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India's Diplomacy Approach: The Difference Between Jaishankar and Nehru

In one of the most short-sighted phrases used in diplomatic history, the US Secretary of State James Baker III said of the Balkans wars of the 1990s...

08.04.2024 20

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Omair Ahmad

The Triumph of Mediocrity

By any estimation, Narendra Modi has been a spectacular failure as prime minister.  Every single sector of Indian policy – from the economy to...

28.03.2024 30

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The World's Indifference to Palestinian Genocide Will Cost More Lives

I came to adulthood in the wake of the Rwandan genocide, in the shadow of the genocide in the former country of Yugoslavia. In my middle age, I watch...

01.03.2024 10

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As India Finds itself Lost in the Wider World, the Loss of Strategic Autonomy is Striking

In the last US elections, India served as a loud – if uninformed – cheerleader with Narendra Modi standing next to Donald Trump to shout “Abki...

06.02.2024 7

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A Time of Contempt

This piece was first published on  The India Cable  – a premium newsletter from The Wire & Galileo Ideas – and has been republished here. To...

23.01.2024 20

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Bhutan's Elections Are a Time to Recognise the Glory of Democracy

As Bhutan enters the last stage of its fourth national elections, many observers – including many Bhutanese – are talking about the unhappiness in...

09.01.2024 10

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The Supreme Court's Article 370 Judgment is Injustice Writ Large

There is an old saying that, in a court case, it is not the accuser or the accused who is on trial. The person who is wrong knows what they have done,...

11.12.2023 20

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Israel-Palestine War: Benjamin Netanyahu’s Captain America problem

Released in 2014, Captain America: The Winter Soldier , is the film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that most directly addresses political issues,...

04.12.2023 6

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Lessons from Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Forgotten War

The recent popularity of Osama bin Laden’s letter justifying the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States is a warning sign. In many...

19.11.2023 40

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The US Is Part of the Problem in Israel-Palestine

In 2002, our professor took us to meet Dennis Ross, who had been the Middle East Envoy under US President Bill Clinton, and presided over the failed...

15.11.2023 20

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Why Israel's Supporters in the West Are No Friends of Jewish People

In his fantastic history of post-World War II Europe – Postwar: A History of Europe since 1945 – Tony Judt showed that many of the Jews who...

04.11.2023 9

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George W. Bush and the Long Arc of Political Stupidity

Along with the rest of the garbage thrown up by the latest round of fighting between Israelis and Palestinians, the former US President George W. Bush...

16.10.2023 7

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When Will the Delhi Police Arrest Ajit Doval, the CIA and Joe Biden?

Apparently, the main charge by the Delhi Police Special Cell against Prabir Purkayastha and NewsClick is that of cartographic terrorism, or as the ...

08.10.2023 7

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Getting Away With Murder?

In May 2022, the Israelis murdered Shireen Abu Akleh – an American citizen and a journalist clearly wearing a vest that marked her as so, a...

30.09.2023 20

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Shah Rukh Khan Is Not Your Martyr

Shah Rukh Khan has delivered two blockbusters this year, which – along with Gadar 2 – have revived the fortunes of Indian cinema, as well as of...

18.09.2023 10

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Why China and Russia Are the Biggest Winners of India's G20 Presidency

Ironically, the greatest achievements of the G20 Summit under India’s presidency – the inclusion of the African Union and the consensus statement...

10.09.2023 10

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