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Sadanand Dhume
Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute
Sadanand Dhume is a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he focuses on South Asian political economy, foreign policy, business, and societal issues, particularly concerning India and Pakistan. He has held this position since July 2021, after serving as a Resident Fellow at AEI for over ten years prior to that.12
In addition to his role at AEI, Dhume is a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, where he has been writing about South Asia since March 2010. His contributions also extend to other notable publications such as Foreign Policy, YaleGlobal, and The Wilson Quarterly. He is the author of My Friend the Fanatic: Travels with a Radical Islamist, and he is currently working on a book that will explore the rise of India's new middle class.12
Dhume has an academic background that includes a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Delhi University, a Master’s in Journalism from Columbia University, and a Master of Public Affairs in International Relations from Princeton University.1 His professional experience also includes roles as an independent journalist and as a correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review in both India and Indonesia.1
Fluent in Hindi and with limited proficiency in Bahasa Indonesia, Dhume's work and insights are highly regarded in discussions surrounding South Asian affairs.1
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Journalists are supposed to care about facts. According to the U.S. census bureau, there were 618,037 Pakistanis in the U.S. in 2020. Even if you counted those partially of Pakistani descent that number was 687,942. Unless Dropsite news thinks the Pakistani population in the U.S. has more than quintupled in four years there’s no way that there are “several million Pakistani Americans in the U.S.” as @ryangrim claims.
My proximate goal is to be able to read, write and speak Spanish at B2 level. Won’t get there any time soon, but it definitely seems achievable thanks to Duolingo. (Not a plug; I genuinely love this app.) https://t.co/9fMy05cloD
