Walter Andersen
Acting Director, South Asia Studies
Senior Adjunct Professor, South Asia Studies
Contact DetailsRome 721
wandersen@jhu.edu Courses Taught
International Relations of South Asia, Advanced Seminar on the International Politics of Asia, Comparative Political and Economic Development in South Asia Education
Ph.D, University of Chicago (1975); B.S., Concordia College (1965) Expertise
South Asia, International Politics, Political Economy, US Foreign Policy, Political Sociology
Background
Dr. Andersen recently retired as Chief of the State Department’s South Asia Division in the Office of Analysis for the Near East and South Asia. He assumed his duties as Associate Director of the South Asia Studies program in July of 2003. Before the launch of the new program, he taught several courses on South Asia at SAIS. In addition to holding several key positions within the State Department, including special assistant to the ambassador at the Embassy in New Delhi, he has taught at the University of Chicago and the College of Wooster. Publications
The Brotherhood in Saffron: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Hindu Revivalism (1987).
It's democracy's turn, The Indian Express, February 21, 2008 India Fights the Clock on Nuclear Deal, India Abroad, November 9, 2007. A Fascinating History of the India Lobby in the U.S. During the Pre-independence Era (Book review of "Sikhs, Swamis, Students, and Spies: The Indian Lobby in the United States: 1900-1946" by Harold A. Gould), News India-Times, May 19, 2007. "The Asian Century: India-China Friendship Could Usher in a New Economic Era." Co-authored with Surjit Mansingh. SAISphere, 2006.
"The Indo-Pakistani Powder Keg," The Toronto Globe and Mail, July 19, 2006. "The Nuclear Deal in US Congress: From Skepticism to Trust," The Indian Express, July 10, 2006. "I'll say Om, you Christ. Someone will listen...," The Indian Express, December 30, 2004. "India and Pakistan Challenge American Diplomacy," SAISphere, 2003. "Gujarat Riots Gave India a Black Eye," OutlookIndia.com, October 6, 2003. | 
