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Iran Triggers Hormuz Chokepoint Crisis and Risk of Global Stagflation

Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz, causing a rise in fuel and fertilizer prices. In turn, these will cause shortages and prices of food to rise. Asian economies that... Read full article

Atul Singh and Manu Sharma - March 26, 2026

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The Indian Subcontinent’s Hindu-Muslim Divide

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Understanding the 1975 Autocratic “Emergency” in India

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The Dialectic: Narendra Modi’s Vegetarian Stalinism Has Ruined the Indian Economy

In this episode of The Dialectic, Atul Singh and Glenn Carle explain how India’s current leader has rolled back the 1991 economic reforms, restoring the extreme centralization of the socialist 1970s. Competitive populism and crony capitalism have led to a dumbbell economy where the babu...

by Glenn Carle & Atul Singh

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