Foreign Policy

Illiberal, democratic, and rising: here’s a look at how India is reshaping the world order. FP’s latest print issue is now available online: Here’s a look at what’s inside: The success of Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party reveals a clearer picture of what India is becoming, FP’s Ravi Agrawal writes. https://lnkd.in/eFDNdd8A FP’s Rishi Iyengar profiles S. Jaishankar, India’s external affairs minister, explaining how the diplomat-turned-politician became the chief executor of India’s assertive foreign policy. https://lnkd.in/ex3gK9fx Will India be the next China? As China’s economy spirals downward and optimism about India’s growth reverberates around the world, that question can no longer be dismissed as the fevered fantasy of nationalists, Josh Felman and Arvind Subramanian explain. https://lnkd.in/eRvPSjk8 India’s Generation Z faces the hopes as well as the harsh realities of India as it stands today—and they will determine which way it goes from here, Snigdha Poonam writes. https://lnkd.in/euPX6Pxb “I was born and grew up in India, and I’m trying to remember when I became Indian.” Novelist Amitava Kumar considers how his sense of national identity has changed. https://lnkd.in/eZiHMutD Here are five charts that may help contextualize the scale of India’s challenges—and how it compares with its peers on key indicators. https://lnkd.in/eaSqGtRY Finally, a selection of four must-read books for understanding modern India under Modi: https://lnkd.in/eFyyWFjd

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Some politicians have called student protesters a threat. Instead, they are providing us all with an education in democracy, columnist Howard W. French writes.

European governments are increasingly worried that fentanyl and similar synthetic opioids may grip the continent and plunge it into a U.S.-style crisis, Giovanni Legorano writes.

Japan’s central bank made global headlines with a bet that the deflation-ridden economy had finally turned a corner. The question now is whether the economy will do its part, William Sposato writes.

South American geopolitics is in the midst of a flip-flop: Argentina wants to become a NATO partner, while Colombia seeks to join BRICS+.

Israeli farms are in dire need of agricultural workers, but abuse and illegal labor practices are widespread.

Any action by the U.S. government to restrict China’s access to U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) will likely send China’s LNG buyers to seek supplies from competing sources—with Russia the most likely candidate, Gabriel B. Collins and Steven R. Miles write.

Given that U.S.-New Zealand relations have long been strained, the meeting between New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was the latest example of Beijing’s behavior in the region driving countries into Washington’s welcoming arms, Derek Grossman writes.

World Brief: Hundreds of pro-Palestinian student protesters are arrested across U.S. campuses, East Africa suffers extensive flooding, and Russia vetoes a U.N. resolution on nuclear weapons in space.