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Mohan Guruswamy
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The writer, a policy analyst studying economic and security issues, held senior positions in government and industry. He also specialises in the Chinese economy
    This combination of pictures created on November 4, 2020 shows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden gestures after speaking during election night at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, and US President Donald Trump speaks during election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, early on November 4, 2020. - President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls closed across the United States Tuesday -- and a long night of waiting for results in key battlegrounds on the cards. (AFP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Will Biden win in US, but Trump still be President?

    Like Americans, most of the world believes that the US President is the most powerful person in the world

    4 Nov 2020 3:09 PM IST

    Indian PM Narendra Modi with US president Donald Trump. (PTI)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Why so many US desis are in favour of Trump

    A recent opinion poll in the US suggests that some 28 per cent of Indian origin voters are leaning towards Trump and the...

    21 Oct 2020 10:13 AM IST

    Collectors being checked for temperature at the Pragati Bhavan. (PTI)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Who will reform our huge army of babus?

    Narendra Modi said he would restructure the bureaucracy but nothing has been heard of it since then

    29 Sept 2020 3:17 PM IST

    Despite having two often widely overlapping LACs, Indian and Chinese forces had arrived at a unique modus vivendi since 1962 which enabled each side to patrol up to its perception of the LAC without confrontation. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Mediation vital on LAC, Ladakh disengagement

    The problem is that India and China never agreed on where the LAC was, as the perceptions of what each side controlled ...

    15 Sept 2020 4:48 PM IST

    A man rests in front of closed book stalls during a day long state-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the surge in Covid-19 coronavirus cases, in Kolkata. AFP PhotoOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Is another global economic crisis now inevitable?

    The essential problem we must confront is how to rectify a world economic system that has gone hopelessly wrong

    1 Sept 2020 5:56 PM IST

    The fastest growing economies in the world, and its biggest the United States, China, Japan and most of western Europe -- have the highest debt/GDP ratios. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | India's economic challenges: A matter of philosophy

    The government tends to be conservative in its outlook and has made no serious suggestion on an economic stimulus

    25 Aug 2020 6:25 PM IST

    The NSCN(I-M) has now demanded that Prime Minister Modis longtime Naga interlocutor R.N. Ravi, now Nagalands governor, must be removed from the talks. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Is PM Modi's creative solution' for Nagas...

    How far removed is Article 371 from Article 370?

    18 Aug 2020 5:24 PM IST

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    Mohan Guruswamy | China's real target may be Arunachal Pradesh

    Of late, the Chinese have given a glimpse of what their true intentions are by laying claim to Bhutan's Sakteng wildlife...

    4 Aug 2020 5:14 PM IST

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    Mohan Guruswamy | What my dog taught me about 'No Trespassing' signs

    Corruption is India's favourite conversation topic, We love discussing it and bemoaning its all pervasiveness

    21 July 2020 5:09 PM IST

    Indian border security force soldiers keep vigil near a military bunker along the Srinagar-Leh National highway on June 17, 2020. (AFP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Limited options: Next war's nature changing

    The question we must ponder over is whether we ready for a bigger conflict with China?

    23 Jun 2020 5:53 PM IST

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    Mohan Guruswamy | India vs China: Is give and take still possible?

    At Galwan, the PLA found an unguarded but very strategic spot on the LAC and occupied it

    10 Jun 2020 7:01 PM IST

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    Mohan Guruswamy | The small stimulus and the fiscal deficit fetish

    Keynesians believe consumer demand is the primary driving force in an economy

    4 Jun 2020 5:04 PM IST

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