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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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November 18, 2016
The Solution to Illiberal Democracy in the Age of Trump: Liberal Autocracy
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Recent events should make Western governments reexamine exactly what they are advocating for.
November 04, 2016
Humans Arrived in Australia 49,000 Years Ago
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
New findings show that humans arrived in Australia more than 10,000 years earlier than previously thought.
October 28, 2016
Asia's New Democracies and the Liberal World Order
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
The key to global order may lie with Asia's emerging democracies.
October 25, 2016
Tracing the Quran's Journey
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
A major exhibit in Washington, D.C., showcases the world's many Qurans.
October 15, 2016
Bhumibol Adulyadej and Buddhist Kingship in Thailand
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Rama IX served as a revered symbol and also shielded his country from the worst consequences of its political instability.
October 06, 2016
Imagining South Asia Without Pakistan
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
What are the geopolitical advantages and disadvantages of there being no Pakistan?
October 05, 2016
Will India Become the Pivot of Asian Security?
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
India for the most part has shed its aversion to power politics.
September 29, 2016
One Step Further: It's Time for SAARC to Expel Pakistan
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
South Asian regionalism can't progress as long as Pakistan's provocations toward India bog down SAARC.
September 29, 2016
India's Capital City: Should We Call It Delhi or New Delhi?
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
New Delhi is a smaller entity in the much larger urban mass that is the Indian National Capital Territory.
September 18, 2016
India and Sri Lanka in Antiquity
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Geographic proximity meant that the histories of India and Sri Lanka were intertwined.
September 16, 2016
Just How Transformational Will India's GST Be?
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Three Indian MPs from different parties reflected on the challenges and opportunities inherent in India's Goods and Services Tax.
September 06, 2016
The Tajik Tragedy of Uzbekistan
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Uzbekistan's past is closely intertwined with that of Tajikistan.