Modi’s Escalation Trap
A counterterrorism policy designed to burnish a strongman’s image risks setting off new rounds of conflict.

A counterterrorism policy designed to burnish a strongman’s image risks setting off new rounds of conflict.
India and Pakistan are fueling each other’s extremism without an off-ramp in sight.
Indian voters handed him a victory that feels more like defeat.
Modi rose from a level playing field that no longer exists.
A once-feisty supreme court has gone supine under Narendra Modi.
Under Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government, a Muslim movie star’s success has taken on a larger significance.
The surprising source of the fake videos clogging up social-media feeds
Never before have attacks on Muslims been so geographically dispersed, continuous, or chillingly unpredictable.