The extremes of the political spectrum are crushing the political center and breeding radicalism
COVID and Mr. Modi’s Beard
Beards can be acts of masculine messaging. Narendra Modi is using his beard for identity politics.
India’s New Sense of Nation: Not a Hindu Thing
Media reports about India’s new citizenship rules and its impact on Muslim minorities swings between the tendentious, the comical and the absurd.
India Has a Modi and a BJP Problem
Modi’s initiative is undermining the very idea of India as a secular and multicultural liberal society.
Modi Seizes Kashmir
The Kashmir crisis spotlights what a civilizational world looks like. Modi, Netanyahu, Xi and Trump stand united in their disregard for international law.
India Elections: The Numbers
The Indian general election is the world’s biggest democratic exercise — and the numbers are staggering.
The Tragic Dilemma of the Indian Voter
Being neither a Modi fan nor a Modi hater is a position many Indians find themselves in.
India: A Connected Power
India has achieved massive technological advances which are transforming its society. The current elections are evidence of this.
India’s Muslims: Rich Hunting Ground for Middle Eastern Rivals
How Turkey’s President Erdogan is seeking to expand his leadership claim in the Islamic world in India.
The Xi-Modi Summit: A New “Pacific” Asian Century Without America?
The “Chindia reset” may gradually have a transformative effect on China—leaving the founding vision of America for a “Pacific” Asia behind.
























