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The interplay between politics and the military
While the politicisation of the military remains a concern, so is the militarisation of political discourse and practice C Uday Bhaskar In his inaugural address on…
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Linking Sharjeel With Shaheen Bagh Exposes BJP’s ‘Desperation’
It will be an understatement to say that the spontaneous and organic protests across the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of…
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An apology for Bangladesh
At the 50th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum at Davos this week, Prime Minister Imran Khan demonstrated two things, yet again. One, that there…
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Bangladesh Needs to Wake Up from Its Slumbering Foreign Policy
The Indian Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) should come as no surprise to Bangladesh. This delegitimizes millions of Bengalis and other Muslims who have lived in India…
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THE YEAR AHEAD India and Pakistan Are Edging Closer to War in 2020
Two crises dominated South Asia in 2019, and each one stands to get worse next year. Michael Kugelman Turmoil is never far away in South Asia,…
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India has wounded Afghan and Bangladeshi self-respect
Make no mistake, the Bangladeshi and Afghan missions in Chanakyapuri would report verbatim to their capitals the abrasive remarks attributed to the Indian leadership, casting a…
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Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India
The Prime Minister’s Hindu-nationalist government has cast two hundred million Muslims as internal enemies. Dexter Filkins On August 11th, two weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
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Why India doesn’t need NRC
The government has made no case that illegal immigration is a big problem, or that NRC is the best solution for it. Shivam Vij The NarendraModi…
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Sri Lanka: Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s election victory sparks fear among minorities
Gotabaya Rajapaksa was elected as Sri Lanka’s new president in elections on November 16 after winning 52% of the votes for the Sri Lanka People’s Front…
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Sri Lanka: Presidential election 2019 – A post-mortem
Sajith is down. But he is certainly not out. He is sure to make a comeback the way his father did, learning from his mistakes. Vishvanath…
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India’s foreign policy at crossroads
By following a course of multi-alignment, the Indian government led by Prime Minister NarendraModi has been seeking security as well as economic partnerships with big and…
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Is a strong leader enough to fight corruption? Evidence from India and China
Wu Alfred Muluan | Lina Vyas Just within the first 100 days of the Modi 2.0 government, Former Home and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was arrested…