Vasabjit Banerjee
Non-Resident fellow
Vasabjit Banerjee
Vasabjit Banerjee is a Non-Resident Fellow at ORF America. He is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He completed his PhD in 2012 at Indiana University with concentrations in comparative politics, international relations, and history.
His current research focuses on comparative defense industrial policy, civil-military relations, as well as domestic politics and foreign policies of Latin American and South Asian countries. His prior research focused on comparative electoral competition, social movements, insurgencies, and state formation, as well as foreign policies of developing countries.
His first book, Undoing the Revolution was published in 2019. His publications have appeared in International Political Science Review, Asian Survey, Representation, Armed Forces and Society, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, among other outlets. He also publishes in policy-oriented outlets such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, War on the Rocks, and The Diplomat.
