How the White Nationalists Who Love Trump Found Inspiration in the Group That Gave Us Narendra Modi

How the White Nationalists Who Love Trump Found Inspiration in the Group That Gave Us Narendra Modi

Question: What is the connection between controversial Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi — who is visiting Houston this Sunday for the “Howdy, Modi” summit, as well as a meeting with President Donald Trump — and a spate of white nationalist terrorist attacks across the West? Answer: Anders Breivik. You remember Breivik, right? The homicidal Islamophobe who massacred…

Trump’s Trade Wars: A New World Order?

Trump’s Trade Wars: A New World Order?

President Trump’s declared economic protectionism has taken the United States’ international relations with several foes and allies to some uncharted territories. His open-ended trade wars toward several nations have triggered criticism among conservatives and liberals alike in the United States. He has justified his actions by arguing for a downturn of America’s trade deficit. However,…

Humanitarian Crisis in Kashmir: India’s “Economic Opening” Has “Closed Off Kashmir”

Humanitarian Crisis in Kashmir: India’s “Economic Opening” Has “Closed Off Kashmir”

The following is the speech that Andrew Korybko gave at the “Humanitarian Crisis In Kashmir: Paths To A Resolution” conference that was held in Moscow on 23 September. We’re here today to draw attention to what’s been happening in Indian-Occupied Kashmir for the past month and a half, and from the little that we know,…

India’s Prime Minister Modi’s Texas Trip Will Make a Mockery Out of American Democracy

India’s Prime Minister Modi’s Texas Trip Will Make a Mockery Out of American Democracy

Trump’s participation in the “Howdy Modi” rally that will be held in Houston on 22 September during the Indian leader’s nearly week-long trip to the US and represent the largest political gathering ever for a foreign head of state will make a mockery out of democracy by exposing the fact that so-called “American values” are…

Crimea and Kashmir Viewed Through a Western Prism of Hypocrisy

Crimea and Kashmir Viewed Through a Western Prism of Hypocrisy

In early August India deployed 38,000 troops in Indian-administered Kashmir to join the half-million already there. (There are two Kashmirs, administered respectively by India and Pakistan, following post-colonial dissent concerning accession of the territory.) There was then a massive clamp-down after a decree of 5 August annulled Article 370 of India’s Constitution which guaranteed the…

Eurasia’s Great Game: India, Japan and Europe Play to Putin’s Needs

Eurasia’s Great Game: India, Japan and Europe Play to Putin’s Needs

Eurasia’s Great Game is anything but simple and straightforward. A burgeoning alliance between China and Russia that at least for now is relegating potential differences between the two powers to the sidelines has sparked a complex geopolitical dance of its own. With India, Japan and Europe seeking to drive a wedge between the two Asian…