Sumit Ganguly

Kolkata

Columnist at Foreign Policy Magazine

research fellow...university of calcutta

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Bangladesh Changes Shape Under Yunus

1 week ago | foreignpolicy.com | Sumit Ganguly

In Bangladesh, a broad coalition of disaffected university students, civil society activists, and radical Islamists played a critical role in the nationwide protests that pushed longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign last August. Disparate groups united against her increasingly authoritarian regime in an unprecedented social movement.
Bangladesh Changes Shape Under Yunus

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Sumit Ganguly

NowNearly 60,000 people have crossed back into Afghanistan since the start of April. Pakistan has ramped up the forced mass deportation of Afghan refugees and migrants, with nearly 60,000 having crossed the border since the start of April, the United Nations International Organization for Migration …
Trump’s tariffs - strategy or whimsy?

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Sumit Ganguly

It was Polonius, the king’s adviser, in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, who said, “Though this be madness, there is method in it”. One can well wonder if this adage can be applied to Donald Trump’s dalliance with tariffs. After the so-called “Liberation Day, April 2, when he imposed a range of tariffs across the world, the stock market in the United States went into a swift downward spiral.
Under Trump 2.0, American soft power faces the axe

4 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Sumit Ganguly

In 1990, Joseph Nye, a noted American political scientist, coined the term “soft power” in his book, Bound To Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power. The concept, pared to the bone, meant that a country could influence the behaviour of others through the power of example and cultural attraction, and without coercion. The idea acquired considerable currency in foreign policy circles in the United States and elsewhere.
India-Canada to Patch Up? PM Mark Carney May Help Bury the 'Khalistan' Hatchet

1 month ago | thequint.com | Sumit Ganguly

With Trudeau gone, India is on the lookout for Canadian overtures to restore bilateral ties, writes Sumit Ganguly. Following a landslide victory in the recently held federal elections in Canada, Liberal Party candidate and so-called 'political novice' Mark Carney has replaced Justin Trudeau as the country's new prime minister. Since the Carney is not currently a Member of Parliament (MP), he will soon have to call national elections to secure a parliamentary seat.
India-Canada to Patch Up? PM Mark Carney May Help Bury the 'Khalistan' Hatchet

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Sumit Ganguly

1 day agoCanada's next prime minister has managed the financial crisis, Brexit and now Trump's trade warTORONTO (AP) — Canada’s next prime minister has already helped run two Group of Seven economies in crisis and now will try to steer Canada through a looming trade war brought by U.S. President Donald Trump, a threat of annexation and an expected federal election.
India-Canada to Patch Up? PM Mark Carney May Help Bury the 'Khalistan' Hatchet

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Sumit Ganguly

1 day agoJustin Trudeau takes final dig at Donald Trump in farewell speech as Canada’s prime ministerJustin Trudeau made a final dig at Donald Trump in his farewell speech as Canada’s prime minister. The 53-year-old, who will be replaced by former Bank of England boss Mark Carney, used his final speech at the Liberal Party conference on Sunday (9 March) to take aim at the US president over his controversial tariffs imposed on Canada.
For Trump, Putin is more important than Ukraine. Can Europe step in?

1 month ago | indianexpress.com | Sumit Ganguly

When President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine met with US President Donald Trump and Vice President J D Vance in the Oval Office on February 28, a curious feature was that this meeting was held under the full glare of the press, replete with cameras. The conversation between Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy started out amicably enough with Trump welcoming him to the White House. However, when a reporter from the press pool asked Vance a question, matters quickly unravelled.
A Panoramic View of India

1 month ago | hoover.org | Sumit Ganguly |Dinsha Mistree

The Hoover Institution’s Survey of India offers a panoramic overview of political, economic, and societal developments over the past year. The goal of the Huntington Program on Strengthening US-India Relations, which produced this survey, is to generate, identify, and advance policy-relevant scholarship and connections that further the critical partnership between India and the United States. Download the new report here.
In his bid to end war in Ukraine, Trump is reshaping the transatlantic alliance

2 months ago | indianexpress.com | Sumit Ganguly

Since 1949, following the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Europe’s political leadership, with striking exceptions, have assumed that the American commitment to its defence was unequivocal. Admittedly, Charles de Gaulle, the French president, did not wholly share this view and even withdrew French military personnel from its integrated military command in 1966. Nevertheless, he worked out secret arrangements to maintain ties with NATO in the event of a war.