The New Idea of India
Narendra Modi’s reign is producing a less liberal but more assured nation. Read More Here
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China Whispers In Africa
China’s political and economic engagement in Africa is deep. Between 2009 and 2012, China’s direct investment in Africa grew at an annual rate of 20.5 percent. While negligible in 2000, trade between the regions hit $195.8 billion in 2012 and is estimated to reach $385 billion by 2015. Read Here – The National Interest
Can Mubarak’s Cronies Buy Their Way Out of Jail?
On March 28, Egypt’s former trade minister, Rachid Mohamed Rachid, was removed from an arrest list after he paid back a total of 15 million Egyptian pounds (approximately $2.2 million) to the state as part of a reconciliation program under President Mohamed Morsi. Rachid, who served as minister from 2004 to 2011, fled just before […]
Even Her Critics May Agree: Thailand’s Yingluck Should Be In Charge
Premier Yingluck Shinawatra has repeated the phrase often enough – to the point that she might finally be convinced of the statement herself: “I am the prime minister and I am in charge.” Even die-hard sceptics will have to admit that the premier has recently demonstrated a higher degree of confidence in her work – […]
What Remains: On the European Union
This essay is adapted from Mark Mazower’s Governing the World: The History of an Idea, coming this month from the Penguin Press. Read Here – The Nation
looking beyond borders 