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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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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.
September 30, 2017
When Burma Was Still Part of British India
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
When Burma became Burma and India became India.
September 21, 2017
Could North Korea’s Example Inspire Iran and Pakistan?
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Is missile defense the way out for the United States?
August 19, 2017
70 Years of the Radcliffe Line: Understanding the Story of Indian Partition
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
On its 70th anniversary, a review of the Radcliffe Line.
August 17, 2017
The British Raj’s Social and Institutional Impact on Indian Society
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
The legacy of empire was born of profit-seeking.
July 28, 2017
With Dramatics in Bihar, the BJP’s March to Dominance in Indian Politics Continues
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
A Machiavellian move in Bihari politics has jolted India into reckoning with the BJP's true political power.
June 30, 2017
Why Is Afghanistan the 'Graveyard of Empires'?
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
A brief history of the empires that were broken in the Hindu Kush.