ALYSSA AYRES is a strategic advisor, author, and analyst of South Asia. She has experience in the nonprofit, government, and private sectors, and has carried out research in both India and Pakistan. She writes for scholarly as well as general audiences.
Dr. Ayres's book on nationalism, culture, and politics in Pakistan, Speaking Like a State, was published worldwide by Cambridge University Press in 2009. In addition, she has co-edited three books: Power Realignments in Asia, India Briefing: Takeoff at Last? and India Briefing: Quickening the Pace of Change. She speaks Hindi and Urdu, and in the mid-1990s worked as an interpreter for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Jammu and Kashmir. She received an AB magna cum laude from Harvard College, and an MA and PhD from the University of Chicago, where her dissertation was defended with distinction.
