Hoover Institution (Stanford, CA) — Seeking to better advise policymakers and the informed public about the prospect of deeper ties with India, two Hoover scholars have put together the first edition of The Hoover Institution’s Survey of India.
Now available online and in print, this new book aims to assist American readers with how to best understand a newly dynamic, vibrant, and powerful India, which may prove to be a key partner in the great-power competition between the US and China.
Contributors to this volume demonstrate that a now-prosperous India has become too important for US diplomats and policymakers to ignore. It is now the world’s most populous country and the globe’s fifth largest economy.
Compiled by Hoover fellows Šumit Ganguly and Dinsha Mistree, the book comprises eight chapters, each examining “pillar” issues and sectors relevant to the future of US-India relations, from healthcare policy to defense industrialization and procurement, demographics, and energy.
“We’re not looking at the history of India from 1947 on,” Ganguly said. “We are looking at what’s happened particularly recently to inform what Americans interested in India should be looking at when they consider the world’s largest democracy.”
Chapters are written by leading specialists in each field and include historical context, the state of current policy choices, and possible future developments that could include enhanced cooperation with the US.
“Survey of India is written for American students, policymakers, and scholars looking at India, trying to answer some of the questions they may be thinking about when pondering the future of US-India relations,” said Mistree.
The volume, which will return with updated versions in the coming years, was produced with the support of Hoover’s Huntington Program on Strengthening US-India Relations.
Its findings coincide with a growth pattern of migration and friendship between India and the United States, with more than one million American citizens now living in India and upwards of five million Indian citizens living in the United States.
“That’s the really important reason the US needs to pay attention to India,” Mistree said.
About the Editors:
Šumit Ganguly is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and director of its Huntington Program on Strengthening US-India Relations. He is also the Rabindranath Tagore Professor in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Emeritus, at Indiana University in Bloomington, where he served as distinguished professor and professor of political science and directed programs on India studies and on American and global security.
Dinsha Mistree is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, a research affiliate at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and a research affiliate at the Neukom Center for the Rule of Law at Stanford Law School, where he teaches courses on state building and global poverty.
Contributors: Šumit Ganguly, Jack A. Goldstone, Manoj Joshi, Andrea Malji, Dinsha Mistree, Chris Ogden, Jahnavi Phalkey, Varun Rai, Nirvikar Singh, Eswaran Sridharan, Leela Visaria
For coverage opportunities, contact Jeffrey Marschner, 202-760-3187, jmarsch@stanford.edu.
