Alyssa Ayres

author of Our Time Has Come

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Praise for Our Time Has Come

Lucid and erudite....Ms. Ayres draws a portrait of India in 2040...that takes the breath away.

—Tunku Varadarajan, The Wall Street Journal

2018-01-08T20:39:39-05:00

—Tunku Varadarajan, The Wall Street Journal

Lucid and erudite....Ms. Ayres draws a portrait of India in 2040...that takes the breath away.
Our Time Has Come provides a fascinating and timely account of a nation growing 'less and less reticent about its global ambitions.'

--Financial Times

2018-07-18T10:47:41-05:00

--Financial Times

Our Time Has Come provides a fascinating and timely account of a nation growing 'less and less reticent about its global ambitions.'
A sweeping analysis of India's remarkable recent transformation into one of the world's biggest economies and militaries. . . . [Ayres] ably charts the country's emergence from the straitjacket of socialist policies.

--Foreign Policy

2018-07-18T10:46:45-05:00

--Foreign Policy

A sweeping analysis of India's remarkable recent transformation into one of the world's biggest economies and militaries. . . . [Ayres] ably charts the country's emergence from the straitjacket of socialist policies.
"Few outsiders know modern India's politics, society and history as well as Alyssa Ayres. In Our Time Has Come, she chronicles India's extraordinary rise and its future as a great global power."

—Nicholas Burns, former Undersecretary of State, U.S. State Department

2017-12-12T18:06:29-05:00

—Nicholas Burns, former Undersecretary of State, U.S. State Department

"Few outsiders know modern India's politics, society and history as well as Alyssa Ayres. In Our Time Has Come, she chronicles India's extraordinary rise and its future as a great global power."
Alyssa Ayres has emerged as the country’s leading scholar and practitioner on India, and this well-crafted book reaffirms her status. She skillfully captures the moment we are witnessing—India emerging as a leading power—in this exceptionally interesting and important account of the country to watch in the twenty-first century.

—Rich Verma, U.S. Ambassador to India, 2015 to 2017; Vice Chairman, The Asia Group

2018-01-02T16:37:23-05:00

—Rich Verma, U.S. Ambassador to India, 2015 to 2017; Vice Chairman, The Asia Group

Alyssa Ayres has emerged as the country’s leading scholar and practitioner on India, and this well-crafted book reaffirms her status. She skillfully captures the moment we are witnessing—India emerging as a leading power—in this exceptionally interesting and important account of the country to watch in the twenty-first century.
Alyssa Ayres has blended a keen sense of the possibilities with a clear-eyed grasp of the complexities to produce the most cogent and compelling account to date of India’s emergence on the world stage. She gives her readers easy access to her perspectives as scholar and policymaker, without shying away from the hard questions. Our Time Has Come is a tremendous piece of work.

—Jake Sullivan, Martin R. Flug Visiting Lecturer, Yale Law School; former Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; former National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden

2018-01-02T16:36:35-05:00

—Jake Sullivan, Martin R. Flug Visiting Lecturer, Yale Law School; former Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; former National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden

Alyssa Ayres has blended a keen sense of the possibilities with a clear-eyed grasp of the complexities to produce the most cogent and compelling account to date of India’s emergence on the world stage. She gives her readers easy access to her perspectives as scholar and policymaker, without shying away from the hard questions. Our Time Has Come is a tremendous piece of work.

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Summer Books 2018: Politics

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The New World Disorder

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Review: For India, ‘Our Time Has Come’

BBC World News America
January 5, 2018: Interview with Jane O’Brien

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