Berkley Center

David T. Buckley and Jerome Copulsky identify two substantial barriers facing the future of strategic religious engagement (SRE) within the U.S. foreign policy bureaucracy and provide some proposals that could provide a more durable foundation for SRE’s renewed presence in revived American diplomacy.

Mohammed Sinan Siyech describes how new calls for a Nepalese monarchy interspersed with a Hindu right-wing ideology mirror the calls of India’s right-wing groups for a Hindu rashtra (state) and urges a closer look at the impact of India’s right-wing ideology on the Nepali political landscape.

Rohit Chopra argues that the Bharatiya Janata Party under the leadership of Narendra Modi has radically altered the role and significance of its version of Hinduism in Indian public culture and established legitimacy for it abroad.