South Asia Studies | Faculty

Ashley Tellis
Adjunct Professor, South Asia Studies; Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Contact Details
atellis@ceip.org

Course Taught
India: Defense, Security, and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Education
Ph.D, The University of Chicago; B.A., M.A., University of Bombay 

Expertise
International relations theory, military strategy and proliferation issues, South Asia, U.S. foreign policy, U.S. national security and U.S.-Asian security relations; India and missile defense, the strategic balance in Asia between India, Pakistan, and China.

Background
Ashley J. Tellis is a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. He previously served as Senior Advisor to the Ambassador at the Embassy of the United States in India and thereafter on the National Security Council staff as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Strategic Planning and Southwest Asia.  Prior to his government service, he was for eight years a Senior Policy Analyst at RAND and Professor of Policy Analysis at the RAND Graduate School.

Publications
Strategic Asia 2004-05: Confronting Terrorism in the Pursuit of Power, editor (with Michael Wills), (2004).

India's Emerging Nuclear Posture (2001).

China's Grand Strategy: Past, Present, and Future (with Michael D. Swaine) (2000).

Monographs published variously by RAND, NBR and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Journal articles and contributions to edited volumes.