“At its core, the story of Mr. Trump and Mr. Modi is about two brash, populist leaders with big egos and authoritarian tendencies, and the web of loyalties that help …
Opinion
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Guest Column: Arresting the Slide in India-United States Ties
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readIn more ways than one, it is sad to see a relationship that was nurtured by many Prime Ministers and Presidents over the last twenty-five years being allowed to go …
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Guest Column: The “T” Has Arrived… With Some Pain and Choices
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 6 minutes readThe day arrived, but not many were nursing any illusion that President Donald Trump was going to throw in any extensions. Official India seemed ready for August 27, knowing full …
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Democrats Keep Playing Defense, While Gavin Newsom Shows How to Play Offense
by Rohith (Ro) Chari, Special to South Asian Herald 3 minutes readAs the Democratic Party begins to look beyond 2024 and toward the next generation of leadership, one name should be front and center: Gavin Newsom. In a party that too …
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From Sanctions to Solutions: Use Russia’s Frozen Billions for Peace
by Gopal Khanna & Rasita Vishnuram 4 minutes read“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.” — John F. Kennedy It is heartening to see the United States and its NATO allies …
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Guest Column: Tariffs, Alliances, and Nuclear Fears
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 6 minutes readEvery time there is a new dispensation in Washington, D.C., there is always a debate in the Asia-Pacific or Indo-Pacific on the all-too-important issue of commitment: will the United States …
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Nikki Haley Warns U.S.-India Ties at “Inflection Point,” Urges Partnership to Counter China
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 4 minutes readFormer U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has cautioned that the U.S.-India relationship is at a critical “inflection point” after four decades of strengthening ties, warning that India …
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Guest Column: The Difficult Last Mile
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readIf events of Alaska and Washington DC are anything to go by, it would seem that finally there is light at the end of the tunnel as far as the …
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Between Two Democracies: The Indian American Dilemma in the Age of Disdain
by Pratik Bhatnagar, Special to South Asian Herald 9 minutes readFor someone who grew up in the United States in the late 1970s and early 80s—when the Indian diaspora was small, tight-knit, and largely invisible—the past week has felt strangely …
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Guest Column: Nukes, Mercedes, and a Dump Truck
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 6 minutes readThere are Generals and there are Generals. And there is Field Marshal Asim Munir, who appears to be getting ahead of himself by wading into an area that even a …