Sadanand Dhume writes a biweekly column on India and South Asia for WSJ.com. He focuses on the region’s politics, economics and foreign policy.Mr. Dhume is also a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. Previously he worked as the New Delhi bureau chief of the Far ...
If pathological optimists still think the U.N. Human Rights Council cares about human rights, they might want to note events last week. A motion was made in Geneva to debate China’s abuses against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang province, and the council voted 19-17 not even to discuss it.Siding with ...
Nadhim, Rishi, Sajid, Kemi, Penny, Suella, Liz. An Iraqi-born Kurdish refugee, the son of Indian-born east Africans who emigrated to seek a better future for their family; the child of a Pakistani-born bus driver; an immigrant who escaped political turmoil in Nigeria as a teenager and worked her way ...
Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), informs journalists about the current situation in Iran at the agency's headquarters in Vienna on June 09. Photo: joe klamar/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The Biden Administration finally got around this week to supporting an international censure of Iran for ...
Could India’s fraught domestic politics hinder the country’s transformation into a leading global power? The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s increasingly shrill brand of Hindu nationalism has inflamed religious animosity within the country. It’s now complicating relationships outside Indian borders as well.The problem’s latest incarnation: disparaging comments BJP officeholders recently ...