Ashok Swain
Contributor at Gulf News
Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University @UU_Peace My primary Twitter handle is @ashoswai-was hacked for 5 months, still withheld in India
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1 week ago |
nationalheraldindia.com | Ashok Swain
Trump’s reckless new trade policy will cause mayhem at home, and only strengthen the adversary he targetsOn 2 April, President Donald Trump shocked global markets and alarmed international partners by imposing sweeping tariffs on nearly all imports into the United States — a severe escalation of protectionism unseen in nearly a century.
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2 weeks ago |
scroll.in | Ashok Swain
In recent years, the rise of right-wing governments across the globe has been accompanied by a concerted attack on education and academia. The ascendance of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States for the second time marked a pivotal moment in this trend, His administration has aggressively targeted higher education institutions, slashed funding for scientific research and even moved to dismantle the Department of Education.
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2 weeks ago |
nationalheraldindia.com | Ashok Swain
Peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine are not a real-estate deal or a televised handshakeWhen Donald Trump returned to the White House for a second term, he came back with a mission: to end the Russia–Ukraine war quickly and claim credit as the world’s greatest dealmaker. Armed with bravado and a deeply rooted belief in transactional politics, Trump believed he could strong-arm adversaries into peace, just as he had once promised to do with North Korea, Iran and West Asia.
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3 weeks ago |
nationalheraldindia.com | Ashok Swain
The idea of a homogenised linguistic identity is fundamentally incompatible with India’s richly diverse heritageIndia’s enduring language conflict has re-emerged as a pressing threat to national unity and economic equity. The renewed push to impose Hindi as a dominant language by the BJP-led government in Delhi has sparked fierce resistance, particularly from Tamil Nadu.
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1 month ago |
nationalheraldindia.com | Ashok Swain
Forty-three countries have been put on three colour-coded lists, but the common denominator is ChinaWhen Donald Trump became president in 2017, one of his first and most controversial moves was the travel ban, often called the ‘Muslim ban'. It targeted several Muslim-majority countries, including Yemen, Syria, Iran, Libya and Somalia, preventing their citizens from entering the United States under the pretext of national security.
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Universities in the U.S. are facing unprecedented political pressure—from defunded research to revoked visas. What’s at stake isn’t just academic freedom—it’s the soul of democratic society. #MyPiece in National Herald, 20 April 2025. https://t.co/T42nFFSchj
Trump White House spokesperson, everyday waging verbal war against China wearing made-in-China dresses! https://t.co/9MoycWZxKP
Trump's Tariff War hastens the decline of the US power and paves the way for China's dominance in the global economic order. #MyPiece National Herald, 13 April 2025. https://t.co/WQE6goFzyH