Indian Americans remain one of the most Democratic-leaning constituencies in American politics—but their partisan attachment is softening.
@milanv.bsky.social and his coauthors on the 2026 Indian Americans Attitudes Survey map these shifts. ⤵️ carnegieendowment.org/preview/rese...
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.
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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👇
11/ You can check out all of our work @carnegieendowment.org on the Indian diaspora here: carnegieendowment.org/programs/sou...
