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Jaswant Singh

Jaswant Singh

Jaswant Singh, a former Indian finance minister, former foreign minister, and former defense minister, is the author of Jinnah: India - Partition - Independence.

 Recent Articles

  • story 1
    Sunday Jun 16

    Narendra Modi’s divisive image pushes BJP into a corner

    The Gujarat strongman lacks Vajpayee’s moderate persona and conciliatory style needed to keep allies happy in an era of coalition politics

  • story 2
    Friday Jun 14

    The old fox of BJP

    It is dangerous to make predictions in politics and only time will tell how long Advani, the 85-year-old leader of India’s principal opposition party, will lie low

  • Wednesday May 22

    The invisible border war

    The recent Chinese incursion in Indian territory is a reminder that Beijing has no intention of allowing unresolved border issues to be swept under the rug

  • story 4
    Wednesday Apr 17

    China: President Xi Jinping’s efforts to cement ties with Russia

    Is Asian giant undertaking its own diplomatic pivot under new leader?

  • Sunday Apr 7

    BJP will gain even if Modi fails at the hustings

    Party hopes aspirational middle class India will support Gujarat strongman as PM, but a defeat will discredit the party’s ultra-nationalist fringe

  • story 6
    Thursday Mar 21

    The pragmatics of a Brics collaboration

    The bloc’s ambitions may yet be fulfilled, but shared potential does not translate into collaborative action

  • story 7
    Friday Mar 1

    The road to Asian unity is paved with geopolitical risks

    Infrastructure development will only deliver the economic benefits it is supposed to if Asia’s leaders keep their eyes on prosperity rather than power

  • story 8
    Tuesday Jan 29

    BJP’s ‘galaxy’: More of a liability than asset

    Even if there are leaders in India’s principal opposition party, who consider themselves capable of being the chief, the special predilections of the RSS keep a lid on their aspirations

  • story 9
    Monday Jan 14

    Desperate need for a fresh mandate

    An internally roiled India cannot respond adequately to its many external tests, the severity of which was underscored recently by Pakistani troops’ killing of two Indian soldiers along the Line of Control in Kashmir

  • story 10
    Tuesday Dec 25

    The Asian drift

    Popular support for the creation of a pan-Asian security structure can be found not only in poll results in Japan and South Korea, but also in the ecstatic crowds that greeted Obama in Myanmar

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