‘Zohran Mamdani is a successful political entrepreneur — he appeals to the college-educated who aren’t captains of industry’Princeton Professor Gregory Conti analyzes Zohran Mamdani's electoral win, highlighting his appeal to the educated, cash-strapped middle cl...
With US in decline, voters who usually avoid extremes are now okay with itZohran Mamdani's New York mayoral primary win signals a potential leftward shift in the Democratic Party, despite right-wing criticism. The...
Carney counterpunch: how Canada Trumped Donald's 51st state dream and left Poilievre biting the dustCarney's victory hinged on countering Trump's annexation threats, sparking Canadian nationalism and a Liberal resurgence. Poilievre, mirror...
Coming Soon: Pmurt, Trump's arch-rivalTo keep the narrative engaging, strong political figures like Trump may benefit from having an arch-rival, such as the fictional character ...
“Trumpism” an influential factor that could shape future: Swaminathan AiyarUS election results may be delayed, increasing market uncertainty. A Trump win could mean trade tensions for India. A gridlocked Congress m...
Lockdown captures 2020 in a wordThat it surpassed ‘coronavirus’ in usage shows its bearing on the public’s mind.
Trump Trumped, Trumpism lives: Joe Biden will govern a deeply divided nation laid low by virusMany Democrats, including Biden himself, have cast this election as a stark, almost existential choice, with democracy itself on the ballot...
Will Joe Biden be able to defeat Trumpism in trade?While India could export in sectors like pharmaceuticals, textiles and clothing, gems and jewellery, machinery and automobiles, its imports...
Message of Election 2020: Trump lost, but Trumpism did notIt won in the parts of the country and with the voters whom Trump catered to over four years, constantly jabbing the hard edges of almost e...
View: Trump's politics of grievance will outlast him. America’s age of anger is just getting startedThere is little respite from clownish demagoguery once a long-standing political order loses credibility and legitimacy among a significant...
Trumpism will outlast Trump, who defied the odds, grew the baseThe tight race came down to late-counted mail-in ballots in Georgia and Pennsylvania, which tipped the election to Biden.
A second term for the US president Donald Trump seems a distinct possibility, what will it mean?The American electorate does not seem particularly perturbed about democracy being in danger – a lament of the liberal elites – either.
Nikki Haley sees herself as heir to Trump, says new bookNikki Haley, the US ambassador to UN, considers herself in line for the White House Oval Office, and is seen in Trump’s circle as ambitious...
Trumpism or Brexit will not succeed in reversing the tide of digital globalisationManufacturing is nothing but data. Propaganda, hacking and fake news are no exceptions. The distinction between hardware and software is di...
View: Trumpisms and Bushisms constitute the very essence of AmericanismsDonald Trump’s (perhaps) unintended coining of a new word – “unpresidented” – is hardly unprecedented.
Donald Trump no solution to civilisational crisis facing the WestIn two years of campaigning for the primaries and the presidential election, Trump exposed himself as a boor, groping womaniser, serial lia...
My Word, Brexit Trumps Trumpism‘Throwing shade’ (another contender for 2016’s top word, meaning public expression of contempt) will surely be deemed by some to be but an ...