Until now, India’s strategy has been to globalize at its own pace and resist Western pressures for sweeping reform. If the West turns against globalization, New Delhi will need a lot of new thinking on post-reform economic strategy.
The rise of national-populists across the world points to new challenges for democracy.
For centuries, Russian history has glorified the state and those who sacrifice themselves for the state. It’s time to commemorate a different kind of hero.
Any ideology, not just communist, is a poor guide for foreign policy. Foreign military misadventures result in disappointment at home and loss of prestige abroad.
As 2016 comes to a close, Diwan offers recommendations for this period of relative rest.
There are multiple indications that public support for the ruling regime in Russia is provisional and the country is entering a period of post-Putin transition. Neither the authorities nor the opposition is prepared for it.
Many political scientists who study democracy are alarmed by developments in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere in the world.
California, Germany, and Canada together could be the combination to unlock a global energy future.
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is solidifying relations between the two nations but the project faces multiple security and political challenges.
Unless European leaders change their mind-set, the United States and Russia will break up the European Union.