Author

Sumit Ganguly

SUMIT GANGULY is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is the author of Deadly Impasse: India–Pakistan Relations at the Dawn of a New Century and a co-author of The Future of ISIS: Regional and International Implications and Ascending India and Its State Capacity: Extraction, Violence, and Legitimacy.

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The Folly of India’s Neutrality

In the Face of Chinese Aggression, New Delhi Must Align With Washington

Sumit Ganguly and Dinsha Mistree

June 20, 2023

Modi’s Burning Bridge to the Middle East

India’s Islamophobia Problem Is Costing It Partners in the Gulf

Sumit Ganguly and Nicolas Blarel

June 30, 2022

India’s Farmers Will Benefit From Reforms

Right Now They Are Up in Arms, but Change Is Necessary

Surupa Gupta and Sumit Ganguly

March 3, 2021

Modi Crosses the Rubicon in Kashmir

New Delhi Upends the Status Quo in the Disputed Territory

August 8, 2019

The United States Can’t Solve the Kashmir Dispute

Why Trump’s Offer to Mediate Is Dead in the Water

July 30, 2019

The Religious Tensions Behind the Attacks in Sri Lanka

How Sectarianism Could Spin Out of Control

Neil DeVotta and Sumit Ganguly

April 24, 2019

Why the India-Pakistan Crisis Isn’t Likely to Turn Nuclear

History Shows Escalation Isn’t Inevitable

March 5, 2019

Modi’s Foreign Policy Revolution?

In India, Radical Change Is Hard to Come By

March 8, 2018

Pakistan and the Myth of “Too Dangerous to Fail”

Could Trump’s “Madman” Approach Work on Islamabad?

C. Christine Fair and Sumit Ganguly

January 8, 2018

Trump’s Afghan Plan

A Strategy, But Not Much of One

September 6, 2017

The Doklam Dispute in Context

China Is Drawing India’s Neighbors Closer to Beijing

August 9, 2017

A New Season of Turmoil in Kashmir

Harsh Counterinsurgency Tactics Have Led to Mass Frustration

April 21, 2017

F-16s, Made in India

Why Second Best Is Best

S. Paul Kapur and Sumit Ganguly

March 14, 2017

India After Nonalignment

Why Modi Skipped the Summit

September 19, 2016

Bangladesh’s Homegrown Problem

Dhaka and the Terrorist Threat

Sumit Ganguly and Ali Riaz

July 6, 2016

The Next Pathankot

India’s New Terrorism Battleground

January 6, 2016

When Refugees Were Welcome

India in 1971 Vs. Europe Today

Sumit Ganguly and Brandon Miliate

September 22, 2015

India’s Achilles’ Heel

New Delhi Needs to Get Serious About Counterterrorism

August 18, 2015

An Unworthy Ally

Time for Washington to Cut Pakistan Loose

C. Christine Fair and Sumit Ganguly

Modi’s Balancing Act

India’s Conservative Social Agenda Threatens Its Foreign Policy

March 26, 2015

Modi Bets the Farm

Why Indian Agricultural Policy Might Unravel the WTO

Surupa Gupta and Sumit Ganguly

August 12, 2014

India’s Missing Right

What the BJP’s Victory Says about Indian Politics

June 3, 2014

India’s Two Futures

The Upcoming Election Is More Than an Ideological Showdown

January 22, 2014

The Battle For Bangladesh

Who Defines Bengali Identity?

March 13, 2013

The Reign of Rahul

Why Making Gandhi Heir Apparent Is a Big Mistake

January 30, 2013

India’s Dark Night

The Politics Behind the Power Failure

Sunila S. Kale and Sumit Ganguly

August 8, 2012

The Grooming of Rahul Gandhi

Is the Untested Scion of the Gandhi Dynasty Ready to Rule the World’s Largest Democracy?

October 10, 2011

India’s Corruption Problem

Anna Hazare and India’s Democracy

August 20, 2011

The End of the Affair?

Washington’s Cooling Passion for New Delhi

Sumit Ganguly and S. Paul Kapur

June 15, 2009

Will Kashmir Stop India’s Rise?