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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.
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.
The contradictions between India’s policies vis-à-vis Pakistan and the United States and its membership of the BRICS, a grouping dominated by Russia and China, were visible at the BRICS summit in Goa.
The European Union and India have developed a mature strategic partnership over the years, but the relationship now faces several challenges as Brussels begins to looks inwards and New Delhi to the United States and also eastwards.
The rapid rise of Beijing relative to New Delhi has begun to have a powerful impact on India’s regional environment in the subcontinent and beyond.
BRICS may have passed the moment of peak solidarity. The challenge now is to manage the growing differences among them.