Sumantra Bose

Sumantra Bose is professor of international and comparative politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). His books include Bosnia after Dayton: Nationalist Partition and International Intervention (Oxford University Press, 2002), Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace (Harvard University Press, 2003) and Contested Lands: Israel-Palestine, Kashmir, Bosnia, Cyprus, and Sri Lanka (Harvard University Press, 2007). The last of these works was also published in a subsidiary edition for south Asia by HarperCollins India, Delhi, in November 2007, and in Arabic translation by Arab Scientific Publishers, Beirut, in early 2008

Recent articles

The debate over Kosovo has highlighted deep divisions in the international system on the issue of self-determination of peoples. Solutions to self-determination disputes lie in compromises that embody a mix of realpolitik and principle, says Sumantra Bose.

A personal, family inheritance of opposition to India's partition later develops into an intellectual conviction that territorial division is almost always bad policy. Sumantra Bose shares his journey through one of the most contested ideas in international politics.

A compromise solution is the only way to settle Sri Lanka's ethno-national war. But the logic of violence in Sri Lanka remains deeply rooted, says Sumantra Bose.

The election in India’s most populous state is a telling illustration of change in the nature of the country’s politics, says Sumantra Bose.

Bosnia, Cyprus, Kashmir, Palestine-Israel, Sri Lanka…how can such societies move from conflict to settlement, and overcome the obstacles that inevitably arise in a difficult transition? Sumantra Bose draws lessons from a comparative study.