Richard M. Rossow

Senior Adviser and Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies
Richard M. Rossow

Richard Rossow is a senior adviser and holds the Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies at CSIS. In this role he helps frame and shape policies to promote greater business and economic engagement between the two countries. He joined CSIS in 2014, having spent the last 16 years working in a variety of capacities to strengthen the partnership between the United States and India. Prior to CSIS, he served as director for South Asia at McLarty Associates, leading the firm’s work for clients in India and the neighboring region. From 2008 to 2012, Mr. Rossow was with New York Life Insurance company, most recently as head of International Governmental Affairs, where he developed strategic plans for the company’s public policy and global mergers and acquisitions work. From 1998 to 2008, Mr. Rossow served as deputy director of the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC), the world’s leading advocacy group on behalf of strengthening economic ties between the United States and India. While at USIBC, he managed the Council’s policy groups in the energy, information technology, insurance, media and entertainment, and telecommunications sectors. Mr. Rossow received his B.A. from Grand Valley State University in Michigan.

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Energy 360°

Meeting India’s Energy Targets

This week, Rick Rossow joins Joseph Majkut to discuss India’s ambitious renewable energy targets, where it is exceeding or failing to meet those targets, subnational collaboration with counterparts in U.S. states, and India’s position on the world stage over the next decade.

Podcast Episode by Joseph Majkut , Lisa Hyland , and Richard M. Rossow — June 7, 2023

CSIS Energy 360

Press Briefing: Previewing Quad Leaders’ Summit in Sydney

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a call-in press briefing to preview the Quad Leaders’ Summit to take place on May 24 in Sydney, Australia.

Event by Charles Edel , Nicholas Szechenyi , Erin L. Murphy , and Richard M. Rossow — May 10, 2023