Publications

“Explaining Variation in Attitudes towards Insurgents and the State: Theory and Evidence from India’s Naxalite Rebellion.” (with Rahul Verma). Forthcoming in Civil Wars. Paper available upon request.

“Racial Politics of Colonial Governance in Countering Insurgency.” Oxford Intersections: Racism by Context. 20 March, 2025. Abstract and Paper.

“Qualitative Imputation of Missing Potential Outcomes.” (with Alexander Coppock). American Journal of Political Science. 28 January, 2022. Paper and Appendix

“The Security State and Securitizing Patriarchies in Postcolonial India.” (with Inderpal Grewal and Sasha Sabherwal). Social Text. 01 September, 2022. Abstract and Paper

Book Chapters, Reviews, and Interviews

Book Chapter: From Suppression to Service: Ethnicity and Counterinsurgency in the Punjab Conflict. Routledge Handbook of Punjab Studies. Forthcoming.

Book Review: “The Raj at War’ by Yasmin Khan.” Journal of Political and Military Sociology. Feb 18, 2025. Review.

Interview for E-International Relations. Interview available here.

Book Review: “Faith, Gender and Activism in the Punjab Conflict: the wheat fields still whisper.” Contemporary South Asia, November 2020. Review.

Book Project

Coethnic Counterinsurgents: Explaining Security Force Ethnic Composition in Wartime. Abstract and Book Proposal available upon request.

Working Papers

“Misperceiving Preferences for Exclusion: Conformism to Public Opinion and Support for Muslim Exclusion in India.” (with Nicholas Sambanis and Rajeshwari Majumdar, Yale)

“The Counterinsurgents’ Dilemma: Explaining Variation in Coethnic Recruitment for Domestic Counterinsurgency and Conflict Outcomes in South Asia.” Under Review. Paper available upon request.

“Do Returns on Hiring Coethnics Depend on Where They are Used? Introducing the Ethnic Recruiting in Civil Conflict Dataset.” Paper available upon request.