Impact

Policymaker impact

I have assumed several roles to advance impact with policymakers. 

These include:

• Freedom House, South Asia Advisor, 2019–present

• Academic Advisory Board, Indian School of Public Policy, 2018–present

• World Economic Forum, Global Futures Council Fellow, 2016–18

• Asia Business Council, Prize Committee, 2020–22

• Myanmar Election Observer, Carter Center Mission to Myanmar, 2015

Media engagement

In addition, I have written for the media on a regular basis, writing for Foreign Affairs, Washington Post, New Statesman, The Hindu, India Express, and The Scotsman. My public engagement appearances include:

• ‘The Nature of Nationalism.’  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). ‘The New World Disorder’ Ideas podcast series.  September 27, 2022.

• ‘Redefining British nationalism.’ Voice of Islam Breakfast Show, radio interview, June 14, 2022.

• ‘Pakistan’s Nationalism after Imran Khan.’ Voice of Islam Breakfast Show, radio interview, June 9, 2022.

• Public leaders’ roundtable on changing Malaysia’s national narrative (with Nazir Razak, BSG Transformational Leadership Fellow and Helene Landemore, Yale University), May 18, 2022.

• REACH Alliance Case Study:  Addressing Violence against Women In Madhya Pradesh.  April 2022.

• ‘Crafting effective narratives,’ Rising Public Leaders fellowship programme, Blavatnik School of Government, March 26, 2022.

• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), October 29, 2021. Workshop on Reinforcing Democracy.

• ‘The Making and Unmaking of Nations.’ Islamabad Policy Research Institute, Distinguished Lecture Series, October 8, 2021.

• ‘Priorities for Asian Development,’ Asia Business Council, Fireside Chat, September 21, 2021.

• “Why Religious Tolerance Won in Indonesia But Lost in India.” (with Dan Slater) Foreign Affairs. May 2019.

• "Why nativism rather than nationalism represents Southeast Asia’s democratic danger", in Asia Dialogue, March 18, 2019.

• “Can Nationalism Be a Resource for Democracy?” The Long Now, April 16, 2019.

• “How Nationalism Can Actually Help Democracy.” The Washington Post, April 25, 2018.

• “Nationalism Can Be a Force for Good As Well as Evil.” The Scotsman, October 31, 2017

• “Can a Coup in Zimbabwe Really Usher in Democracy?” The New Statesman, November 24, 2017.

• “The Case for Inclusive Nationalism.” Oxford Government Review. October 2017.

• ‘Escaping Single Party Dominance.’ Future of Malaysia workshop, Oxford, September 2016.

• “Four developments to watch after Burma’s historic elections.” November 19, 2015. Monkey Cage, The Washington Post.

• “Promise of Power:  Lessons for Today.”  Oxford and Cambridge Alumni Association, New Delhi, India, October 2015.

• “Congress, Muslim League, and Urban-Rural Alliances.” Indian Express. 9 January 2014.

• “Against the Odds of History” Indian Express. 27 June 2013. 

• “Sixty Years of Electoral Democracy,” in India in Transition (Philadephia: Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania).  September 2012.  Reprinted in The Hindu.