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Sadanand Dhume

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AEI senior fellow. WSJ columnist.

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
This is very good, by @dhume.bsky.social @cfr.org The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is often compared with the 2011 Arab Spring But a “more instructive comparison is India’s own protest wave of the mid-1970s” www.cfr.org/articles/ind...
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India’s Cockroach Party Protests Have a Powerful Precedent—and It Isn’t the Arab Spring | Council on Foreign Relations
Global media have likened India’s Cockroach Janta Party movement to the Arab Spring and to the uprisings that toppled governments in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. A more instructive comparison is I...
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Sadanand Dhume @dhume.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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India’s Cockroach Party Protests Have a Powerful Precedent—and It Isn’t the Arab Spring | Council on Foreign Relations
Global media have likened India’s Cockroach Janta Party movement to the Arab Spring and to the uprisings that toppled governments in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. A more instructive comparison is I...
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Sadanand Dhume @dhume.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Even though the hype around it may be excessive, there’s no doubt that the landmark EU-India trade deal is good for both parties. [My take] v @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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Opinion | The EU-India Trade Deal Is Boring, and That’s a Good Thing
It helps both parties contend with Chinese competition and American unpredictability.
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Sadanand Dhume @dhume.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
www.wsj.com/opinion/fore... #Trump #DEI #India #Malaysia #SouthAfrica
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Opinion | Foreign Lessons in the Perils of DEI and Affirmative Action
The Trump administration saves the U.S. from going the way of India, South Africa and Malaysia.
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Sadanand Dhume @dhume.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
My take on Manmohan Singh’s record as an economic reformer: great as finance minister, lousy as prime minister. www.wsj.com/opinion/manm...
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Opinion | Manmohan Singh’s Mixed Economic Legacy
He pushed economic reforms as India’s finance minister, then abandoned them when he led the government.
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Sadanand Dhume @dhume.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The resurgence of chess in India underscores how the country has benefited enormously from opening its economy in 1991 to global flows of capital, technology and information. [My take] www.wsj.com/opinion/indi...
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Opinion | Dommaraju Gukesh and India’s Chess Comeback
He beat China’s Ding Liren to become world champion, reflecting New Delhi’s rise.
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Sadanand Dhume @dhume.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I enjoyed this long conversation about India, Hindu nationalism, Indian problems with Canada, U.S.-India tensions over Bangladesh and other things with my friend and colleague Jonah Goldberg. [Audio, 81m] podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Back From India
Podcast Episode · The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg · 12/05/2024 · 1h 21m
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Sadanand Dhume @dhume.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Trade, immigration, Russia, Bangladesh, Khalistan, technology, the Quad and much more in this conversation about U.S.-India relations. (It was recorded before the recent BJP allegations against the “deep state.”) [Audio, 82m] thediplomat.com/2024/12/trum...
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Trump Sarkar 2.0: The Future of the India-US Global Partnership
Sadanand Dhume and Elizabeth Roche break down how Trump’s reelection might impact India-U.S. relations.
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Sadanand Dhume @dhume.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
We covered Modi’s weakened comeback for a third term and the Pakistan army’s blatant rigging against Imran Khan in around the first 20 minutes of this world roundup on NPR’s 1A. the1a.org/segments/was...
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Was 2024 a good year for democracy around the world?
India, the U.S., the U.K., Indonesia, France, and more went to the polls this year.
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Sadanand Dhume @dhume.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
The Adani Group’s role in implementing key parts of Narendra Modi’s domestic and international agenda gives the U.S. case against Gautam Adani geopolitical significance far greater than most cases of alleged corporate malfeasance. [My take] #India www.wsj.com/opinion/gaut...
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Opinion | Gautam Adani’s Bribery Charges Affect U.S.-India Relations
The incoming Trump administration could work toward a settlement.
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Sadanand Dhume @dhume.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
The death toll in Pakistan’s most recent spasm of anti-Shia violence has crossed 130. Unfortunately, this column I wrote in 2011 about Pakistan’s persecution of its Shia minority remains relevant after all these years.
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Sadanand Dhume @dhume.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Sunday afternoon siblings.
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Sadanand Dhume @dhume.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Some countries have greeted Donald Trump’s election with despair. In India, the dominant feeling is hope. [My take] www.wsj.com/opinion/indi...
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Opinion | India Welcomes Donald Trump’s Second Term
Many view the president-elect’s return to the White House as an opportunity to boost ties between Washington and New Delhi.
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Sadanand Dhume @dhume.bsky.social · 01/10/2023
Many Indians don’t like Justin Trudeau because they’re familiar with his type—a politician who panders to identity politics for votes, and appears willing to place his own political survival over his country’s interests. [My take] www.wsj.com/articles/why...
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