Prof Sumit Ganguly

1 October 2026

Few scholars have shaped how the West understands South Asia's strategic rivalries the way today's guest has. Sumit Ganguly is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he holds the Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations. He's a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Over a career spanning more than three decades, Professor Ganguly has written or edited over twenty books on India, Pakistan, and the wider region ..from the Kashmir conflict to nuclear deterrence to India's rise as a global power.