Harry Truman | Watching America

India: Blow to Biden

Lalatendu Das - July 22, 2023. Published in The Statesman

The theory is that the 2024 U.S. presidential poll could be a rerun of 1948 albeit with a different ending.

Israel: Israeli-American Relations over Time, from President to President

Lalatendu Das - July 7, 2023. Published in The Jerusalem Post

If U.S. peacemaking started in earnest under Nixon, it reached a crescendo with Jimmy Carter.

Australia: With His Presidency in the Balance, Biden Must Switch on ‘Truman Show’

Rejeanne Lacroix - January 19, 2022. Published in Sydney Morning Herald

Pakistan: Politicians’ Revenge

Robin Koerner - February 14, 2021. Published in Dawn

India: Meenakshi Ahamed’s Book Shows Why Indo-US Ties Have Progressed Despite Personal Inclinations of Those in Office

Lalatendu Das - February 10, 2021. Published in The Indian Express

The pace of the further development of relations will depend crucially on the quality, knowledge and influence of the people that President Biden appoints to his India desk.

Uganda: Hiroshima at 75: Anatomy of a Heinous Crime against Humanity

Lalatendu Das - August 10, 2020. Published in Daily Monitor

The U.S. military wanted to test a new weapon ... and it had two choices, either Germany or Japan. It chose Japan because the Japanese are not white, in a nutshell - racism.

Argentina: Hiroshima

Robin Koerner - July 31, 2020. Published in Página 12

Hiroshima should serve as an example; civilized nations should never again be attacked with such viciousness and irresponsibility.

Dominican Republic: The 22nd Amendment

Robin Koerner - January 22, 2019. Published in El Caribe

[P]roposals to eliminate the amendment’s prohibition on serving more than eight years as president are founded on arguments ... that [it] limits the voice and will of the people.