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Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor

Writing for PS since 2002
193 commentaries
1 videos & podcasts

Shashi Tharoor, a former UN under-secretary-general and former Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and Minister of State for Human Resource Development, is an MP for the Indian National Congress. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha for a fourth successive term, representing Thiruvananthapuram. He is the author, most recently, of Ambedkar: A Life (Aleph Book Company, 2022).

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  1. The Show Trial of Arundhati Roy
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    The Show Trial of Arundhati Roy

    Jul 9, 2024 Shashi Tharoor thinks prosecuting the world-renowned author over remarks made in 2010 will backfire on India's government.

  2. The Indian Election’s Winners and Losers
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    The Indian Election’s Winners and Losers

    Jun 7, 2024 Shashi Tharoor observes that the ruling party’s victory looks more like a defeat, especially for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

  3. Might Modi Lose?
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    Might Modi Lose?

    May 3, 2024 Shashi Tharoor predicts that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will perform worse than expected in India’s general election.

  4. Does Pakistan Still Matter to India?
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    Does Pakistan Still Matter to India?

    Apr 9, 2024 Shashi Tharoor explains why India’s upcoming election is unlikely to change its policy of benign neglect toward its neighbor.

  5. Indian Democracy’s Moment of Truth
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    Indian Democracy’s Moment of Truth

    Mar 13, 2024 Shashi Tharoor warns that the ruling BJP will do everything it can to curtail dissent ahead of this year's general election.

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    James K. Galbraith on the US election, entropy economics, trade policy, and more

    James K. Galbraith says what it will take to improve Americans’ living standards, calls the concept of equilibrium a figment of economists’ imaginations, highlights a potential effect of tariffs that most textbooks do not anticipate, and more.
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    The Emancipatory Meaning of the Paris Olympics’ Opening Ceremony

    Slavoj Žižek

    The ironic, obscene spectacle of the Paris Olympic opening ceremony was as far away as possible from the sterile, humorless political correctness that its critics have decried. It did not merely present Europe at its best; it reminded the world that only in Europe is such a ceremony even possible.

     interprets the controversial spectacle as a masterful use of irony to depict what modern Europe stands for.
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    How China Views the US Presidential Election

    Ian Bremmer

    Though Chinese leaders are watching the US presidential election closely, they have already convinced themselves that the next American administration will be antagonistic. Will they respond with relative quiescence or pursue a more aggressive strategy?

     considers Chinese leaders' options as they prepare for a new administration in 2025.
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    AI Complacency Is Compromising Western Defense

    Charles Ferguson thinks America and its allies are woefully unprepared for a future of autonomous weapons and warfare.
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    Collective Intelligence and the Common Good

    Mariana Mazzucato worries that a new buzzword is perpetuating a costly myth about how innovation and value creation work.
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    America’s Deficit Attention Disorder

    Maurice Obstfeld thinks the accumulation of public debt is a far more urgent problem than the trade balance.
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    The AI Safety Debate Is All Wrong

    Daron Acemoglu thinks the inordinate attention on sci-fi doomsday scenarios is distracting from more immediate risks.
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    Transforming Health Care in Southeast Asia

    Nurul Izzah Anwar urges regional cooperation and greater local capacity to combat infectious and non-communicable diseases.
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    The Rule of Law Is Coming for Putin

    Gordon Brown proposes a way to overcome the last hurdle to forming a special tribunal on crimes of aggression in Ukraine.

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