Topic Description: India is an emerging major power in world affairs\, occupying a pivotal position between China\, the United States\, and the Global South. Its population size\, economy\, and geopolitical location ensure that it will be an influ ential voice in debates and political struggles over global order. What ar e India&rsquo\;s choices and opportunities for regional and global leaders hip? How will it maneuver between China and the United States\, and what i s its role as a voice of the Global South? What opportunities exist for Wa shington to work with India?
\nFacilitator: \;D r. Ritika Prasad is an Associate Professor in the Department of History\,& nbsp\;University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research and teaching focus on colonial and modern \;South Asian history. Her first book Tr acks of Change: Railways and Everyday Life in Colonial India \;(Cambri dge University Press\, 2015) explores how \;railway \;technology\, travel\, and infrastructure became increasingly woven into \;everyday life in colonial India. She has also published in \;Modern Asian Stud ies\, \;Journal of Social History\, and \;Book History. Her curren t book project focuses on the newspaper press in colonial and postcolonial India.
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