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Nonresident Senior Fellow

Sunil Dasgupta

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, 21st Century Defense Initiative

Sunil Dasgupta is director of UMBC's Political Science Program at the Universities at Shady Grove and a nonresident fellow at Brookings. He focuses his research and writing on security, military organization, and insurgency issues.



Expertise

Security studies; international relations; civil war; insurgency and terrorism; military organization; civil-military relations; South Asia

  • Language Fluency:
  • Hindi
  • Urdu

Background

Past Positions
Visiting Assistant Professor, George Washington University (2007-2008); Visiting Assistant Professor, Security Studies Program at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University (2004-2007); Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University (2003-2004); Guest Scholar in Governance Studies, Brookings Institution (2003-2004); Research Associate, Brookings Institution (2000-2003); Senior Correspondent, India Today (1991-1996); Staff Reporter, Financial Express (1990-1991)

Education

Ph.D. (2003), A.M. (1998), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; B.Com., University of Calcutta, 1989


Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioWhy Mumbai Needs a MayorAugust 01, 2011Foreign Affairs
Save to My PortfolioArms Sales for IndiaMarch/April 2011Foreign Affairs
Save to My PortfolioThe Drag on India’s Military GrowthSeptember 2010Brookings Policy Brief Series
Save to My PortfolioParamilitary Groups: Local Alliances in Counterinsurgency Operations June 2009Counterinsurgency and Pakistan Paper Series

Contact Information

202.797.6105
Brookings Office of Communications

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