Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The BJP faces a dilemma: While inaction may exacerbate the discontent of the Hardik Patels of tomorrow, any questioning of the reservation system may alienate low-caste voters.
President Nawaz Sharif is not as powerful as General Raheel Sharif. As the Pakistan army exerts real power, democracy is more and more a facade.
The RSS may now reject "Western science," but its ideology draws inspiration from the Western social sciences.
The Bajrang Dal has enlarged its agenda in such a way that the rule of law is at stake in India.
Gujarat, the first state to fight caste-based reservations, may also be the first to reinvent the system in response to the mass mobilization of the Patidars.
The Pakistani government’s room to maneuver is clearly limited by the irresistible rise of the Pakistani army.
India is less popular with ordinary Americans. But this may not be a problem for U.S.-India relations if hard power considerations make up for it.
Few analysts pay enough attention to either the phase that came before the Emergency or the phase after. Without this context, no good interpretation can emerge of the way the “political untouchability” of the Jana Sangh before the 1970s was attenuated.
The paradox is striking: While India has been trying to attract FDI, Indian companies are investing abroad.
The Indian government cannot ignore Pakistan, given its size, its military capability, its history of conflict, and its connection to China.