International Relations in India & Beyond
Five political revolutions, from the American Revolution to the Russian Revolution, offer lessons on how to manage the forces of political, economic and social change, according to Robert T. Harris. But, he argues, the...
Professor Larry Diamond’s book, Ill Winds, though published two years ago, offers many great insights for understanding the “Russian rage” behind the tragic war in Ukraine. Much is being written about Russia’s invasion of...
Migration from India to Japan has been growing strongly over recent decades. It provides an interesting case study of how a traditionally-closed society, Japan, opens up to the outside world. It also provides great...
So here we are, at the beginning of another new year, 2022, and the beginning of our third year with COVID-19. And yet, despite all of our hopes, there is no end in sight,...
Michael Pembroke offers a scathing criticism of America’s postwar foreign policy, in his new book, “America in Retreat: the decline of US leadership – from WW2 to Covid-19”. Pembrook sees inevitability in China’s rise...
Geopolitical analysts have long pointed to “cricket, curry, and Commonwealth” as strong historical and cultural bonds between India and Australia. But as the recent book by Australian cricket legend, Steve Waugh, highlights, cricket may...
Will we ever know the exact origin of COVID-19? In all likelihood, no, never. But a growing body of evidence points to a negligent “lab-leak” being the most likely cause. There is no evidence...
John West reports from Australia on the enhanced trilateral security partnership called “AUKUS”, between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, which has been making waves in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. One of...
US health-care expert Andy Slavitt’s new book, “Preventable”, is one of a growing stream of books on COVID-19. It offers Slavitt’s “Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the US Coronavirus...
Public historian and conservative columnist, Niall Ferguson, makes an intriguing contribution to our understanding of COVID-19 through his recent book, “Doom; The Politics of Catastrophe”, which attempts to place COVID-19 in a historical perspective. ...
