Trump Is Scaring Indian Americans Into Finding Their Political Voice
The Atlantic | March 17, 2017 | By Emma Green Highly educated immigrants from South Asia have often been able to live comfortably in America. With a new wave of hate crimes, that’s changing. Manik Suri is the archetypical overachiever from an Indian American family. The 34-year-old runs a start-up in Silicon Valley. He speaks four languages. He’s got […]
Of Challenges Tempered With Optimism
India Abroad | August 23, 2013 | By Manik Suri On the occasion of India’s 66th anniversary, the world’s largest democracy has made significant strides in its economic, social, and political development. Notwithstanding serious governance challenges in the near term, there are fundamental reasons to remain optimistic about India’s long term prospects. Read the full […]
Why the Indian American Vote Mattered
India America Today | November 21, 2012 | By Manik Suri While Indian Americans were solidly within the Obama camp, the challenge in this election lay in making sure their voice was heard – only 63 percent had voted in 2008. The three million-strong community’s widespread distribution – particularly in contested states – meant that they […]
Time to Get Out the Indian American Vote
India America Today | October 27, 2012 | By Manik Suri Indian Americans are amongst President Obama’s most committed backers, but less than two-thirds of the 3-million strong community’s eligible voters showed up at the ballot box in 2008. This time around, no one can afford to stay on the sidelines. Each of us must […]
How Obama’s India Policy Has Made America Stronger
The Diplomat | October 11, 2012 | By Manik Suri President Obama’s engagement with India rests on the twin pillars of common values and converging interests. Our liberal democracies face common challenges across Asia – from combating fundamentalist violence in the west to preventing authoritarian power plays in the east. Obama’s foresighted India policy has […]
Why We Need a U.S.-India Bilateral Investment Treaty Now
RealClearMarkets | August 30, 2012 | By Manik Suri The United States urgently needs an ambitious trade strategy for the world’s fastest growing region: Asia. An obvious place to begin would be India — one of its largest emerging markets. While newly launched talks on an investment agreement with New Delhi couldn’t be more propitious, […]
India’s Tightrope Walk on Afghanistan
The Hindu: Business Line | August 15, 2012 | By Manik Suri India’s efforts at strategic autonomy — being part of both Chinese and American plans in Afghanistan — may not prove workable. Read the full piece here.
U.S.-India Cooperation in Afghanistan: Is India’s “Strategic Autonomy” Sustainable?
India in Transition | August 13, 2012 | By Manik Suri The United States and India face an opportunity to expand their strategic partnership in Afghanistan — but only if New Delhi accepts that maintaining its “strategy autonomy” will likely prove increasingly costly. Read the full piece here.
How Darkness Sheds Light: India’s Democratic Dysfunction
The Diplomat | August 4, 2012 | By Manik Suri India is a nation of superlatives. So it should seem unsurprising that its massive power failure earlier this week was the largest in history, affecting nearly 10 percent of humanity. As photographs depicting Indians huddled around candlelight spread worldwide, India’s blackout has ironically cast a bright […]
A New Alliance
Foreign Policy | November 24, 2009 | By Manik Suri The anniversary of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks serves as a reminder that the front lines in the “war on terror” lie not only in New York and Washington, DC, but as far afield as Karachi and Mumbai. The attacks were planned and directed by […]