India’s constitution always gave the executive a great deal of power, but the diversity of the country’s electorate has ensured that this power has been diluted.
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If a new non-alignment is to be achieved in Africa, the foreign military bases of the US, France, and China - and the Russian military presence - must be dismantled.
Overnight, Chinese people found themselves classed as “aliens” in India, which for some was the only country they’d ever known. But worse, many were detained for up to five years.
Not all nations have joined in a united front against Russia’s invasion. The conflict and talk of a new Cold War could reignite the nonaligned movement.
A new book places the responsibility of African growth on its leaders, people, and civil society, while also recognising the role partners like India can play in achieving its goals.
Nehru was a fervent believer in what became known as ‘non-alignment’ — perhaps his greatest contribution to the 20th century world.
Ghanians fear that the country’s security services still bear the hallmarks of bad old practices.
Despite growing numbers of non-religious Americans, self-declared atheists are few and far between in the halls of power – putting the US at odds with other global democracies.
The partition of India led to more than a million deaths. A scholar argues how British royal, Lord Louis Mountbatten, who hurriedly drew the new borders in secret, was largely responsible.
At midnight on August 15, 1947, India achieved freedom from more than two centuries of colonial rule. Hours earlier, Pakistan was declared a new nation. Was partition inevitable?
Europe is at a crossroads in how it integrates religious minorities. But there are lessons to be learned beyond liberal secularism.
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Associate Professor of History, University of Dayton
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Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of International Relations, Boston University
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Professor of Political Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University
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Professor of Public Policy, University of Michigan
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Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies, Pitzer College
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Professor and Senior research fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Senior Lecturer in English and Literary Historian, The Open University
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Associate, Harvard University Asia Center, Harvard Kennedy School
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British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London