--- title: Alyssa Ayres | TIME description: Ayres is dean and professor of history and international affairs at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, and adjunct senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is the author of Our Time Has Come: How India is Making Its Place in the World. canonical: https://time.com/author/alyssa-ayres/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/alyssa-ayres/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Alyssa Ayres ## Alyssa Ayres Ayres is dean and professor of history and international affairs at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, and adjunct senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is the author of [_Our Time Has Come: How India is Making Its Place in the World_](https://www.cfr.org/book/our-time-has-come)_._ ## Alyssa Ayres *  Jun 21, 2023 ### [India Isn't a U.S. Ally—And Never Wanted to Be](https://time.com/6288459/india-ally-us-modi-biden-visit/) Even as Modi deepens ties with Washington, he—like past Indian leaders—prioritizes India's foreign p... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 25, 2019 ### [India's Economy Needs Tougher Reform. How Will Modi Use His Election Mandate?](https://time.com/5595923/modi-india-economic-reform/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Apr 9, 2019 ### [At a Time of Rising India-Pakistan Tensions, _Hotel Mumbai_ Has a Powerful Message](https://time.com/5566544/hotel-mumbai-attacks-pakistan-india/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 12, 2018 ### [Why Narendra Modi's Ruling Party No Longer Looks Invincible in 2019 Indian Elections](https://time.com/5477783/bjp-state-loss-elections-narendra-modi/) Narendra Modi's ruling party suffered its worst defeat in recent years, losing more than 100 legisla... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/alyssa-ayres/","name":"Alyssa Ayres"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/alyssa-ayres/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/alyssa-ayres/"},"name":"Alyssa Ayres","jobTitle":null,"description":"Ayres is dean and professor of history and international affairs at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, and adjunct senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is the author of Our Time Has Come: How India is Making Its Place in the World.","url":"https://time.com/author/alyssa-ayres/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```