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Debasish Roy Chowdhury

Debasish Roy Chowdhury

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Debasish Roy Chowdhury is the co-author (with John Keane) of To Kill A Democracy: India’s Passage to Despotism (Oxford University Press, Pan Macmillan, 2021).

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  1. As Trump Returns, Sino-Indian Relations Are Changing
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    As Trump Returns, Sino-Indian Relations Are Changing

    Jan 14, 2025 Debasish Roy Chowdhury explains why one of America’s key allies is hedging its bets amid escalating global tensions.

  2. Nothing Has Changed in India
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    Nothing Has Changed in India

    Aug 29, 2024 Debasish Roy Chowdhury rejects the widely held belief that the country has stepped “back from the brink” of authoritarian chauvinism.

  3. India’s “Truman Show” Democracy
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    India’s “Truman Show” Democracy

    Jun 10, 2024 Debasish Roy Chowdhury explains how Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chauvinist ruling party has coopted the country’s news media.

  4. India’s Despotic Election
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    India’s Despotic Election

    May 3, 2024 Debasish Roy Chowdhury explains how Prime Minister Narendra Modi has eroded democratic safeguards and stacked the deck in his favor.

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    Trump’s $16 Trillion Trade Blind Spot

    Ricardo Hausmann identifies the fundamental flaw in the administration’s efforts to dismantle the postwar international order.
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    A World Turned Inside Out

    Stephen S. Roach

    The geostrategic shock that has accompanied Donald Trump’s return to the White House is the functional equivalent of a full-blown crisis. It is likely to have a lasting impact on the US and Chinese economies, and the contagion is almost certain to spread throughout the world through cross-border trade and capital flows.

     likens Donald Trump’s reversal of America’s global leadership role to a full-blown crisis, similar to COVID-19.
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    Jorge Heine on the BRICS, active non-alignment, the US dollar, and more

    Jorge Heine urges the Organization of American States to demonstrate leadership in Haiti, shows how small countries can implement a foreign policy based on active non-alignment, calls on China and Europe to diversify the global monetary system, and more.
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    Financial Inclusion Must Reach the Last Billion

    Wolfgang Fengler explains why economic growth alone is not enough to extend the ladder of opportunity to all.
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    Dismantling USAID Could Boost African Self-Reliance

    Hippolyte Fofack

    US President Donald Trump’s dismantling of America’s foreign-aid program may be the wake-up call African leaders need. If necessity is the mother of invention, the end of USAID could galvanize African governments to confront their countries’ challenges head-on.

     sees opportunities to promote local growth following a massive reduction in foreign aid.
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    The Internal Challenge to Afghanistan’s Ban on Girls’ Secondary Education

    Gordon Brown explains why the country’s leadership crisis represents an opportunity to end gender apartheid.
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    Central Banks Must Stem the Nature Crisis

    Julie McCarthy urges monetary authorities to use their tools to mitigate the financial risks of environmental disruption.
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    The US Needs Stablecoin Legislation Now

    Bill Dudley explains why lawmakers need to move quickly to establish US leadership in digital assets and payments.
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    Tariff Man Doubles Down

    Anne O. Krueger warns that the Trump administration’s trade restrictions will harm the very industries they aim to protect.

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