Deploying Diversity: Ethnic Composition and Risk Management in the Indian Army

• In Event: Political Violence: Terrorism, Insurgency, and the Costs of War

Brief Overview

Using data from 650 Indian Army battalions and 2,500 conflict fatalities, the study finds that the Indian Army hedges political risk in times of insurgency by deploying groups viewed as politically loyal and socially distant from local insurgents.

Author

• Dipin Kaur, Ashoka University