The Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia has formalized partnerships with three leading research institutions in southern India. The partnership will strengthen academic collaboration between researchers in India and at Brown and create new research opportunities for Brown students.

Ashutosh Varshney tells The Wall Street Journal that India’s youth now pose a real electoral threat to Modi.

Yamini Aiyar wrote a New York Times opinion column about the state of democracy in India.

Ashutosh Varshney told ThePrint that the once-fearless Indian government now appears shaken by young voters, a group once seen as a key source of BJP support.

Wilmot James, an internationally recognized public health expert and former member of South Africa’s Parliament, is the new director of the Watson School’s Africa Initiative. James has ambitious plans for the initiative, which will highlight African contributions to global affairs and focus on the continent’s future and untapped potential.

In an article for The Print, Ashutosh Varshney writes that Hindu nationalism seeks Hindu supremacy through the subordination of Muslims rather than their expulsion or extermination.

Lyle Goldstein told The New York Times that expanded use of the Northern Sea Route will strengthen ties between China and Russia.

In a recent USA Today article, Lyle Goldstein said Trump's skepticism toward alliances is pushing the world toward a "complex multipolarity" rather than a single new order.

This fall, a dynamic lineup of events will bring leading voices to Watson for conversations on some of today’s most pressing issues.

Lyle Goldstein told Stars and Stripes that China has spent more than two decades developing military laser technology and may be cooperating with Russia as both countries advance drone capabilities.

Jeff Colgan told the Financial Times that Americans are feeling the pinch of higher gas and diesel prices and predicted voters will render their verdict on it in November.

In ThePrint, Ashutosh Varshney wrote that recent student protests challenged the BJP's control of the political narrative and temporarily expanded space for democratic dissent in India.