Joshua White of Johns Hopkins SAIS & Brookings Foreign Policy joins me to discuss how the contours of the recent India-Pakistan conflict will likely shape the next one. grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/how-t…

New #GrandTamasha: Sandipto Dasgupta joins me to discuss his new book, “Legalizing the Revolution,” which explores the two-way relationship between decolonization and constitutionalism in India and the postcolonial order. Link: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/decol…

New #GrandTamasha out now: Author Meena Ahamed joins me to talk about her new book, "Indian Genius," which profiles Indian Americans in tech, science/medicine, and law and unpacks the secret to their success. Listen: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/the-s…

Important new Foreign Affairs essay by Ashley J. Tellis on India’s great power ambitions. Don’t get distracted by the headline—read the piece in full foreignaffairs.com/india/indias-g…