Smart Reads February 6, 2014
By Toby Luckhurst The USA can no longer rely on Egypt as a bulwark of stability in the Middle East, as jihadists return to the country to fight the military authorities. Oligarchs in eastern Ukraine...
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Gideon Rachman argues that India needs a jolt and Narendra Modi is the man to provide it. When the political class tries its hand at populism it radiates inauthenticity, says Janan Ganesh. The FT...
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Narendra Modi: India’s Jekyll and Hyde
If you want the best case for Narendra Modi, you can do no better than read my colleague Gideon Rachman’s latest column – India needs a jolt. After a decade of prevarication under Prime Minister...
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Gideon Rachman thinks Narendra Modi is the jolt that India needs, but in his risposte Edward Luce argues that the risk is not worth taking. China is poised to pass the US as the world’s leading...
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If Narendra Modi becomes India’s next prime minister he may not be a tyrant (as his critics claim) but nor might he be an economic colossus (as his supporters believe), says the FT’s Victor Mallet. In...
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The economic challenges awaiting Modi
If Narendra Modi has as much impact on the real economy as his march to the premiership has had on market sentiment, then things are about to get considerably better for many Indians. Of course, it is...
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Putin and his many pals
Vladimir Putin with Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban In the West, Vladimir Putin is often viewed as something of an international pariah. Shift your perspective, however, and it is quite striking...
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