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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