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Do recent electoral setbacks for right-wing parties signal a turning of the illiberal tide?Recent election setbacks for leaders such as Viktor Orban in Hungary, Aleksandar Vucic in Serbia, Jair Bolsonaro's political camp in Brazil...- Developments in Nepal sign of 'vibrant democracy' not anarchy: Ex-CEC of India S Y QuraishiS Y Quraishi says Nepal's developments reflect a vibrant democracy. He cautions against regulating social media too strictly. Quraishi urge...
- 'Stupidity', 'weakness' - Economists weigh in on Trump's tariffsA wide range of economists are voicing alarm over President Donald Trump's steep tariffs on imports into the United States, sparking a trad...
- Most unicorn founders not natives, Pai says, urging CM not to create illiberal environmentVenture capitalist Mohandas Pai cautions Karnataka's chief minister Siddaramaiah against creating an illiberal environment that could stifl...
- Like US, India should get less coy about surgically targeting credible threats to national securityThe two incidents - the killing of Anwar al-Aulaqi by the US, and the alleged plot to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun by Indian agents ...
- Most of China’s economic problems now are not due to US restrictions — they reflect domestic structural distortions: Meg Rithmire"Ironically, they did this with advice from Hong Kong real estate tycoons and other overseas Chinese businesspeople. Initially, these marke...
- Can China replace US as the leading world power?Xi and the Communist Party of China (CCP) apparently see the United States as trying to keep China perpetually subordinate and vulnerable, ...
- View: How India and the US can work together to address common interestsImmediate challenges should not be allowed to come in the way of achieving the long-run vision of Indo-US partnership which is essential fo...
- View: What India needs to do to get its own Yales and Harvards"Deepening relationships with faculty, students and alumni and institutionalising opportunities to receive input from various stakeholders ...
- View: Twitter should stick to its guns in IndiaThe government is pressing Twitter Inc. to shut down accounts which recently used a hashtag that — inaccurately and unfairly — accused Indi...
- Digital siege: Internet cuts become favoured tool of regimesIn Uganda, residents couldn't use Facebook, Twitter and other social media for weeks after a recent election. And in Ethiopia's northern Ti...
- Digital siege: Internet cuts become favored tool of regimesAround the world, shutting down the internet has become an increasingly popular tactic of repressive and authoritarian regimes and some ill...
- Why India may be Donald’s trump cardThe US pivot to Asia has been almost a decade in the making. But for the past 2 decades, the more significant development has been the Indi...
- Why markets love strongmenNow more than ever, amoral markets are rallying behind autocrats who promote growth.
- Ban, Mandatory, Compulsory: Three words that define the modus operandi of India’s ruling politiciansOur leaders, especially when in power, are not interested in persuasion, discussion, etc. Why persuade when you can bulldoze them? Why coax...
- India needs leadership that listens to people, not followership: Raghuram RajanThere is a system in which illiberal democracy flourishes and that system needs to be tackled.
- View: India’s urban elite rediscovers Rahul baba in BerkeleyA reason why Rahul secured a relatively sympathetic hearing in the US was on account of the shrill campaign over India becoming an illibera...
- Bhadralok: An artefact from the past turning unculturedThe fading of bhadralok glory in West Bengal began not very many years after Independence and gathered pace soon after a determined clique ...
- Anna Hazare fast unto death: Satyagraha has the power to shame the powerfulJudging by the wide-ranging response to Gandhian Anna Hazare's ongoing fast unto death, the power of satyagraha endures even today.
- Don't give in to Siren Song of Financial Globalisation: Dani RodrikIn his latest book, Rodrik argues for the recreation of a system along the lines of the Bretton Woods consensus, which governed monetary re...
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