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Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Akhilesh Pillalamarri is an international relations analyst, writer, and journalist.
Akhilesh (Akhi) Pillalamarri is an international affairs analyst, writer, and journalist focusing on geopolitics, international security, Asia, comparative law & politics, history, and technology policy. He is a public speaker who has appeared on television, podcasts, at universities, and is the author of 300 articles, many of which have been cited by governments, the courts, academics, major newspapers, and think tanks.
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July 22, 2014
Why Are South Asian States So Weak?
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Can South Asia’s states overcome the legacy of their histories?
July 19, 2014
India Fails to Meet Its 2015 Development Goals
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
India’s disturbing statistics cast a shadow on its growth story.
July 16, 2014
Language and Basic Rights in India: Beyond English
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Why India cannot become truly integrated or democratic until it uses its native languages more.
July 12, 2014
Time for Pakistan to Integrate Gilgit-Baltistan
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Escalating tensions in a remote territory threaten to drag Pakistan into yet another conflict.
July 11, 2014
Why India Must Move Beyond English
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
India’s obsession with English holds back both its economic development and the quality of its education.
July 09, 2014
India's Railway Reforms
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
How rail will boost India’s economy in the coming decades.
July 04, 2014
US Senator John McCain Visits India
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Is McCain's visit a harbinger of stronger U.S.-India Relations?
July 03, 2014
Why the New Caliphate is Irrelevant
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
And why the idea of a caliph just won't work.
July 01, 2014
Setting India's Economy Straight: Partners and Policies
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
How Narendra Modi’s economic initiatives are putting India back on the right track.
June 25, 2014
Could Nepal Return to Monarchy?
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
The rise of the BJP in India makes the restoration of Nepalese monarchy more likely
June 24, 2014
Why Monarchies Are Still Relevant and Useful in the 21st Century
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Think monarchies are bad? Think again.
June 21, 2014
Iran's Important Role in the Future of the Middle East
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
How Iran is at the center of the new Middle East, and why the United States doesn’t mind