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Industrial policy is back in vogue. After decades of eschewing the use of market-shaping policy tools like tariffs and subsidies, many Western governments have embraced them, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed vulnerabilities in global supply chains, and by broader fears about Chinese technological...

The two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Russia coincides with the NATO summit gathering in Washington beginning 9 July. This gives an opportunity to both Russian President Vladimir Putin and India’s Prime Minister Modi to further their mutual geopolitical interests. Putin is desperate...

France along with several other European countries heaved a huge sigh of relief when a Left-wing alliance of the New Popular Front (NFP) won the most seats in the French parliament after tactical voting in the second round election 7 July. The people rejected outright...

With the victory of reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian in a runoff presidential election, one can hope for some relief to the people of Iran who are reeling under a radical Islamist regime amid strained ties with the West and heightened tensions with the country’s sworn-enemy...

The victory of the Labour Party in the parliamentary elections of the UK could not have come at a better time when Europe is on the cusp of change from liberal democracy to Far Right NeoNazi and Neo-Fascist politics of intolerance and xenophobia directed against...

American President Joe Biden, who is 81, says he will not drop out of the election in November and intends to be President again. The problem is that he is now being urged by people in his own party to quit, on the understanding that...

Putting speculations to rest, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath appointed Manoj Kumar Singh as the new Chief Secretary of the state. He took over from Durga Shanker Mishra, who was not granted a fourth extension beyond June 30. For a while, there was widespread...

French President Emmanuel Macron’s gamble of a snap parliamentary poll has miserably failed to pay off in the first round of voting. Instead of helping him consolidate his position, it has created a situation in which the Far Right – National Rally party (RN) led...

There could be a debate on whether it was politically correct for the newly-elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Om Birla, to move a resolution on the first day of the new session to condemn an event that had happened half a century ago –...

J ulian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks has, after a 14-year-long tortuous legal journey, walked free. The trade-off between him and the US administration for his release, however, does not bring good news for freedom of speech and expression. As part of the deal the 52-year-old...