Pankaj Mishra
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It's Dumb To Make 'Decolonization' A Dirty Word
Demonizing the term only makes it harder for the West to appreciate a historical phenomenon crucial to how much of the world sees itself.
- Thursday December 21, 2023
- Author: Pankaj Mishra
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Opinion: Modi Likely To Undertake Even Riskier Gambles Than Notes Ban
Abruptly withdrawing more than 80 percent of the cash in circulation in India, Modi appears today a very different kind of revolutionary: the type that emerged in many non-Western countries in the previous century.
- Friday December 8, 2023
- Author: Pankaj Mishra, Bloomberg View
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Hoping For Peace In Gaza? Don't Look To Europe
Rancorous internal divisions are once again rendering Europe look feeble and irrelevant internationally.
- Thursday December 7, 2023
- Author: Pankaj Mishra
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Hoping For Peace In Gaza? Don't Look To Europe
Rancorous internal divisions are once again rendering Europe look feeble and irrelevant internationally.
- Thursday December 7, 2023
- Author: Pankaj Mishra
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BRICS Shows It’s Little More Than a Meaningless Acronym
The current rebalancing of the West’s geopolitical and economic power has been overdue, but a generation of Western commentators are prone to over-interpret this basic historical dynamic.
- Sunday August 27, 2023
- Author: Pankaj Mishra
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BRICS Shows It’s Little More Than a Meaningless Acronym
The current rebalancing of the West’s geopolitical and economic power has been overdue, but a generation of Western commentators are prone to over-interpret this basic historical dynamic.
- Sunday August 27, 2023
- Author: Pankaj Mishra
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Spain Shows Europe’s Right Where It’s Gone Wrong
By indulging radicals, center-right parties may achieve little except a lowering of civilized norms and their own debasement.
- Wednesday July 26, 2023
- Author: Pankaj Mishra
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Spain Shows Europe’s Right Where It’s Gone Wrong
By indulging radicals, center-right parties may achieve little except a lowering of civilized norms and their own debasement.
- Wednesday July 26, 2023
- Author: Pankaj Mishra
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Europe’s Far Right Isn’t So Fringe Anymore
Across the continent, far-right parties are rising in popularity and threatening to gain a share of power in countries such as Spain.
- Wednesday July 19, 2023
- Author: Pankaj Mishra
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Europe’s Far Right Isn’t So Fringe Anymore
Across the continent, far-right parties are rising in popularity and threatening to gain a share of power in countries such as Spain.
- Wednesday July 19, 2023
- Author: Pankaj Mishra
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The West Is Getting in Too Deep in Ukraine
The drive to defeat Vladimir Putin is taking on a dangerous and heedless momentum all its own, just like Iraq.
- Monday January 30, 2023
- Author: Pankaj Mishra
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The Rise Of The Left Was The Real Story Of 2022
From Brazil to Germany to New Zealand, social democrats and even outright socialists are addressing voters’ widespread longing for reassurance.
- Thursday December 29, 2022
- Author: Pankaj Mishra
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The Rise Of The Left Was The Real Story Of 2022
From Brazil to Germany to New Zealand, social democrats and even outright socialists are addressing voters’ widespread longing for reassurance.
- Thursday December 29, 2022
- Author: Pankaj Mishra
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What’s Not on Sunak’s To-Do List? Ending Racism
The new British prime minister’s remarkable personal story doesn’t herald general social progress any more than Barack Obama’s election did in the US.
- Wednesday October 26, 2022
- Author: Pankaj Mishra
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Stumbling Sunak Shouldn't Pander To The Tory Base
By catering to the lowest common denominator of British politics, he is making it more arduous for people like him to thrive.
- Monday August 8, 2022
- Author: Pankaj Mishra