Beards can be acts of masculine messaging. Narendra Modi is using his beard for identity politics.
India’s New Sense of Nation: Not a Hindu Thing
Media reports about India’s new citizenship rules and its impact on Muslim minorities swings between the tendentious, the comical and the absurd.
India Has a Modi and a BJP Problem
Modi’s initiative is undermining the very idea of India as a secular and multicultural liberal society.
Modi Seizes Kashmir
The Kashmir crisis spotlights what a civilizational world looks like. Modi, Netanyahu, Xi and Trump stand united in their disregard for international law.
India Elections: The Numbers
The Indian general election is the world’s biggest democratic exercise — and the numbers are staggering.
The Tragic Dilemma of the Indian Voter
Being neither a Modi fan nor a Modi hater is a position many Indians find themselves in.
India: A Connected Power
India has achieved massive technological advances which are transforming its society. The current elections are evidence of this.
India’s Muslims: Rich Hunting Ground for Middle Eastern Rivals
How Turkey’s President Erdogan is seeking to expand his leadership claim in the Islamic world in India.
The Xi-Modi Summit: A New “Pacific” Asian Century Without America?
The “Chindia reset” may gradually have a transformative effect on China—leaving the founding vision of America for a “Pacific” Asia behind.
Balancing Asia: India Is Late to the Game
India sees the Belt and Road Initiative as an attempt to clip India’s own wings and build a China-centric world order.
























