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1 week ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Ashley J Tellis |Ilangovan Rajasekaran |Vaishna Roy
If there is one barometer of the changing nature of Telugu cinema, one face that represents a slow but sure change over the last decade or so, that is Priyadarshi. Capable of the most understated, quiet performances in the most serious of films, he is also a popular commercial comedic actor in mainstream Telugu cinema with a perfect sense of comic timing and an understanding of the comic far from the mindless slapstick that passes off for comedy in most mainstream Indian cinemas.
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1 month ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Ashley J Tellis |Meena Kandasamy |Vaishna Roy
It took Aamir Bashir 12 years to make the second film in his planned trilogy about Kashmir. The first, Harud (Autumn), was released in 2010. The second, Maagh (The Winter Within), was ready in 2022. It weathered the pandemic, Pulwama, and the pusillanimous violence of state and para-state forces on his crew, only to never be released.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Ashley J Tellis |Tong Zhao
Ashley J. TellisThe recent expansion of China’s nuclear arsenal has been a striking feature of its progress toward great-power status. Even during the most intense periods of Cold War rivalry, Beijing maintained a small and remarkably vulnerable nuclear force that probably did not exceed 200 warheads.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Ashley J Tellis |Jenny D Balboa |Chhay Lin Lim
Philippine politics combines drama, comedy and tragedy. The political marriage between two powerful clans in the northern and southern Philippines resulted in the 2022 election of a former dictator’s son, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, and a former president’s daughter, Sara Duterte, as president and vice president respectively. Yet this dynasty cartel or mega-dynasty is headed towards a split.
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Apr 21, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Ashley J Tellis |Fangli Hu |Jun Wen |Gilang Kembara
Over the next six weeks, 969 million voters will be eligible to cast their ballots in the Indian election — the largest democratic exercise in history. Incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to lead his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a thumping third successive victory on the back of his personal popularity, economic record and muscular brand of Hindutva politics.
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Apr 21, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Ashley J Tellis |Jenny D Balboa |Masahiko Takeda |Alicia Garcia-Herrero
Ever since independence in 1947, India’s leaders imagined that the country would become a great power — it possessed a storied civilisation, a large landmass and population and epitomised a successful experiment in liberal democracy. But becoming a great power required that its large population become much more productive and the country at large approach the global technological frontier.
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Apr 6, 2024 | 
carnegieendowment.org | Ashley J Tellis |Alyssa Ayres |Ashok Malik
Beginning on April 19, India will hold the largest national election in recorded history and it is likely to keep Prime Minister Narendra Modi in office for a third term. The last ten years in India’s history have witnessed conspicuous transformations. What do the next five years hold for India’s trajectory?
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
fountainink.in | Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar |Ashley J Tellis
One afternoon, as I was stepping out of my
rented place in Chandil to return to my office, I felt that there was someone
lurking outside the gate. I unclasped the latch and looked around. There was a
teenage girl in school uniform who hurried away upon seeing me. I saw that she
had a steel tiffin box in her hands which she was trying to close as she walked
away.
What was she up to? I wondered.
Then I understood.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
carnegieendowment.org | Mary E. Lovely |Jason Furman |Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar |Ashley J Tellis
Recent years have changed how America is approaching the global economy. Waves of dissatisfaction with globalization, technological change, and financial imbalances have crested, transforming policy and public opinion in the United States. That dissatisfaction is also driving international calls to reform the policies and institutions governing global economic relations. In response, the Biden administration is pursuing an ambitious agenda.
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
carnegieeurope.eu | Rosa Balfour |Ashley J Tellis |Temur Umarov |Maha Yahya
In today's rapidly evolving international landscape, the world is witnessing a dynamic and intense global competition among "great powers." This competition is marked by strategic maneuvering, technological advancements, economic prowess, and military assertiveness. The United States and China find themselves locked in a contest for influence and access in strategic regions such as the Middle East, where both nations seek to secure vital energy resources and foster economic partnerships.
