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India and Pakistan Are Preparing for the Possibility of Conflict. The Most Dangerous Part Is That Both Governments May Believe the Other Side Will Back Down First.
Nearly two weeks after the Pahalgam terrorist attack, the India-Pakistan crisis has not subsided. It has instead moved into the much more dangerous period between an attack and an expected response, when neither side knows…
Twenty-Six People Were Killed in Kashmir. India and Pakistan Are Escalating Again. The Hardest Question Is How a State Punishes Terrorism Without Giving Terrorists Control Over What States Do Next.
The killing of 26 people near Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir on 22 April has produced the most serious India-Pakistan crisis in years. Gunmen attacked tourists in the Baisaran meadow, turning a place associated with Kashmir’s…
Rich Countries Have Agreed to Provide $300 Billion a Year for Developing Countries. The Argument Is Whether That Number Is Large or Almost Meaningless.
The COP29 climate summit in Baku ended this weekend with developed countries agreeing to take the lead in mobilising at least $300 billion per year for developing countries by 2035, replacing the old $100 billion…
BRICS Is Getting Bigger. The More Important Question Is Whether More Members Actually Means More Power.
The BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, concluded this week with leaders from an expanded group attempting to present something increasingly visible in international politics: the institutions created after the Second World War no longer reflect…
BRICS Is Getting Bigger. The More Important Question Is Whether More Members Actually Means More Power.
The BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, concluded this week with leaders from an expanded group attempting to present something increasingly visible in international politics: the institutions created after the Second World War no longer reflect…
Modi Went to Moscow in July and Kyiv in August. That Is Not Neutrality. It Is India Trying to Maximise Diplomatic Freedom.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Kyiv on 23 August, becoming the first Indian prime minister to visit Ukraine since diplomatic relations were established between the two countries in 1992. The symbolism was unusually strong…
Sheikh Hasina Has Fallen. Bangladesh’s Harder Test Is Whether Removing an Authoritarian Government Can Produce Better Institutions Rather Than Another Cycle of Political Revenge.
Bangladesh has experienced an extraordinary political rupture in the space of one week. On 5 August, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India after fifteen consecutive years in power, following weeks of student-led…
Narendra Modi Won a Third Term. Indian Voters Also Took Away His Party’s Majority. Both Facts Matter.
Narendra Modi was sworn in today for a third consecutive term as prime minister of India, but he begins that term under a political structure very different from the one that governed India for the…
Nearly One Billion Indians Can Vote. The More Important Question Is Whether the World’s Largest Election Is Also Becoming a Fairer One.
India began voting this week in what is, by scale, the largest democratic exercise in human history. Nearly 970 million people are eligible to vote across a seven-phase election running from 19 April to 1…
India’s Economy Is Growing Rapidly. The Harder Question Is Who Gets to Participate in That Growth.
India enters its approaching general election with an economic record that would be politically valuable to almost any incumbent government. The country has remained one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies, infrastructure investment has expanded…
Canada Says India May Have Been Involved in a Killing on Canadian Soil. The Evidence Now Matters More Than the Politics.
Relations between India and Canada have deteriorated dramatically this week after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Canada’s Parliament that Canadian security agencies were investigating what he described as “credible allegations” of a potential link between…
India Did Not Choose Between the West, Russia and the Global South at the G20. That May Be Exactly Why It Mattered.
The G20 summit concluded in New Delhi today with an outcome that looked surprisingly conventional considering how divided its members have become. The group produced a consensus declaration despite disagreements over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,…
