Politics
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Watch: Election Commissioner calls ‘winning at all costs’ the ‘new normal’ in politics
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Donald Trump and Barack Obama are more alike than you might imagine
Ronald R Krebs, The Conversation Robert Ralston, The Conversation
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Readers’ comments: Why compare Modi and Nehru? India can have many great leaders
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A new Indian comedy podcast is finally making politicians laugh. How many will say Shut Up Ya Kunal?
Soumya Rao
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Thucydides’s trap: Is war inevitable as a rising China threatens the United States’ dominance?
Börje Ljunggren
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Readers’ comments: ‘BJP and JD(U) are natural allies’
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Watch: Why comedian Rahul Subramanian says Rahul Gandhi is the only true politician in India
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How memes have made it easier to spread anger and hate
Michelle Mielly, The Conversation
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Caught on camera: In Odisha, a BJD MLA gets a shoulder-lift across muddy ankle-deep water
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Forty years after Zia came to power, the curse of his legacy lives on in Pakistan
I.A. Rehman
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How Saudi Arabia’s aggressive stance on Qatar, Iran and Yemen could shake up West Asia
Dilip Hiro
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Never mind the lifeless opposition. The real challenge to Modi and Shah comes from ordinary Indians
Ramachandra Guha
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How French President Macron broke the Left-Right divide – and what he needs to do now
Jolyon Howorth
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Rajinikanth will enter politics, claims Hindu Makkal Katchi leader after meeting the actor
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The United Kingdom is in the midst of a national nervous breakdown
Charles Lees, The Conversation
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Readers’ comments: We middle-class Hindus are not aggressive – we are now assertive
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What can Jayalalithaa in fiction tell us about Jayalalithaa in real life?
Anita Sivakumaran
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Finding ‘leisure’ in North Korea: When there’s no freedom, can there be fun?
Laya Maheshwari
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How Japan is using its culture to increase its political influence on the world
Taku Tamaki, The Conversation
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Readers’ comments: ‘Kejriwal cannot fight a giant without growing up or showing some maturity’
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