On 4 May 2004 Dr Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC & Consulting Senior Fellow, IISS gave a talk on "U.S.-India Relations: Is the Honeymoon Over?"
Dr Tellis is a leading policy researcher in international security and defence studies. He served in the U.S. Department of State as senior advisor to the Ambassador at the Embassy of the United States in India and then briefly on the National Security Council staff as special assistant to the president and senior director, strategic planning and Southwest Asia. Prior to his government service, he was a senior policy analyst at RAND and professor of policy analysis at the RAND Graduate School.
Dr Tellis' research interests focus on international relations theory, military strategy and proliferation issues, South Asian politics, and U.S.-Asian security relations. His academic publications include India's Emerging Nuclear Posture (RAND, 2001), and Interpreting China's Grand Strategy: Past, Present, and Future (with Michael Swaine, RAND, 2000). He has published widely in the Journal of Strategic Studies, Asian Survey, Orbis, Comparative Strategy, Naval War College Review, and Security Studies.
