@CarnegieEndow Sr. Fellow + Director, @CarnegieSAsia. Host of #GrandTamasha podcast. Tweeting my views on political economy + India. RTs & likes ≠ endorsements
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This week on #GrandTamasha: former Indian foreign secretary @VGokhale59 joins me to discuss China and India's "armed coexistence" and the future of one of the most consequential bilateral relationships in the world.
Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=A6IME_tw…
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/4DR…
👏 👏 👏 “cult hero” @srajagopalan!
Somehow, @srajagopalan and @lachygroom have managed to fund a hard-tech revolution in India.
There's something rather massive going on, and everyone else has missed it.
Our story - corememory.com/p/a-new-india…
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Times/Siena Poll: President Trump’s approval rating hit a new low two weeks before the midterms, driven by voter frustration over the economy. nyti.ms/3WiyYtu
This week on #GrandTamasha: former Indian foreign secretary and ambassador to China @VGokhale59 provides a master-class on the state of China-India relations under the shadow of geopolitical fragmentation. youtube.com/watch?v=A6IME_tw…
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My conversation with Carnegie Endowment’s @MilanV on India and China, including how it is impacted by US-China relations, and US behaviour in India’s neighbourhood.
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A Battle for Control of India’s Biggest Business Empire
@travelli
nytimes.com/2026/10/21/busin…
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Pleased to have a review of my forthcoming co-edited volume (with Sameer Lalwani), Insecurity and Ambition: Understanding Pakistan's Strategic Debates (Georgetown University Press), in this issue of Foreign Affairs. foreignaffairs.com/reviews/i…
When next faced with the claim that US innovation doesn't require foreign talent, share this paper. Drawing on 13 million patents filed between 1894-2024, 56% of US technologies build on at least one foreign input bu.edu/econ/files/2026/10/Fo…
.@AiyarYamini in @nytimes: "Many Indians, including myself, do not possess the mass of paperwork that is needed. A minor difference in the spelling of a person’s name across their documents can knock them off the rolls. The courts offer little recourse" nytimes.com/2026/10/20/opini…
My column in today’s @FT: A democracy that once went looking for voters is increasingly demanding that voters prove they belong giftarticle.ft.com/giftartic…
My column for @FT: In contrast to many established democracies, where voter registration has historically been dependent on individual initiative, in India the state assumed the burden. That reversal is at the heart of a growing political confrontation giftarticle.ft.com/giftartic…
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China Merchants Port Holdings has withdrawn from a $392 mn logistics hub at the port of Colombo.
there’s likely more to this story than just regulatory delays etc. here’s my recent piece for @CarnegieSAsia about what’s happening in and around Sri Lanka.
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New research: Firms respond to the mandated extension of maternity leave benefits in India by replacing female workers with male workers. This substitution is concentrated in industries with high female employment shares docs.iza.org/dp18888.pdf
Good piece by @teninthemorning on how the SIR exposes a deeper problem of how technology systems in government are used to reduce accountability and, in some cases, even subvert the law indianexpress.com/article/op…
A bit late posting my piece for @IndianExpress on #ECINET's role in autocratic digitisation
indianexpress.com/article/op…
Frames the use of IT+"quasi-legal" orders to subvert the law, challenging the view that digitisation = better accountability & transparency. 3 key concerns👇(1/n)
.@vargheseKgeorge on why the SIR might be dead without a special announcement thehindu.com/opinion/politic…
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I write for @timesofindia about the question few seem to ask: despite friction, why is India still engaging with the US?
(and no, answer is neither a conspiracy nor currying favor with US)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…
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Breaking: US President Trump says no tariffs will be placed on India and four other countries for buying Russian oil and gas
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New 2026 US House & Senate election forecasts, using all political science knowledge we could systematize, & our statistical methods from “If a Statistical Model Predicts That Common Events Should Occur Only Once in 10,000 Elections, Maybe It’s the Wrong Model” with @DannyCEbanks and @Jonathan_N_Katz. GaryKing.org/electit
We make these forecasts available (including all the input data, methods, and procedures), not only for their possible public interest, but because academics learn by making themselves vulnerable to being proven wrong. We will make no changes to our post-primary forecasts (which do not use polls) but will update two other sets on this site incorporating poll results as new ones appear. Comments on the paper or forecasts are welcome!
New from @CarnegieSAsia: Ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to India, @splalwani argues that "perceptions of the political relationship have deteriorated faster than its strategic foundations." carnegieendowment.org/emissa…
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🔔Save the date and join us for our annual conference
Global Shifts, Regional Stakes: Looking Ahead to 2027
🗓️December 9 and 10
#CMEC2027
⚡️ More details here: carnegieendowment.org/middle…
