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Ashley J. Tellis is the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in international security and U.S. foreign/defense policy with a focus on Asia and the Indian subcontinent. He served in the U.S. Department of State as senior adviser to the undersecretary of state for political affairs, involved in the India-U.S. civil nuclear agreement negotiations, and previously held roles at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, National Security Council, RAND Corporation, and RAND Graduate School as a professor.
- Education:
- PhD in Political Science, University of Chicago
- MA in Political Science, University of Chicago
- BA and MA in Economics, University of Bombay
Tellis has authored and co-authored influential works including Striking Asymmetries: Nuclear Transitions in Southern Asia (2022), India’s Emerging Nuclear Posture (2001), and Interpreting China’s Grand Strategy (2000). His research spans nuclear policy, South Asia, strategic planning, and post-industrial national power assessment. He is a counselor at the National Bureau of Asian Research and research director of its Strategic Asia program, co-editing its annual volumes.
His recent publications (2024-2025) analyze topics like Indo-Pacific economic interdependence, India’s global power aspirations, U.S.-China strategic competition, BRICS expansion, and India’s nuclear energy reform needs. Tellis contributes to Carnegie and RAND reports, academic journals, and edited volumes, focusing on U.S. grand strategy, regional security, and technological competition.
A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, International Institute of Strategic Studies, U.S. Naval Institute, and Navy League of the United States, Tellis bridges academia and policy-making through his extensive government service and research roles.
