Milan Vaishnav

Seventy years ago, independent India was born.

India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is securing power in a growing number of state governments—but its dominance comes with costs.

An alliance led by BJP Prime Minister Narendra Modi won 325 out of 403 seats on offer in the Uttar Pradesh state assembly, a humiliating defeat for opposition...

At present, India's 29 states essentially dictate their own individual tax codes, a confounding system that has long tripped up inter-state commerce. But to the...

Modi campaigned on a platform of good governance, and many of his backers wagered that he would work to transform India’s economy. Nearly two years later, the...

How does one make sense of the triumph of the anti-BJP collective over the seemingly unstoppable Modi? The easiest explanation is this: The Grand Alliance pulled a...

On Monday, there was an earthquake in New Delhi. The shockwaves might have been electoral and the fallout political rather than human, but the repercussions were...

Heading into general elections this spring, Indian voters are worried about the economy -- no wonder, since the country's growth rate has fallen by nearly half...

As recent protests indicate, Indians increasingly believe that their government is letting them down. New Delhi's faults -- criminalism, cronyism, and corruption --...

The Hindu-nationalist leader Narendra Modi's recent election sparked a good deal of controversy. It also sparked an open and substantive debate about economics,...

Earlier this year, the Obama administration requested that Congress establish a $770 million Middle East and North Africa Incentive Fund to “support citizens who...