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If the United States under Trump views itself as a distant power that will help support rather than direct regional systems, India will have greater space and agency to construct a strong Eurasian coalition.
Much of the India-U.S. relationship functions through their respective bureaucracies. But reassuring America’s friends abroad will be an uphill climb for Trump.
Some 75 percent of the money going to political parties is from undocumented sources. Modi’s crackdown on black money will therefore be hugely disruptive for the upcoming elections in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
The influence of AI on the electoral processes may be significant, but it pales in comparison to its deep impact on the economic bases of modern politics.
Vladimir Putin has been a talking point in throughout the U.S. election. Whoever wins, Russian-U.S. tensions may deepen.
For the election in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party is relying on nationalism, Hindu majoritarianism, Modi’s popularity, failures within other parties, and strong headline economic numbers.
In the past, the contestation in Europe drove world politics. It looks as though it may be Asia that now has agency in shaping the future of the world.
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to Nepal should focus on looking to the future and laying out a road map for the modernization of a very unique partnership.
Material factors can explain why certain outcomes occurred the way they did, and strategic culture can explain how countries thought about their circumstances, their choices, and their decisions.
Asian nations must find ways to adapt to the structural changes in the Asian balance of power, the essence of which is the rise of China and the perceived decline of the United States.