Sadanand Dhume

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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India, China, and the Olympics

Sadanand Dhume | August 9, 2012, 2:59 pm

As the London Olympics draw to a close, punditry on what the medals table says about the world is flowing thick and fast. At the Financial Times, Matthew Engel argues, with a touch of hyperbole, that if China tops the … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, India

India’s Muslim question

Sadanand Dhume | July 26, 2012, 1:25 pm

India needs to find ways to help Muslims as fellow citizens rather than as representatives of a faith. read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, AfPak

Stand up for Pakistan’s liberals

Sadanand Dhume | July 12, 2012, 3:47 pm

On the face of it, things could scarcely be worse for Pakistan’s liberals—the minority committed to electoral democracy, cooperation with the West, and peace with India, and implacably opposed to Islamists seeking the imposition of Shariah law. According to a … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Asia

Sri Lanka’s moment of truth

Sadanand Dhume | May 16, 2012, 3:21 pm

In Thursday’s Wall Street Journal Asia, I write about the paradox of Sri Lanka’s position in the world. Three years after its military destroyed the thuggish Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the economy is booming and tourist arrivals are at … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Terrorism

4 reasons to welcome the $10 million U.S. bounty on Hafiz Muhammad Saeed

Sadanand Dhume | April 6, 2012, 11:34 am

In today’s Wall Street Journal, I write about the US decision to place Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the founder and emir of the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, on a list of wanted terrorists. The $10 million offered for information leading to … read more >

Hindsight Isn’t 20/20
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The Uses of Scandal
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Lean In… to Government?
Sheryl Sandberg's runaway best-selling book Lean In has managed to offend both the Left and the Right. Sandberg touts female hard-headedness, yet also calls for an elaborate government- and employer-supplied support system for women. […]
Are American Voters Racist?
Racial prejudice plays a very small role in American politics, but a highly disciplined sense of self-interest on the part of one group may play a very large role in the way the federal government functions. […]