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Ishaan Tharoor

Washington, D.C.

Foreign Affairs Columnist at The Washington Post

Global affairs columnist @WashingtonPost, anchor of The Post's WorldView column and newsletter on int'l politics. Dad. New Yorker. Victoria concordia crescit.

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  • 2 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Ishaan Tharoor

    You’re reading an excerpt from the WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Perhaps no U.S. allies have been more shaken by President Donald Trump’s second term than those in Europe.

  • 5 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Ishaan Tharoor

    Trump’s deportation plan has echoes of Britain’s costly Rwanda failure (washingtonpost.com) Trump’s deportation plan has echoes of Britain’s costly Rwanda failure By Ishaan Tharoor 2025050904003200 You're reading an excerpt from the WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest , including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

  • 1 week ago | independent.ie | Ishaan Tharoor

    All eyes are on the Vatican as the conclave of cardinals tasked with selecting the next pope begins Wednesday. The meeting represents one of the oldest, enduring traditions of political ascension in the world. The so-called “princes of the church” will process into the Sistine Chapel, intoning the “Litany of the Saints” ahead of the eventual casting of ballots in an urn. Voting is surrounded by secretive deliberations.

  • 1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Ishaan Tharoor

    The wait for an Asian or African pope may soon be over (washingtonpost.com) The wait for an Asian or African pope may soon be over By Ishaan Tharoor 2025050704000300 You're reading an excerpt from the WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest , including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

  • 1 week ago | flipboard.com | Ishaan Tharoor

    5 hours agoCBS News’ Host Goes Viral For Using Vulgar Slang Term To Describe Papal ConclaveTony Dukoupil's on-air colleagues couldn't help but laugh at his surprising comment. A CBS News journalist managed to break the internet on Wednesday with a quip about the papal conclave going on in the Vatican to pick a new pope. That’s because Tony Dokoupil’s remark used a vulgar slang term …7 hours agoDid Macron attempt to interfere with papal conclave?

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Ishaan Tharoor
Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor
10 May 25

To Indians, the Trump victory lap regarding this ceasefire is confusing. It has been India’s stated policy and in its interests to avoid “internationalizing” disputes with Pakistan, something successive U.S. administrations have always understood. Trump’s insertion of himself

Ishaan Tharoor
Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor
10 May 25

RT @OmarAbdullah: I’m not sure how the “International Community” thinks the current tension in the subcontinent will be de-escalated when t…

Ishaan Tharoor
Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor
9 May 25

India’s air force appears to have lost at least two fighter jets during attacks Wednesday morning on sites in Pakistan and Pakistani-administered Kashmir, according to a review of visual evidence by The Washington Post. https://t.co/YQ1ZBHY0xi