Dr. John Bruni speaks with Prof. Salvatore Babones about U.S.–India relations, Modi’s strategic balancing act, the Quad, and how Russian oil, and a possible F-35 purchase, affects Trump’s thinking on India and how this could reshape stability on the Subcontinent & Indo-Pacific security more broadly.
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Contact Salvatore:
https://www.salvatorebabones.com/
X: @ProfBabones
https://www.sydney.edu.au/research/opportunities/3231.html
Salvatore’s YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@SalvatoreBabones
Top 5 Books by Salvatore:
Dharma Democracy: How India Built the Third World’s First Democracy (2025) – His most recent work, an empirical assessment of India’s democratic evolution
The New Authoritarianism: Trump, Populism, and the Tyranny of Experts (2018) – Named among the Best on Politics 2018 by The Wall Street Journal
BRICS or Bust? Escaping the Middle‑Income Trap (co‑authored with Hartmut Elsenhans) (2017) – A comparative study of BRICS economic trajectories
American Tianxia: Chinese Money, American Power and the End of History (2017) – Challenges the narrative of a looming Chinese century
Sixteen for ’16: A Progressive Agenda for a Better America (2015) – A policy manifesto outlining a forward‑looking progressive platform
Top 5 Articles by Salvatore:
“Global Kondratiev Waves and Political Transformations in Russia since 1800: A Relative Deprivation Approach” (with Philipp Babcicky & Oleg Gubin) – International Politics (2023)
“Mobile Netware, Social Graphs, and the Reconfiguration of Space” (with Colin Agur) – New Media & Society(2023)
“International Student Revenue and International Rankings Success: A Case Study of Australian University Research Strategies” – Youth and Globalization (2022)
“China’s Development Model: Can it Be Replicated in Sub‑Saharan Africa?” – Politics & Policy (2020)
“From Tianxia to Tianxia: The Generalization of a Concept” – Chinese Political Science Review (2020)
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