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India’s New Leader Risks Violent Disruption for China-style Growth

India’s New Leader Risks Violent Disruption for China-style Growth

May 19, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Indians made a potentially fateful choice when they voted Narendra Modi and the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party into power in stretched-out elections this spring. With the BJP’s victory official as of late last week, India is now a nation…

India’s Multibillion-Dollar Message to America

India’s Multibillion-Dollar Message to America

June 1, 2011 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

India’s recent rejection of bids from two American jet manufacturers for the biggest defense contract in Indian history made minor news in the U.S. The rest of the world paid closer attention because that decision shot down a dozen years…

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