The Foreign Policy Angle in India’s Upcoming National Elections
The BJP has consistently used its foreign policy credentials to bolster its domestic popularity, but the difference is mostly one of style rather than substance. Read More Here
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Donald Trump Might Be More Popular Than You Think
Just how popular is Donald Trump? Two weeks into the new president’s term, it’s a matter of some dispute…Traditional phone polls that use live interviewers — including some of the most trusted polls in politics and media — report limited support for Trump and the controversial executive orders he’s signed. But automated phone and Internet-based […]
U.S. President Donald Trump Smashes Record To Get Fastest Majority Disapproval Rating Ever
In normal times, it takes American presidents hundreds of days before they reach a majority disapproval rating. But Donald Trump, the billionaire businessman, TV star and now US president, has smashed this record after his victory on a wave of anti-establishment anger. Read Here – The Telegraph, London
India And Modi: The Honeymoon Continues.
Two years into his tenure, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to ride a wave of public good feeling about the way things are going in India, the state of the domestic economy and his own stewardship of the country. Read Here – Pew Research
A Case of Putin Envy
As Russian President Vladimir Putin once said, “A bear doesn’t ask permission from anybody.” Indeed, over the past two years, he has shown the world that he is a political bear—from land grabbing and perpetuating conflict in Ukraine to the recent military intervention in Syria. And yet, even as Western leaders have been angered and […]
How Asia-Pacific Publics See Each Other And Their National Leaders
The coming decades promise to be the Asian Century, when the most populous region, with some of the world’s fastest growing economies, is likely to become the global nexus of commercial, cultural and geopolitical activity. For this reason, how people in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, see each other and their leaders is of growing […]
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