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Narendra Modi’s First Year

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Narendra Modi’s election a year ago was viewed as a transformative moment for India. Has his premiership lived up to the hype?

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  1. The Modi Government Turns One
    Prime Minister Modi Reynaldo Paganelli/ZumaPress

    The Modi Government Turns One

    May 19, 2015 Shashi Tharoor gives low marks to India’s BJP government after its first year in office.

  2. Modi in China
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    Modi in China

    May 18, 2015 Brahma Chellaney notes that the outcomes of the Indian leader’s visit were mostly symbolic – and extremely lopsided.

  3. Railroading India’s Railways
    Railroad car India Nitin Bhardwaj/Flickr

    Railroading India’s Railways

    Mar 12, 2015 Shashi Tharoor criticizes the latest budget for the country's largest enterprise.

  4. Realizing the Indian Dream
    India boy looking at Mumbai Ashwin Mudigonda/Flickr

    Realizing the Indian Dream

    Mar 5, 2015 Jim O'Neill explains why the country is poised to charge ahead to the front ranks of the word's economies.

  5. India’s Fiscal Fortune
    Narendra Modi Address budget session Partha Sarkar/ZumaPress

    India’s Fiscal Fortune

    Mar 4, 2015 Gita Gopinath explains how revised GDP data has allowed Narendra Modi's government to shun radical measures.

  6. Maintaining Growth in India
    India Gate Delhi Sunet_Eye.Ess.Ohh_Flickr Eye.Ess.Ohh/Flickr

    Maintaining Growth in India

    Feb 2, 2015 Raghuram G. Rajan calls for greater reliance on domestic demand and a more active role in multilateral organizations.

  1. nishtar8_AMAURY HAUCHARDAFP via Getty Images_africavaccine Amaury Hauchard/AFP via Getty Images

    Fifty Years of Immunization Success Call for 50 More

    Sania Nishtar touts the remarkable results of global collaboration on routine vaccination and foresees continued progress.
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    Trump on Trial

    From a long list of criminal indictments to unfavorable voter demographics, there is plenty standing between presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and a second term in the White House. But a Trump victory in the November election remains a distinct possibility – and a cause for serious economic concern.

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    The IMF Chose the Right Leader the Wrong Way

    Ngaire Woods thinks the Fund’s process for selecting its managing director is woefully out of step with today’s world.
  4. bildt122_Mikhail SvetlovGetty Images_trumpputin Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images

    Trump Is Putin’s Only Hope Now

    Carl Bildt considers the implications of Ukraine finally receiving the Western military aid it has been waiting for.
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    How to Rebuild Trust in Public Institutions

    Eleanor Carter & Carolyn J. Heinrich highlight the value of face-to-face interactions at a time when governments are phasing out in-person services.
  6. isenberg1_TIMOTHY A. CLARYPOOLAFP via Getty Images_trumptrial Timothy A. Clary/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

    Is Trump Above the Law?

    Nancy Isenberg

    Contrary to what former US President Donald Trump would have the American public believe, no president enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. To suggest otherwise is to reject a bedrock principle of American democracy: the president is not a monarch.

    explains why the US Supreme Court must reject the former president's claim to immunity from prosecution.
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    Ukraine Is Far From Doomed

    Tatyana Deryugina & Anastassia Fedyk

    When comparing Ukraine’s situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible. But it will require the West, and the US in particular, to put aside domestic political squabbles and muster the political will to provide Ukraine with consistent and robust military and financial assistance.

    compare Russia's full-scale invasion to World War II and see reason to hope – as long as aid keeps flowing.
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    The Pandemic Financing Developing Countries Need

    Rachel Glennerster urges multilateral development banks to establish mechanisms that enable at-risk vaccine purchases.
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    The Geopolitics of Africa’s Debt Crisis

    Anne O. Krueger urges developed countries to back efforts by the IMF and the World Bank to promote growth-enhancing reforms.

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