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Narendra Modi will be sworn in this week as India’s new prime minister. His new government will face a number of critical challenges.
There is nothing guaranteed about the Congress party's revival, but judging by history, even its opponents would be foolish to write it off. Congress may be down but it is not yet out.
One of the previous Indian government’s most glaring legacies was the deep sense of uncertainty that pervades the economy. Remedying this policy paralysis and uncertainty must be the next government’s number one priority.
The results of India’s sixteenth general election challenge the common understanding of contemporary Indian electoral politics in at least four ways.
This election is the first time since 1984 that a single party has succeeded in winning a clear majority and the first time a non-Congress party has been able to achieve this feat on its own.
India, China, and Russia are all set to play a major role on the global stage throughout the rest of the twenty-first century. The relationships between the three nations are complex, however, with opportunities for cooperation in areas of convergent interests often being hamstrung by long-standing disputes and rivalries.
With India at a crossroads, with a new government expected soon, the time is ripe to put healthcare reform at center stage, with the goal of pressing the next central government to achieve meaningful universal health coverage.
Exit polls suggest that Narendra Modi is poised to become India’s next prime minister. The hope is that Modi can scale his regional economic success story in Gujarat into a national one.
Narendra Modi is well-placed to rebuild U.S.-India relations—but only if he and Washington can move beyond an old grudge.
Political scientists argue that the electoral process inevitably modernizes religious political parties. While the “moderation thesis” may have a point, it is largely irrelevant in the case of India.