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Constantino Xavier is a Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at Brookings India in New Delhi and the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. Xavier’s work over the…
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Russia is not the only country pursuing domestic politics over global cooperation in the fight against coronavirus We’re all waiting for a coronavirus vaccine, but when…
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You hear a lie. You call it out as a lie. But the liar keeps lying. His lies make news. And social media executives allow the…
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The German philosopher Georg Hegel was surely on to something when he wryly noted that “reading the morning newspaper is the realist’s morning prayer.” Realism as…
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Turning Hagia Sophia once again into a mosque is seen by a substantial segment of the Turkish population as part of the effort to reclaim their…
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Friends of Belarus need to recognize that a revolution is not the end, but merely the beginning of what is certain to be a long and…
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Bangladesh has two such neighbors - India and China - who are both trying to establish their prominence on their shared boundaries while also trying to…
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Alexei Navalny, a prominent Russian opposition politician and activist, has been hospitalised after a suspected poisoning. Navalny’s spokeswoman suggested he was poisoned by something in tea…
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Stealing a Presidential election in America is difficult, but it has been done before. On the night of November 7, 1876, as the results of the…
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The arrogant big brother attitude that disparages and belittles the nations at its borders will leave India isolated in any face-off with a big power. In…
