Shashi Tharoor

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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 is the author of Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century.

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Remembering the Forgotten Gandhi
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Remembering the Forgotten Gandhi

Mar 11, 2020 Shashi Tharoor wonders how many who claim to be inspired by the Mahatma have mastered the lessons of his life and thought.

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Pariah India
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Pariah India

Feb 17, 2020 Shashi Tharoor laments that the government's intolerant chauvinism is leaving the country increasingly isolated.

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What Happened to India?
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What Happened to India?

Jan 7, 2020 Shashi Tharoor attributes the country's current predicament to three decades of trends that have transformed its politics.

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Narendra Modi’s Second Partition of India
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Narendra Modi’s Second Partition of India

Dec 17, 2019 Shashi Tharoor sees in the government's official Islamophobia a betrayal of the country's founding principles.

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New Hope for Indian Unity
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New Hope for Indian Unity

Nov 11, 2019 Shashi Tharoor lauds a Supreme Court decision that settles one of the country's most protracted inter-religious conflicts.

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Unpacking Brexit

Unpacking Brexit

Oct 21, 2016 Shashi Tharoor discusses the Brexit decision.

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The Trump Presidency Turns Deadly

Elizabeth Drew

Harry Truman famously had a sign on his White House desk that read, “The buck stops here”: ultimate responsibility for the country’s welfare rests with the president. Now contrast that with how the current occupant of the Oval Office has handled the COVID-19 pandemic.

China and America Are Failing the Pandemic Test

Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

All national leaders must put their country’s interests first, but the important question is how broadly or narrowly they define those interests. Both China and the US are responding to COVID-19 with an inclination toward short-term, zero-sum approaches, and too little attention to international institutions and cooperation.