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Last week, Narendra Modi’s government revoked the constitutional provision that had long granted special autonomy to India-administered Kashmir. Bloomberg’s Nisid Hajari, author of Midnight's Furies, and Paul Staniland of the University of Chicago join Deep Dish to discuss how the decision has once again torn open tensions between India and Pakistan—and what it means for the United States.
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Indian airstrikes against Pakistan - the first since 1971 - have left thousands of air passengers stranded worldwide as Pakistan airspace remained closed for a second straight day. What does the stepping up of military activity between neighbours and archrivals India and Pakistan mean for Southeast Asia? Bloomberg’s Opinion editor Nisid Hajari shares his insights.
Carol is joined by Bloomberg Senior Editor Bob Ivry and they speak to Kevin Cirilli, Bloomberg News Chief Washington Correspondent, and Nisid Hajari, Bloomberg Opinion Editor, for a preview of President Trump meeting North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Singapore. Alex Harris, Bloomberg News Bond Reporter, breaks down the Fed's fight for control of its key interest rate. Alex Tapscott, Founder of Blockchain Research Institute, discussing his book "Blockchain Revolution." Simone Foxman, Bloomberg News Hedge Fund Reporter, shares how the ultra-rich are muscling in on private equity. And we Drive to the Close with Dave Ellison, Portfolio Manager at Hennessy Funds.
Carol is joined by Bloomberg Senior Editor Bob Ivry and they speak to Kevin Cirilli, Bloomberg News Chief Washington Correspondent, and Nisid Hajari, Bloomberg Opinion Editor, for a preview of President Trump meeting North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Singapore. Alex Harris, Bloomberg News Bond Reporter, breaks down the Fed's fight for control of its key interest rate. Alex Tapscott, Founder of Blockchain Research Institute, discussing his book "Blockchain Revolution." Simone Foxman, Bloomberg News Hedge Fund Reporter, shares how the ultra-rich are muscling in on private equity. And we Drive to the Close with Dave Ellison, Portfolio Manager at Hennessy Funds. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
On today's 'Global Exchange' Podcast, we touch base with CGAI's North American trade experts in light of a busy week on the NAFTA file in Washington. After months of hard-pressed negotiations, and 6 weeks of 'perpetual' discussions in Washington, the deal has reached its next turning point, with Congressional leadership signalling that they'd need a new deal by May 17th in order to have it passed before U.S. mid-term elections in the Fall. With no deal in sight, and the Congressional deadline now in the rear-view mirror, we sit down with Sarah Goldfeder, Laura Dawson, and Eric Miller to ask where we go from here. Bios: Colin Robertson (host) - A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Laura Dawson - the Director of the Wilson Center's Canada Institute, is one of the world's leading experts on political and economic relations between the U.S. and its northern neighbour. She is a member of CGAI's Advisory Council. Sarah Goldfeder - a Principal at the Earnscliffe Strategy Group and a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Eric Miller - a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and the President of Rideau Potomac Strategy Group, a cross-border consultancy that advises clients on government affairs, economics, cybersecurity and geopolitical developments. Book Recommendations: - Laura Dawson: "Lightning Men: A Novel" - by Thomas Mullen (https://www.amazon.ca/Lightning-Men-Novel-Thomas-Mullen/dp/1501138804/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526848857&sr=8-1&keywords=The+lightning+Men) - Sarah Goldfeder: "American War: A Novel" - by Omar El Akkad (https://www.amazon.ca/American-War-Omar-El-Akkad/dp/0771009410/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526848899&sr=8-1&keywords=American+War) - Eric Miler: "Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition" - by Nisid Hajari (https://www.amazon.ca/Midnights-Furies-Deadly-Legacy-Partition-ebook/dp/B00LZ7GO0C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526848823&sr=8-1&keywords=Midnight+Fury) Related Links: - "Managing Trump: The Canadian Response" - Colin Robertson [CGAI Policy Update] (https://www.cgai.ca/managing_trump_the_canadian_response) - "What Should Canada's Aims be in Any Renegotiation of NAFTA? (Win)" - Sarah Goldfeder [CGAI Policy Paper] (https://www.cgai.ca/what_should_canadas_aims_be_in_any_renegotiation_of_nafta) Recording Date: May 18th, 2018 Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website at cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Jared Maltais. Music credits to Drew Phillips.
As India and Pakistan celebrate their 70th birthdays, Benchmark looks at the economic partition of colonial India into the two independent nations. The violence and human tragedy that accompanied the division has been widely chronicled. Less discussed, but no less important, is the economic divergence between the two. How did Pakistan's economy stumble after a promising start? What happened to India in the early 1990s that led it to take off after a sluggish couple of decades? Faris Khan tells Dan and Scott about his own family's journey to Pakistan while Nisid Hajari injects a note of caution into India's bullish assumptions.
In ten days, President Obama will leave the White House. But as the current President gives his farewell speech in his home town of Chicago, key players from the team assembled by the man set to replace Mr Obama in just over a week, President elect Donald Trump, are being confirmed to their cabinet posts in Washington. And many eyes will be on Mr Trump;s pick as Secretary of State, the former oil boss, Ex ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson. Jordan Fabian, White House Correspondent for The Hill tells us why. A lack of investment spending in emerging markets is strangling economic growth in those countries. That's the warning from the World Bank in its annual global forecast. The report's lead author, Franziska Ohnsorge, talks to us about that, China, and trying to get a read on the Trump administration. It's the swankiest week of schmoozing and high powered financial dealing of the year, and all against the backdrop of the snowy Swiss Alps. But why is the World Economic Forum in Davos such a pull for the World's business elite? Sandra Navidi - author of a new book called Superhubs: How the Financial Elite & Their Networks Rule Our World is here to tell us. And, don't fancy becoming an air force pilot but still fancy travelling faster than the speed of sound? The answer used to be buy a ticket for Concorde, until the transatlantic supersonic plane landed for the final time in 2003. But could a very high speed return to supersonic passenger travel be on the horizon, the BBC's Business Correspondent Theo Leggett has been taking a look. To pilot us through the hour, the BBC's Fergus Nicoll is joined from Los Angeles by Raghu Manavalan, a broadcaster at Marketplace and from Singapore by Nisid Hajari, Asia Editor for Bloomberg View. (Picture: President Barack Obama delivers a farewell speech to the nation in Chicago, Illinois. Credit: Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to author and journalist Nisid Hajari about India, Pakistan, and the deadly legacy of partition.
This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to author and journalist Nisid Hajari about India, Pakistan, and the deadly legacy of partition.
From border disputes to foreign wars to the Taliban, many forces are at play in destabilizing South Asia. And the simmering conflicts of today have not emerged out of thin air. Much can be traced back through the region's fraught history.Relations between India and Pakistan have been marred by tension and conflict since they became sovereign states nearly 70 years ago. The two countries have been unable to sustain constructive engagement, and their disputes remain a major cause of regional instability - and even global concern.What lessons can be learned from the past in order to foster increased security and cooperation in the region? How can India and Pakistan overcome the legacy of Partition and find ways to manage shared challenges, from disaster relief to counterterrorism? Nisid Hajari, author of the recently published "Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition," will share insights into this complex relationship and its implications for regional security.Speaker Nisid Hajari is Asia Editor at Bloomberg View.Jonathan Karp, Executive Director of the Asia Society Southern California, moderates the conversation.For more information about this event please visit: http://www.worldaffairs.org/events/event/1560
Sarwar Kashmeri, Adjunct Professor of Political Science and Applied Research Fellow, Peace + War Center, Norwich University interviews author Nisid Hajari about his book "Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition." Hajari won the 2016 Colby Award, and will appear at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont on April 6-7, 2016.
Nisid Hajari, author of Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition, discusses Indian partition with Foreign Affairs Editor Gideon Rose.
SAJA presents a conversation with journalist Nisid Hajari, author of "Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition," the most important book about the Partition of India and Pakistan. Hajari, a longtime SAJA member and former editor of Newsweek, joins us from Singapore, in the anniversary month of the creation of Pakistan and the independence of India from Britain. The book's Amazon description: A few bloody months in South Asia during the summer of 1947 explain the world that troubles us today. Nobody expected the liberation of India and birth of Pakistan to be so bloody — it was supposed to be an answer to the dreams of Muslims and Hindus who had been ruled by the British for centuries. Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi’s protégé and the political leader of India, believed Indians were an inherently nonviolent, peaceful people. Pakistan’s founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was a secular lawyer, not a firebrand. But in August 1946, exactly a year before Independence, Calcutta erupted in street-gang fighting. A cycle of riots — targeting Hindus, then Muslims, then Sikhs — spiraled out of control. As the summer of 1947 approached, all three groups were heavily armed and on edge, and the British rushed to leave. Hell let loose. Trains carried Muslims west and Hindus east to their slaughter. Some of the most brutal and widespread ethnic cleansing in modern history erupted on both sides of the new border, searing a divide between India and Pakistan that remains a root cause of many evils. From jihadi terrorism to nuclear proliferation, the searing tale told in Midnight’s Furies explains all too many of the headlines we read today. Feel free to send questions in advance to saja@columbia.edu or call in live during the show!