Nato is not a hegemonic burden

Why is US paying twice as much as the average Nato ally when it is geographically removed from all major conflict zones?
4 April 2024

Indian democracy’s moment of truth

Once admired for its commitment to pluralism, India no longer stands out as a model democracy.
18 March 2024

What fundamentalist Christians see in Trump

Now that Donald Trump is the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, it seems fitting to address a source of perplexity that has persisted ever since he arrived on the political scene: how can the US’ fundamentalist Christians be so enthusiastic about so thoroughly un-Christian a politician?
8 March 2024

Economics is irredeemably sexist

Economics has an intractable “women problem.”
8 March 2024

Why China won’t fight the Houthis

The current turmoil in the Middle East is not bad news for China.
5 March 2024

Judgment days for democracy

To survive this period of populist assaults on the democratic order, courts will need to embrace their proper role as arbiters of justice.
1 March 2024

The Trump Effect Takes Europe

Perhaps Trump’s biggest contribution has been to Europe’s political unity.
20 February 2024

‘Russia has my blood’

Alexei Navalny in an interview with Dozhd TV in October 2020, two months after he was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent.
20 February 2024

No one wins in a lose-lose world

Rather than working together to address urgent challenges, the international community is now gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction.
17 February 2024

Will 2024 Be the New 1933?

Just imagine the world a year from now, with disinformation having taken down democratic majorities around the world.
31 January 2024

Has the ‘polycrisis’ overwhelmed us?

Just as social media competes for individuals’ attention, so do global crises.
28 January 2024

How climate agreements and trade measures go together

We should direct our energies towards negotiating agreements that can achieve progress in narrow, but crucial, economic sectors.
28 January 2024

AI’s copyright problem is fixable

What should copyright law mean in the age of AI?
21 January 2024

Myanmar’s military junta is losing power

The junta appears more vulnerable than ever. The formerly 500,000-strong military currently stands at around 150,000 troops or fewer and is severely overstretched.
13 January 2024

India’s Hindu ‘emperor’ wants a third term

India's upcoming election sees BJP's narrative shift to Hindu identity under PM Modi, prompting opposition emphasis on economic issues
7 January 2024

Will Trump be on the ballot?

His role in starting an insurrection complicates the situation.
24 December 2023

Does India have a hit list?

The attempted murder of Sikh separatist, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a US citizen, in New York City, allegedly at the behest of an Indian government official in New Delhi, has cast a shadow over India’s global image.
7 December 2023

India, Gaza, and the drift from non-alignment

For decades after independence, India’s approach to the world was shaped by its historical experience of colonialism.
18 November 2023

Fixing global economic governance

Rarely have the shortcomings of world leaders and existing institutional arrangements been so glaringly obvious.
26 October 2023

The real dividing line in Israel-Palestine

The choice is not one hardline faction or the other; it is between fundamentalists and all those who still believe in the possibility of peaceful co-existence.
16 October 2023