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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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September 01, 2018
'Crazy Rich Asians': Who Is an Asian?
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Who exactly qualifies as Asian? Depends on who you ask.
August 17, 2018
Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Man Who Saw India's Entry Into the 21st Century, Dies
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Vajpayee mainstreamed the BJP in Indian politics, ushered South Asia into the nuclear age, and charted a bold course for India.
August 10, 2018
South India’s Warrior Lords: The Telugus
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
The medieval legacy of Telugu warriors and peasants lives on.
July 30, 2018
India’s Evolving Linguistic Landscape: Beyond Hindi
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Even as Hindi grows in India, other languages thrive.
July 27, 2018
India’s Evolving Linguistic Landscape
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Hindi continues to explode in India.
March 14, 2018
What My DNA Says About India’s History
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
What a dive into the past, as told through genetics, can reveal about South Asia's history.
January 13, 2018
Why Iran's Monarchy Could Unite a Divided Country
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
How the Persian monarchy once saved -- and may yet again save -- Iran.
December 29, 2017
How Can India Leverage the Trump National Security Strategy?
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
The Trump National Security Strategy document flatters India, but how can New Delhi reap the benefits from the United States?
November 14, 2017
Afghanistan’s Persian Linguistic Identity
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
What's in a name when it comes to an official language? Quite a lot for Afghanistan.
November 10, 2017
The Consequences of America’s Unrestrained Foreign Policy
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
The United States may learn some realism as a result of dealing with a new world order.
October 29, 2017
Buddhism and Islam in Asia: A Long and Complicated History
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Demography and history explain troubled attitudes toward Islam in Buddhist-majority Asian regions today.
October 03, 2017
Trolls and a Controversial King: Indian History and Modern Scholarship
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
An interview with Audrey Truschke.