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British Empire
![Can You Separate the Monarch from the Colonial, or Rather, Should You? Can You Separate the Monarch from the Colonial, or Rather, Should You?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-09-15-033806.jpg)
Can You Separate the Monarch from the Colonial, or Rather, Should You?
By Ryan Mitra
India’s decision to fly its flag at half-mast for Queen Elizabeth, someone who was also a colonial ruler until her last breath, is antithetical to the country’s post-1947 identity.
![Imperialist Apologia: Salt on Colonial Wounds Imperialist Apologia: Salt on Colonial Wounds](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-07-27-183025.jpg)
Imperialist Apologia: Salt on Colonial Wounds
By Ryan Mitra and Parijat Pandya
The success of “RRR,” set during the British Raj, has sparked a new wave of apologia for British colonialism.
![Barbados’ New Republic: A Win for China? Barbados’ New Republic: A Win for China?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-01-26-184110.jpg)
Barbados’ New Republic: A Win for China?
By Judith Mwai and Lauren Ashmore
Centering Barbados’ decision to end ties with the British monarchy around China only underscores the problem: The U.K.'s lack of interest in Barbados and similar countries.
![Great Britain’s Worst Military Blunder in South Asia Great Britain’s Worst Military Blunder in South Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-01-18.jpg)
Great Britain’s Worst Military Blunder in South Asia
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Recounting the disastrous end of Great Britain’s first invasion of Afghanistan.
![Reclaiming India’s Stolen Cultural Heritage Reclaiming India’s Stolen Cultural Heritage](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap-18227420211410.jpg)
Reclaiming India’s Stolen Cultural Heritage
By Angel L. Martínez Cantera
Indian activists seek to recover missing idols, the victims of colonial plundering and contemporary thievery.
![Adopt a Heritage: Who Will Save the Everest Estate in India? Adopt a Heritage: Who Will Save the Everest Estate in India?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-dscf4410.jpg)
Adopt a Heritage: Who Will Save the Everest Estate in India?
By Krzysztof Iwanek
George Everest’s mansion is decrepit and New Delhi wants a private company to adopt it.
![A Murder in Yunnan: The Margary Affair A Murder in Yunnan: The Margary Affair](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-site-of-the-margary-affair-mangyun.jpg)
A Murder in Yunnan: The Margary Affair
By David Leffman
A trade war, an unsolved murder, and the founding of the Chinese Embassy in London.
![Kipling as Mowgli: One View of The Jungle Book Kipling as Mowgli: One View of The Jungle Book](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-6974347683_2de0f7b2be_b.jpg)
Kipling as Mowgli: One View of The Jungle Book
By Krzysztof Iwanek
Both Mowgli and Kim represent Kipling as a child, raised at the intersection of two civilizations.
![Who Is Responsible for the Gilgit-Baltistan Dispute? Who Is Responsible for the Gilgit-Baltistan Dispute?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-28_16-47-45.jpg)
Who Is Responsible for the Gilgit-Baltistan Dispute?
By Prateek Joshi
A recent British motion to condemn Pakistani control of the territory forgets that London made that control possible.
![Review - India’s War: World War II and the Making of Modern South Asia Review - India’s War: World War II and the Making of Modern South Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-03-27_12-35-38.jpg)
Review - India’s War: World War II and the Making of Modern South Asia
By Nigel Collett
India's contributions during WWII have often been overlooked. A new book by Srinath Raghavan helps redress that.
![Winston Churchill in India Winston Churchill in India](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-03-29_12-06-53.jpg)
Winston Churchill in India
By Francis P. Sempa
The great statesman’s literary career was shaped by fighting in some familiar territory.
![The Geopolitics of Sino-Russian Rapprochement The Geopolitics of Sino-Russian Rapprochement](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-07-11_11-46-17.jpg)
The Geopolitics of Sino-Russian Rapprochement
By Peter Harris
As Beijing and Moscow make nice, how should Washington respond?
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