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India in Transition

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CASI Deep Dive: Swapna Kona Nayudu on Non-Alignment as Civil Disobedience and Nehru’s Blind Spots

Swapna Kona Nayudu & Rohan Venkat
Jawaharlal Nehru still looms large over India. The ideas and ideology of the country’s first prime minister continue to shape debates about its past and future.

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"Migrants and Machine Politics" Wins Francine Frankel Prize!

Migrants and Machine Politics by Tariq Thachil & Adam Auerbach has won the 2025 Francine Frankel Prize for Best Book from the South Asia Politics Section of the American Political Science Association.

Tariq Thachil on Five Years of Directing CASI

As Tariq Thachil prepares to step down as Director of CASI on June 30th, please view his reflections on the past five years! (VIDEO)

"From International to Imperial"

CASI Non-Res Scholar & Former Postdoc Sarath Pillai
"From International to Imperial: The Indian Princely States, International Law, and the Ends of Empire in South Asia" Leiden Journal of International Law, May 23, 2025

Annual Report 2023-24

View our highlights from the past year and learn about some of our plans for the coming year.