Articles by Atul Mishra
Beyond the euphoria, G20 lessons for India
Delhi used the presidency to give a renewed push to making the multilateral component of the international order inclusive and representative
Published on Sep 19, 2023 12:44 AM IST
What a warlord’s death illustrates about Russia
Prigozhin's death raises questions about Vladimir Putin's future in office and the war in Ukraine. A warlord is dead and the wars continue.
Published on Aug 30, 2023 10:46 PM IST
What Kyiv must do to win over Global South
Ukraine must meet the Global South not as a western outpost but as a grievously wronged sovereign member of the international community
Published on Aug 15, 2023 09:12 PM IST
Revolt loosens Putin’s Russian stranglehold
Putin made mistakes that every strongman makes. A deal may have ended the Wagner revolt for now. But the threat to his regime isn’t over yet
Published on Jun 26, 2023 09:54 PM IST
The concept of the Global South is slowly fraying
The idea of the Global South excites a lot of people. And this is a good reason to understand why the Global South has frayed after showing great promise.
Updated on May 17, 2023 11:00 PM IST
Taking stock of India’s policy on Ukraine war
A healthy scepticism of the pride-producing rhetoric directed against the West is also required
Updated on Apr 10, 2023 07:28 PM IST
The churn in Europe is the big story of the Ukraine war
Western regathering has meant that Putin’s war has carried over into a second year. It will intensify in the coming months, and cause further upscaling of western military assistance to Ukraine. The continent will feel a security pinch as a result
Published on Feb 28, 2023 07:52 PM IST
India must navigate a world in churn at G20
New Delhi’s refocus on the Global South is consistent with its foreign policy tradition, and it will use the G20 as an entrepreneur of ideas that it hopes will find global circulation and shape the emerging international order.
Updated on Dec 28, 2022 01:59 PM IST
Reclaiming our past and our present from the West
One cannot ignore that the legacy of colonialism shapes us in debilitating ways. An example is what colonialism has done to knowledge, that is, to questions like what we know and how we know it
Updated on Sep 20, 2022 08:46 PM IST
Lessons for India from Pelosi’s Taiwan visit
Assertion towards China would amount not to aligning with the West, but acting according to a principle of wider relevance, namely the bully must be stood up to
Updated on Aug 08, 2022 11:09 PM IST
Atul Mishra
Domestic issues: India must handle on its own
External intervention in our issues will prevent us from confronting our deep-set but surmountable challenges. To not do the hard work and look to the international community for help is an abdication of our responsibility to society and nationhood
Updated on Jun 08, 2022 07:31 PM IST
Atul Mishra
Ukraine: The state of play after invasion
Putin may be relishing the gains of this perverse psychotherapy, but what stares him in the face is this: A concerted western attempt at his international isolation, degradation of Russia’s economy, and a steep decline in Russian power
Updated on Feb 28, 2022 09:00 AM IST
Atul Mishra
Ukraine: The West’s power has its limits
The liberal vision of international order is still the best game in town. But it is no longer the only one. As multiple visions compete for acceptance and sway, hard power is increasingly becoming the factor that determines the balance
Updated on Jan 31, 2022 07:58 PM IST
Atul Mishra
75 years later, the quest to understand Partition
To think out of the box on the India–Pakistan dynamic, we must first understand how we boxed ourselves in
Updated on Dec 04, 2021 10:20 PM IST
Atul Mishra
In South Asia, the politics of religious extremism
If the weaponisation of religion continues apace, the subcontinent may plunge into prolonged social strife
Updated on Nov 03, 2021 02:11 PM IST
Atul Mishra
AUKUS won’t derail either Quad or Western unity
The trajectory of the Indo-Pacific will be determined by the response of the democracies to Chinese behaviour. We are witnessing a rapid and profound restructuring of the global order
Updated on Sep 28, 2021 07:36 PM IST
Atul Mishra
Don’t write off the West. Kabul may signal its revival
With its evacuation operations centred on Kabul, the US has positioned itself as the leader of the West. There are signs of a reviving West under a Biden-led US. A bloc of states that can mount such a response is a formidable force. Beijing must be watching. And the Kabul setback notwithstanding, New Delhi has a reason to feel pleased
Updated on Aug 26, 2021 03:48 PM IST
Atul Mishra
Liberal democracies must stand up
Develop norms on surveillance, nudge partners, take on dictatorships, and hold Israel and NSO accountable
Updated on Jul 27, 2021 06:24 PM IST
Atul Mishra
India’s PACK challenge requires a political response
Pakistan is speaking a new language of geoeconomics and a trade-fronted regional policy. This merits cautious interest from New Delhi, indications of which are evident
Updated on Jun 10, 2021 04:22 PM IST
Atul Mishra
India’s real foreign policy crisis is domestic
The deepening reputational damage is also depleting national resources needed for effective external relations, but the real issue here is a question for India’s polarised citizenry — will it buy into the siege mentality or will it reflect and ask tough questions of the executive
Updated on May 11, 2021 05:35 PM IST
Atul Mishra
