INDIA
Many consider Narendra Modi to be the new strong man on the international stage. The right-wing nationalist has steered India's fortunes since 2014. He is the key player behind the new Indo-Pacific alliance against China.
"No power in the world can stop a country
of 1.3 billion people. The 21st century will be India's century,"
Modi says. After six decades of the
Nehru-Gandhi family’s rule, India watched a man of the people rise from the
ranks of the opposition and ascend to power in 2014. Narendra Modi promised
India a new beginning. And he knows just how to keep himself center stage: He
is the world’s third most followed person on Twitter. Equally adept at playing
dove-like pacifist and hawkish commander in chief, Modi has a score to settle
with history. He wants to restore India to its original "purity" and
secure its central role in the world order. In India, he is accused of wanting
to transform the world's largest democracy into an anti-Muslim, anti-liberal
Hindu state. His influence on international politics, as one the masterminds of
the Indo-Pacific strategy against China, is inescapable. India has never been
as powerful as it is today; domestically, it has never been as nationalistic
and authoritarian.
Who is Narendra Modi? What is the Hindu
nationalist militia, from whose ranks he emerged? This is the story of a
turning point - for India and for the world.
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