Author: Pranay Kumar Shome

What is the future of Sri Lanka?

The stupendous victory of the Mahinda Rajapaksa’s SLPP (people’s party) will have ubiquitous ramifications for the future of the Sri Lankan polity The Sri Lankan voters were very clear in their mind about their...

Erdogan’s populist gamble

The reconversion of the iconic Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque has undermined the secular credentials of Turkey On 10 July, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued an official decree which declared the iconic...

India’s Taiwan conundrum

As India prepares to take over the chair of the World Health Assembly, it is a classic diplomatic dilemma, whether to support the entry of Taiwan with US support or back China’s stand of...