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Continue readingHow India’s Farmers’ Protests Could Upend the Political Landscape
With elections coming up in several Indian states, Vijay Prashad explores the impact that the farmer’s protest and the government’s response to them could have on the correlation of forces.
Continue readingGuns Fall Silent on India-Pakistan Border
The sky is the limit to build on the two sides’ ceasefire and cooperation statement provided there is political will.
Continue readingThe Zen of Ladakh Disengagement
The Indian government should pay greater attention to geo-economics as the locomotive of its diplomacy and foreign policy.
Continue readingIndia’s Forever Wars and Forever Warriors
Vested interests and entrenched official mindsets drive military conflicts in Afghanistan and on India-China border.
Continue readingU.S.-Indian Strategic Construct of Western Indian Ocean Runs Into Headwinds
Audacious Indian trajectory on the pretext of ‘maritime security’ will isolate it in the region.
Continue readingIndia Needs Course Correction on Myanmar
India sides with U.S. condemnation of putsch but its interests would be better served alongside China and Russia’s more nuanced response.
Continue readingThe Value of Universal Vaccination Is So Great That Even the IMF Is Being Forced to Rethink Its Callousness to the Global South
It could cost as much as $5 trillion if rich countries don’t help vaccinate the rest of the world.
Continue readingWhy Are People Going Hungry in India Despite a Massive Grain Surplus?
The Indian intelligentsia has an incredible propensity to swallow the self-serving arguments of metropolitan capitalism that are typically supposed to constitute ‘economic wisdom,’ and nowhere is this more evident than in the case of India’s food economy.
Continue readingIndia Can Already Afford a Welfare State—It Just Needs to Tax Its Wealthiest Citizens
It is often believed that the ability to pass on property to one’s progeny is an essential element of capitalism, but nothing could be further from the truth.
Continue readingIndia’s Military Diplomacy Is Delusional
India needs to have more clarity about the purpose of any force projection abroad.
Continue readingGetting India out of the Hole With China Is Still Possible
Forthcoming U.S.-China reset under Biden will open opportunities for New Delhi to reposition vis-a-vis Beijing.
Continue readingIndia’s Gulf Strategy Is Chasing Chinese Phantoms
There is a fundamental divergence between Indian and Chinese readings of the Middle East’s tea leaves.
Continue readingHow the Privatization of Medicine in India Is Accelerating Its COVID-19 Death Toll
The COVID-19 crisis was an opportunity for the public systems to recapture their rightful position as the predominant health care providers in the country. But the public systems were unprepared for the task.
Continue readingIndia’s Move Toward a De Facto Unitary State
Federalism is one of the basic features of the Indian Constitution.
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