Sumit Ganguly

Sumit Ganguly is a columnist at Foreign Policy and senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, where he directs the Huntington Program on Strengthening U.S.-India Relations.

Articles by Sumit Ganguly
Members of the Student Federation of India push against a police barrier during a protest against the government's new Agnipath recruitment plan in Chennai, India, on June 22.
Members of the Student Federation of India push against a police barrier during a protest against the government's new Agnipath recruitment plan in Chennai, India, on June 22.

Has India’s Military Recruitment Plan Backfired?

Analysis
Sumit Ganguly
A woman looks at burning funeral pyres during the COVID-19 pandemic in India
A woman looks at burning funeral pyres during the COVID-19 pandemic in India

India’s Official COVID-19 Death Toll Is Still an Undercount

Analysis
Sumit Ganguly, Dinsha Mistree
Demonstrators take part in a protest against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Demonstrators take part in a protest against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa Leadership Won’t Step Down

Analysis
Sumit Ganguly, Dinsha Mistree
Bharatiya Janata Party supporters wait to catch a glimpse of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Bharatiya Janata Party supporters wait to catch a glimpse of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

How the BJP Won Again in Uttar Pradesh

Analysis
Sumit Ganguly, Himanshu Jha
People hold placards protesting Russia’s invasion in India.
People hold placards protesting Russia’s invasion in India.

India Must Take a Stand on Russia’s War in Ukraine

Argument
Sumit Ganguly
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he boards a plane while departing Australia.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he boards a plane while departing Australia.

Biden Hasn’t Taken His Eyes off the Ball in Asia

Analysis
Sumit Ganguly
Security officials and relatives attend the funeral in Pakistan.
Security officials and relatives attend the funeral in Pakistan.

What Pakistan’s New National Security Policy Leaves Out

Analysis
Sumit Ganguly
Nuns walk near the entrance of the head office of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata on Dec. 28.
Nuns walk near the entrance of the head office of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata on Dec. 28.

India’s Religious Minorities Are Under Attack

Argument
Sumit Ganguly
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the United Nations.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the United Nations.

Profiling Modi’s India

Review
Sumit Ganguly
Bangladeshi Hindus stage a demonstration to protest recent religious violence in Dhaka on Oct. 18.
Bangladeshi Hindus stage a demonstration to protest recent religious violence in Dhaka on Oct. 18.

Bangladesh’s Deadly Identity Crisis

Analysis
Sumit Ganguly
Afghan refugees in Pakistan
Afghan refugees in Pakistan

Why India Won’t Ease the Afghan Refugee Crisis

Analysis
Sumit Ganguly
Bharatiya Janata Party supporters prepare to burn posters of Chinese President Xi Jinping during an anti-China protest in Allahabad, India, on June 17, 2020.
Bharatiya Janata Party supporters prepare to burn posters of Chinese President Xi Jinping during an anti-China protest in Allahabad, India, on June 17, 2020.

Playing Chess With China

Review
Sumit Ganguly
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid

What the Taliban Takeover Means for India

Analysis
Sumit Ganguly
indira-gandhi-hp-site
indira-gandhi-hp-site

Indira Gandhi’s Lesson for Modi

Review
Sumit Ganguly
A Pakistani soldier stands guard on a post near the Line of Control in Poonch district of Pakistani-administered Kashmir on April 26.
A Pakistani soldier stands guard on a post near the Line of Control in Poonch district of Pakistani-administered Kashmir on April 26.

Drone Strike Blasts Open a New Front in the Kashmir Dispute

Argument
Sumit Ganguly
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