India’s elections will be the largest in world history
By Erin Watson-Lynn, University of Western Australia 11 April 2019 The world’s largest democratic election is set to take place in India. Voting will take place in seven phases from…
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Nepal’s Venezuelan love: Prachanda’s wrong rhetoric at the wrong time
By Dr Bharat Raj Paudel 3 February 2019 Nepal has found itself in international limelight since earlier this week after a co-chairman of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (CPN)…
First shot’s been fired, but Rabi Lamichhane ain’t bleeding
By Ram Khatry 5 January 2018 The first shot has been fired to kill Rabi Lamichhane’s unique journalism. It was long expected but as the fearsome stalwart of Nepalese media…
Explainer: why is Australia adopting the global refugee compact but not the migration compact?
By Azadeh Dastyari, Monash University 12 December 2018 Australia was one of 176 countries to vote in favour of the Global Compact on Refugees (refugee compact) in mid-November this year.…
Ahed and Malala: Why we revere some girl activists and ignore others
By Sarah Kastner, York University, Canada 5 December 2018 After Israeli forces shot her 15-year-old cousin in the head with a rubber bullet last December, Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian girl…
Will an ambitious Chinese-built rail line through the Himalayas lead to a debt trap for Nepal?
By Jagannath Adhikari, Curtin University China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has ambitions to reshape the global economy by connecting more than 60 countries across Asia, Europe and Africa through…
PM Deuba’s Delhi trip: gainful game for Nepal?
By Bikram Timilsina, Brisbane 29 August 2017 Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has returned home after a 5-day long state visit to India. The coalition partners in Kathmandu –…
Trump is wrong: his ‘new’ Afghanistan policy looks like more of the same
By Elisabeth Leake, University of Leeds Donald Trump surprised international audiences with his announcement that he plans to expand the US military intervention in Afghanistan, without setting an end date.…
Minority histories of the Indian national flag
By Sadan Jha, Centre for Social Studies 17 August 2017 This week, India celebrates 70 years of independence. The tricolour flag, perhaps the most tangible and potent symbol of freedom…
How the Partition of India happened – and why its effects are still felt today
By Sarah Ansari, Royal Holloway 10 August 2017 “Partition” – the division of British India into the two separate states of India and Pakistan on August 14-15, 1947 –…
Facebook is fighting social media identity theft in India, but it’s a global problem
By Ritesh Chugh, CQUniversity Australia 2 August 2017 Every Facebook account comes with a profile picture, but how can we prevent these often personal photos from being stolen? Facebook has some ideas.…
Why offshore processing of refugees bound for Europe is such a bad idea
By Daria Davitti, University of Nottingham 28 July 2017 On the same day that a top UN official bravely called on Australia to end the harmful practice of processing asylum…
China-India border dispute a grim sign for stability in Asia
By Nick Bisley, La Trobe University July 27, 2017 Conflict was almost baked into Asia’s post-1945 international order. Taiwan’s contested status following the communist victory in China’s civil…
Modi’s polarising populism makes a fiction of a secular, democratic India
By Irfan Ahmad, Max Planck Institute 13 July 2017 This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative between The Conversation and the Sydney Democracy Network.…
India’s caste system extends to uneven access to cooking fuel and electricity
By Vibhor Saxena, Associate Lecturer in Economics, University of St Andrews 3 July 2017 Among their many privileges, India’s wealthiest households can rely on a consistent supply of electricity and access…
Behind Modi: The growing influence of the India lobby
By Ashok Sharma, UNSW, Canberra at ADF Academy 29 June 2017 One has 32.9 million Twitter followers; the other has 31 million. When U.S. President Donald Trump met Indian Prime…
Why the latest wave of terrorism will get worse before it gets better
By Bruce Newsome, University of California, Berkeley 24 June 2017 The latest attacks in London and Manchester – like last year’s attacks in Orlando, Florida and St. Cloud, Minnesota – epitomize…
Three charts on: Australia’s declining homicide rates
By Terry Goldsworthy, Bond University 21 June 2017 Australia’s overall homicide rate continues to decline: it has reached a historic low, according to newly published data. Australia’s homicide rate is declining…
To slow climate change, India joins the renewable energy revolution
By Arun Agrawal, University of Michigan 9 June 2017 On June 3, two days after President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord, Indian…
Looking at terror attacks ‘per capita’ should make us rethink beliefs about levels of risk and Muslims
Michael Jetter, University of Western Australia and David Stadelmann, Bayreuth University Recent events in London, Manchester and elsewhere highlight that Western societies are vulnerable to terrorist attacks – and political…
