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December 6, 2023

India
Colonized Countries Rarely Ask for Redress Over Past Wrongs—The Reasons Can Be Complex

Few former colonies officially press perpetrator states to redress past injustices, largely due to divergent narrative within victim states about how to view past colonial history.

Members of a Namibian delegation attend a ceremony in Berlin to hand back human remains from Germany to Namibia following the 1904 to 1908 genocide against the Herero and Nama.

June 21, 2023

United States
Modi’s State Visit to the U.S. Is a Litmus Test for Values-Based U.S. Trade Policy

The Joe Biden administration should take the opportunity to strengthen economic ties and push for good governance in India.

President Joe Biden meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House during the latter’s last visit to the United States in  September, 2021.

February 28, 2023

India
Modi’s “New India” and the Politics of Architecture

The Modi government aims to assert a modern Indian identity through the Central Vista redevelopment project. Critics contend it is a thin veneer for promoting Hindu nationalism.

Men ride their bicycles along Kartavya Path in front of the smog-shrouded India Gate in New Delhi.

November 19, 2019

Election 2020
The President’s Inbox: Should the United States Rethink Its Russia Policy?

Each week between now and the Iowa caucuses, I’m talking with two experts with differing views on how the United States should handle a foreign policy challenge it faces. These special episodes are p…

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at the Kremlin in Moscow on November 4.

April 18, 2018

Local and Traditional Leadership
Traditional Rulers Hold Real Power in Nigeria

Emir Muhammed Sanusi is more than a traditional religious leader and he enjoys much greater influence than do Indian maharajas today.

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