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Sushant Singh
Sushant Singh
Sushant Singh is a lecturer at Yale University. Previously, he was a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, and deputy editor of The Indian Express. A winner of the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards in 2017 and 2018, he had earlier served in the Indian Army for two decades. He is also the author of Mission Overseas and co-author of Note by Note: The India Story.
Featured Newsletter
NEET and the military shortcut risks long-term damage
The government’s reliance on the armed forces may help it address a credibility crisis, but risks weakening civilian institutions.
Recent Editions
The security fiction behind the Great Nicobar Project
The project leans on national security to justify ecological damage and commercial expansion that far exceed military needs.
15 May 2026
Ten military lessons India must learn from the US-Israel war on Iran
The war in West Asia offers a preview of how India’s next conflict could unfold—fast, multi-domain, drone-saturated and under a nuclear shadow. New Delhi must learn quickly.
10 Apr 2026
Netanyahu and Trump’s war on Iran leaves India counting the costs
India has much at stake in West Asia. It must step up and act like the leader of the Global South that it aspires to be.
01 Mar 2026
India-US trade pact demonstrates how sovereignty is eroded in practice
The framework reads less like an agreement between partners and more like a probation order written by the stronger side.
13 Feb 2026
Older Editions
India needs to stop courting the US and look for a solid plan B
It’s never a good sign when your foreign minister needs a lobbyist to meet US officials. The recent events signal a breakdown in the Modi government’s ability to operate in today’s Washington through its own machinery.
09 Jan 2026
Annus horribilis: 2025 was the year India learned it wasn't indispensable
It is the logical consequence of foreign policy built on a decade of illusion rather than the realities of power. The question is whether anyone in the government has the courage to admit it.
05 Dec 2025
MAGA’s battle against Indian-Americans: wrong in its particulars but effective alright
The far-right’s anti-India narrative offers simple answers to complex problems while drawing on real grievances that many Americans share
07 Nov 2025
When it comes to lobbying in the US, Indian-Americans are not Jewish Americans
India tried to build an Israel-style lobby in Washington, DC. But money, race and ideology have kept Indian-Americans from becoming a political force.
10 Oct 2025
From Kathmandu's ashes: A blueprint for India's regional renaissance
Nepal's democratic uprising offers India a choice to either continue with its failed transactional diplomacy or embrace the patient institution-building that South Asia desperately needs.
12 Sept 2025