Andrew Gordan

Grant Category:	Fulbright-Nehru Student Research Program
Project Title:	India Rising – Domestic Narratives and State Behavior
Field of Study:	Political Science
Home Institution:	Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Host Institution:	Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana
Grant Start Month:	August 2024
Duration of Grant:	Nine months

Brief Bio:

Andrew Gordan studies international relations with a focus on South Asia. He received an AB in government from Harvard University in 2024. In 2023, he received a Boren Scholarship to study Hindi and Urdu in Lucknow, India. As an undergraduate, Andrew worked across think tanks and research centers, including the Council on Foreign Relations, the Wilson Center, Harvard’s Negotiation Task Force, and Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.

Andrew’s Fulbright-Nehru research project is exploring the role of elite attitudes and narratives in the making of Indian foreign policy, especially in relation to India’s rising power status. For this purpose, based in Delhi, he is conducting interviews, media analysis, and archival research.