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India’s Growth Crossroads

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The Road to Asian Unity

NEW DELHI – Asia’s lack of institutions to ameliorate regional tensions is often lamented. But greater Asian unity may be arising by the bac…
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The Coming Atlantic Century

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Yohei Sasakawa, André Glucksmann, Karel Schwarzenberg Apr. 23, 2013

Myanmar’s Ethnic Powder Keg

PRAGUE – Two years have passed since Myanmar (Burma) held its first general election after more than two decades of military dictatorship. T…
Ayad Allawi Mar. 21, 2013

Iraqi Hope Dies Last

BAGHDAD – Ten years have passed since Saddam Hussein was removed from power, following more than three decades of tyrannical rule. The dream…
Marcel H. Van Herpen Mar. 15, 2013

Putinism’s Authoritarian Allure

PARIS – A surprising phenomenon is increasingly apparent in Western Europe: far-right parties are moving away from their traditional anti-co…
Ian Buruma Mar. 4, 2013

Send in the Clowns

NEW YORK – When too many Italians voted late last month for either a louche and discredited business tycoon or a comedian, European stock ma…
Mario Margiocco Feb. 27, 2013

Italy’s Perfect Political Storm

MILAN – In the aftermath of Italy’s recently concluded election, no one knows who can and will govern the country. In fact, the best solutio…
Ian Bremmer, Mark Y. Rosenberg Feb. 15, 2013

Impatient South Africa

NEW YORK – The African National Congress, which has governed South Africa since the end of apartheid, is in serious trouble. Unfortunately, …
Mohamed A. El-Erian Feb. 7, 2013

Egypt’s Economic Siren

NEWPORT BEACH – Facing a turbulent political situation and recurrent street protests, Egypt’s political elite would be well advised to focus…
Ivan Krastev Jan. 29, 2013

The Transparency Conspiracy

SOFIA – One of the most troubling outcomes of the ongoing financial crisis has been a collapse of trust in democratic institutions and polit…
Shlomo Ben-Ami Jan. 28, 2013

Israel’s Election in a Bubble

TEL AVIV – Forty-five years into Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories, and four years after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’…
Itamar Rabinovich Jan. 24, 2013

Bibi at Bay

TEL AVIV – Few foresaw the surprising setback suffered by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, his Likud party, and the right in general in Is…

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