Professor, Political Science, University of Victoria
Professor of Comparative Politics; former Provost and Vice President Academic (University of Victoria till 2014) VP Academic and Dean of Faculty of Arts (Memorial University till 2009); Chair Political Science (Concordia till 2005). Former President Canadian Political Science Association (2010, 11); Former President Canadian Area Studies and Canadian Asian Studies.
Alleged assassination plots in the U.S. and Canada signal a more assertive Indian foreign policy
Dec 01, 2023 08:14 am UTC| Politics
A recent indictment from the United States Department of Justice has alleged an Indian security official was involved in attempting to assassinate a U.S. and Canadian citizen in New York. The alleged target, Gurpatwant...
The fraught history of India and the Khalistan movement
Sep 21, 2023 12:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Indian government has warned its citizens living in Canada to exercise extreme caution due to a deteriorating security environment in the country. The warning came after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
In India, Modi’s nationalist rhetoric is squashing dissent with help from the media
Oct 29, 2019 19:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
This summer, Narenda Modis government, emboldened by its phenomenal success in the Indian national election, announced it had revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. This signalled the fulfilment of the Hindu...
Modi ushers in a new intolerant India and revokes multicultural democracy
Aug 12, 2019 06:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Hindu Nationalist government of Narendra Modi, with unexpected suddenness, has abolished the special constitutional status of the Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir (JK). On Aug. 8, Prime Minister Modi, in a...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight