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Catch up on “rogue operatives,” campaign finance schemes, and concerns about India’s democracy.
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Outside powers may be unable to ignore the worsening turmoil in Pakistan.
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Here are the most recent developments.
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Several factors can foil conflict negotiations. The Russian war in Ukraine has them all.
What India is saying about the Israel-Hamas war
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What the arrest warrant for Putin really means
He may never stand trial, but that’s not all that matters.
Who votes with Russia?
A number of countries refuse to support Ukraine in the United Nations – especially countries that import arms from Russia.
What if India really was involved in killing a Sikh activist in Canada?
The international consequences could prove modest.
Why does Biden want Saudi-Israeli normalization so badly?
The Abraham Accords may define a new regional order.
Did the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan harm U.S. credibility?
Here’s the latest research.
It’s been a great nine years for TMC political science analysis
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What Indians think about China, and the border clashes
How will the Modi government respond? Public opinion may hamper the government’s moves to play down the tensions after the latest skirmish.
America and Europe are targeting Russia’s oil profits
The oil price cap makes it harder for Russia to use oil money to buy weapons and pay soldiers.
Is the new U.K. prime minister a paragon of immigrant success?
Rishi Sunak credits his hard-working family for the foundations of his career. But government policies may play a bigger role in immigrant successes.
Global citizens want a stronger and more democratic United Nations
We surveyed people in Argentina, China, India, Russia, Spain and the U.S. to gauge public support for changes to the U.N. system
The West wants to cut off Russia’s oil revenues. Who will that hurt?
The United States and its allies plan to embargo Russian crude oil shipments — and impose a price cap on Russian oil. That might backfire.
Pakistan has a narrow window to boost climate resilience
The 2022 floods are only part of Pakistan’s environmental crisis.
China and India weren’t critical of Putin’s war. Did that change?
Neither country was inclined to defend a global order that denies their status aspirations, but the war’s impact may be forcing a rethink
Urban flooding has everything to do with real estate corruption
In Bengaluru and elsewhere, shady land deals and the effects of climate change are a disastrous mix
China had another hot summer — and another electricity crisis
In Sichuan province, power generation tumbled as demand skyrocketed. That might boost low-carbon policies.
Why did Kenyans elect Ruto as president?
What looks superficially like a normal election was filled with contradictions, intrigue, double-crossing and surprise shifts in ethnic loyalties
50 years ago, Uganda ordered its entire Asian population to leave
A new data set explores mass expulsions around the world
Sri Lanka’s multiple crises just came to a head
The pandemic and past war debts have left the economy in tatters
How united is the West on Russia?
Public risk perceptions in NATO countries shifted after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, our surveys found
The Philippines elected a dictator’s son. Why are dynasties popular?
Ties to a former dictatorship are quite common in new democracies, this research explains
Filipinos don’t long for the Marcos era. Why is his son in the lead?
Many voters have grown disenchanted with democracy, my research finds.
The Kremlin has another weapon in its arsenal: Migration policy
How committed is Russia to embracing Slavic migrants from Ukraine and beyond?
Imran Khan dissolved Pakistan’s parliament. How did that happen?
Pakistan’s Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of the prime minister’s moves
Russia’s allies have been pretty quiet on Ukraine
Here’s what might happen next within the ‘BRICS’ bloc
Ukraine invasion tests the relationship between Russia and China
Their ‘unlimited’ partnership may have some limits after all
Russia’s land grabs in Ukraine could break the international order
Would other countries also try to claim territory that contains their ethnic kin?
The Ukraine crisis is now a nuclear crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin just put his nuclear forces on alert
Would Americans ever support a coup? 40 percent now say yes.
That percentage jumped significantly since 2017 and includes more than half the Republicans we surveyed.
22 countries agreed to establish green shipping routes. That’s big news.
The new initiative could lead to a cleaner maritime industry.
Russia proved it can shoot down a satellite. Does this make space less secure?
The U.S., China and India have also tested anti-satellite weapons
Australia will get nuclear-powered submarines. Some see a proliferation threat.
The U.S. has shared this type of technology before — with France, in fact.
U.S. foreign policy was once all about race. If the U.S. isn’t careful, race may come back.
A new U.S. partnership with the U.K. and Australia could fuel risky notions of civilizational conflict
Hunger is getting worse, not better, around the globe. The pandemic didn’t help.
Production and distribution systems haven’t kept pace with new threats, a new report finds.
How did 9/11 change South Asian Americans’ identities and politics?
Being targets of racial and religious hatred unified them behind the Democrats
20 years later, America’s ‘War on Terror’ language has gone global
Right-wing governments and movements often use these words to justify authoritarian and racist policies.
The U.S. government hasn’t protected noncitizen veterans from deportation. That may change.
The U.S. military has a long history of relying on foreign recruits.
Can the U.S. and India depend on each other?
Here are the takeaways from the July 2021 bilateral meetings.
Olympic officials resisted pressure to ban Iran from the Tokyo Games, but they’ve banned teams before
In these 9 cases, sporting authorities tried to ban a country from international competition — sometimes for years
The WTO is negotiating to solve a global fisheries crisis. Here’s what’s at stake.
Talks center on eliminating fisheries subsidies, a tricky goal.
India has become an ‘electoral autocracy.’ Its covid-19 catastrophe is no surprise.
By restricting freedom of speech and freedom of the press, the BJP government can oversee virus′s spread without fearing accountability at the ballot box
Why Malala’s British Vogue interview put Pakistan in a marriage panic
Here’s the research on marriage, divorce and women’s bargaining power in Pakistan
In India’s West Bengal state, backing women’s economic interests helped one party score a historic win
Policy support for financial well-being can remedy women’s inequality in politics
The G-7 wants to mobilize new global financing as an alternative to China’s multilateral push
Our research examines loans from the Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Discrimination against Indian Americans happens more than you might think
A new survey reveals 1 in 2 Indian Americans experienced recent discrimination, often on the basis of skin color
How history’s deadliest pandemic shaped politics in Central Europe for centuries — until now
What lessons can we take from how the Black Death changed the world?
What’s behind India’s dramatic pandemic surge? Here’s one factor: Too little competition in Parliament.
In India’s states, more parties in the legislature are associated with better health outcomes
Many right-wing populists strut their manliness. Why does India’s Modi stress his softer side?
Not all populism is gendered in the same way
What would persuade South Asians to get vaccinated against covid-19?
New research suggests a way to change minds.
South Korea rebuffed Trump. Here’s why it might cooperate with Biden.
The Moon government might be interested in joining ‘the Quad,’ if doing so doesn’t openly antagonize China
The Biden administration supports waiving patents on coronavirus vaccines. Big Pharma won’t be happy.
Developed countries are joining developing countries to put pharmaceutical companies in a tough position
Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld the ban on Trump, but it didn’t like how Facebook banned him
The board wants Facebook to revisit its decision in six months and create more consistent rules
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, ‘Crisis’: The Week In One Song
India’s covid-19 crisis
Was China behind last October’s power outage in India? Here’s what we know.
Despite the conflict along the Indian border, China had reasons to avoid a cyberattack
How to un-model a minority: A micro-syllabus on Asian American politics
Here’s how to teach — or learn — about this complex topic
Five things to watch as the U.S. prepares to exit Afghanistan
For Afghans, the conflict enters a new phase
India’s 1.6 million new coronavirus cases in the past week are breaking its health system
Critics blame the Modi government’s pandemic decision-making
There’s a long, global history to today’s anti-Asian bias and violence
‘Foreigners’ have been blamed for disease all the way back to the bubonic plague — and probably beyond
President Biden is hosting Japan’s prime minister in D.C. It’s a big deal for Japan — and the U.S.
They’ll discuss new ways to cooperate, as well as unfinished business from the Trump years
Biden is considering overhauling the Supreme Court. That’s happened during every crisis in U.S. democracy.
During six major crises in U.S. history, debates over reshaping the court were linked to debates over whether democracy could survive
It’s World Water Day. Here’s why democracies do better at delivering water equally to all.
Climate change is boosting the demand for clean water around the world.
Want to tell Russia to stop hacking U.S. systems? Here’s what works — and what doesn’t
Our research shows why cyberstrikes don’t signal resolve effectively
China and India are pulling back from the brink. They’ve created a buffer zone and started talks.
Each side had deployed thousands of troops along the contested border.
It’s Susan B. Anthony Day. Here’s how women’s suffrage changed the world.
Democracies where women got to vote went to war less and spent more on health and education
India’s farm protests turned violent last week. But why are farmers protesting in the first place?
New laws have rattled a crucial political bloc.
Biden just rescinded the ‘global gag rule.’ The next Republican president will restore it.
Policies about family planning once had bipartisan support. Here’s what changed.
There’s a long, troubling history behind the Capitol attack
Although the siege surprised almost everyone, it did not emerge randomly
What Biden faces if he wants to get the climate change effort back on track
2021 could be the year of action — if climate leaders can problem-solve strategically
Kamala Harris will be vice president. Expect Indian Americans to get more involved in politics.
Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris participates in a security meeting
Netflix has India’s ruling party outraged about a ‘love jihad’ plot. What is love jihad?
This conspiracy theory functions much as did the ‘anti-Sharia’ laws passed in U.S. states, demonizing and legitimizing antagonism toward Muslims
In dozens of countries, governments rely on Internet shutdowns to hide repression
Social media rhetoric from politicians, citizens and others helped influence political moves
15 countries just signed the world’s largest trade pact. The U.S. isn’t one of them.
Will the U.S. economy suffer as nations in the Asia-Pacific region get closer?
What will America’s commitment to Afghanistan look like after the election?
The peace negotiations are in flux, and the Taliban has ramped up the violence
How a possible Biden victory is shaping international politics, even before Nov. 3
Americans aren’t the only ones watching the 2020 presidential election closely
Why Indian Americans are not becoming Republicans any time soon
Our study examines why they’re sticking with the Democrats
Tonight Kamala Harris may need to prove she’s tough, to beat gender stereotypes. That affects foreign policy.
Gender stereotypes push women leaders to be ‘iron ladies’ rather than peacemakers
China announced new climate goals. But it can’t quit coal just yet.
Stringent domestic targets will be key to transforming a massive, carbon-intensive economy.
Trump got it wrong at the U.N. America can’t counteract China without global institutions.
Future international orders may look quite different.
India and China are taking new risks along their border. It will be hard to restore peace.
Will diplomacy help defuse the current tensions?
India is hitting a record number of new covid-19 cases. That’s not its only problem.
Despite million of lost jobs, support for the Modi government appears strong.
World War II was 75 years ago. But big wars can still happen.
The idea that war is a thing of the past creates complacency
Does Yale discriminate against Asian Americans and Whites? It’s the wrong question.
Here’s why you can’t compare Asians and African Americans.
Kamala Harris is likely to bring in Indian American voters, this research finds
Indian Americans are especially likely to vote when another Indian American is on the ballot — more so than people of other minority racial or ethnic identities.
Will Kamala Harris’s multiracial background help or hurt in attracting voters?
Both, new research suggests. It depends on who’s looking.
75 years after Hiroshima, here are 4 things to know about nuclear disarmament efforts
Buddhist monks walk past the Atomic Bomb Dome at Peace
India revoked Kashmir’s autonomy a year ago. What has happened since then?
The government claimed it needed to clean up the region’s separatism and radicalization
The longer-term coronavirus fallout could erode democracy. Here’s how that could play out.
Rising economic inequality can damp support for democracy
The U.S. has dialed up the rhetoric on Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea
The verbal escalation of this dispute may make it harder to find offramps
Attacking LGBT life helped the right-wing Polish president win reelection — barely
The Polish LGBT movement and its allies are responding with innovative tactics
Europe struck down its data deal with the U.S. Facebook, other companies are in trouble.
Businesses that need to transfer personal data from Europe to the United States are in for a rough time.
China and India were both looking to back down from a border crisis. Then soldiers died.
Keeping calm has helped defuse previous tensions
China’s making inroads in the Middle East. The Trump administration isn’t happy.
But U.S. pressure to reject China could bring out a great power rivalry in the region
Why are China and India skirmishing at their border? Here’s 4 things to know.
India is close to completing a major upgrade of border roads
What’s in store for Hong Kong? Look at Tibet.
Here’s how Beijing’s promises of autonomy played out on the rooftop of the world
Trump officials have talked about resuming nuclear testing. Here’s why that would hurt the U.S.
Maintaining existing nuclear norms is in everyone’s interest.