The recent rise of social media sites, the instant spread of news via the internet and the availability of satellite imagery to the public created a plethora of open source information that is not ...

As Americans once again struggle with the very idea of having a history, let alone reflecting on its significance, an article in The Nation originally published in 2015 marks the anniversary of the ...

In the corridors of power in Islamabad, a storm is brewing that threatens to upend the Pakistani state. This nuclear-armed nation of 250 million people is caught in a perilous struggle for supremacy ...

Recent developments in global politics, such as Donald Trump’s reelection campaign or the rise of illiberal democracies across Central and Eastern Europe, have arguably led to a misinterpretation of ...

History offers very few examples of women attempting to assassinate political leaders, particularly presidents of the United States. In 1975, within the space of just 17 days, two women separately ...

In the leadup to the 75 th anniversary of Indian independence, a variety of articles appeared in the US press writing the epitaph for its democracy. The future of India’s democracy “looks increasingly ...

The CJP emerged after remarks by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant appeared to compare unemployed young people with cockroaches. Kant later said his words had been misconstrued and were directed at ...

Wharton’s John Paul MacDuffie warns of an upcoming shakeout in the electric vehicle market. He says vertically integrated EV makers like Tesla and China’s BYD, as well as legacy automakers and ...

100 years ago, Hindutva was coined as a political ideology by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). In 2018, the RSS chief said that unity in diversity, sacrifice, ...

Today, Iran is ruled by a theocratic regime. It is easy to blame the mullahs for all of Iran’s ills. However, it is an inconvenient truth that their path to power was paved by the British and the ...

Atul opens by confronting reductive Western stereotypes of Iran as a land of “bearded mullahs.” He insists that Iran stands among the world’s great civilizations, rooted in the legendary Persian ...

The Shah led a famously dissolute life, visiting nightclubs across Europe and chasing beautiful actresses. One of them was Grace Kelly who became the Princess Grace of Monaco in 1956. The Shah spent ...