Sumit Ganguly


Sumit Ganguly is a columnist at Foreign Policy and visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He is a distinguished professor of political science and the Rabindranath Tagore chair in Indian cultures and civilizations at Indiana University Bloomington.

Articles by Sumit Ganguly
People hold placards protesting Russia’s invasion in India.
People hold placards protesting Russia’s invasion in India.
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.
Security officials and relatives attend the funeral in Pakistan.
Security officials and relatives attend the funeral in Pakistan.
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.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the United Nations.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the United Nations.
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.
Afghan refugees in Pakistan
Afghan refugees in Pakistan
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.
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid
indira-gandhi-hp-site
indira-gandhi-hp-site
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.
A man works at an Indian ordnance factory.
A man works at an Indian ordnance factory.
Files relating to Indian freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose are displayed at the Police Museum in Kolkata, India, on Sept. 18, 2015.
Files relating to Indian freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose are displayed at the Police Museum in Kolkata, India, on Sept. 18, 2015.
A municipal worker walks past a graffiti of a young person wearing a face mask during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown in Mumbai on May 4, 2020.
A municipal worker walks past a graffiti of a young person wearing a face mask during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown in Mumbai on May 4, 2020.
A man checks his mobile phone while sitting in front of a closed shop in West Bengal, India, on May 28.
A man checks his mobile phone while sitting in front of a closed shop in West Bengal, India, on May 28.