Basil Bastaki
Graduate School Student
Bio:
Basil is interested in themes of indirect rule, state formation, and political modernity. His regional focus is Bengal and Northeast India. His approach is post-positivist, broadly realist, and methodologically plural; he is sensitive to case context but oriented to generalization.
For his dissertation, Basil is researching elite conflict and the origins of political parties, focusing on the colonial province of Assam.
Contact:
- basil.bastaki@yale.edu
- 115 Prospect Street, Rosenkranz Hall, New Haven, CT 06520
Education:
- Language Certificates, The American Institute of Indian Studies (Kolkata) and Gauhati University, 2021-2024
- M.A. in International Relations, The University of Chicago’s Committee on International Relations, 2020
- B.S. in Foreign Service, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, 2015
Articles:
- Bastaki, Basil, Paul Staniland, and Bryan Popoola. “Stabilizing Civil Wars without Peacekeeping: Evidence from South Asia.” International Security 49, no. 1 (Summer 2024)
Fields of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Formal Theory
- Qualitative Methods
Languages:
- Assamese (Intermediate/Advanced)
- Bengali (Intermediate/Advanced)
- Arabic (Professional)