Ramesh Thakur
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Ramesh Thakur, a Brownstone Institute senior scholar, is a former U.N. assistant secretary-general, and emeritus professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
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Opinion: India's Election a Win, Win, Win, Win All Round
A longstanding cliché holds that every statement about India is true, but so is its opposite.
Opinion: Who's Afraid of the WHO
Beware the WHO’s slow motion coup d’état of every nation’s sovereignty.
Opinion: Trudeau Mishandled the Nijjar Killing Incident
It is inconceivable that India would be so foolish as to believe it could escape detection by an advanced country when pursuing extremists.
Opinion: Some Questions Australia's COVID-19 Inquiries Must Ask
Did the COVID-19 policy interventions represent the greatest triumph of public policy? Or will they prove to be the biggest public policy disaster of all time?
Opinion: Who Fact-Checks the Fact-Checkers When It Comes to Climate Change?
After all, contestation is normal in scientific discourse. Anything that cannot be questioned but relies on authority alone is dogma, not science.
Ballot Integrity in the World’s Biggest and Most Powerful Democracies
The U.S. presidential election is the most internationally consequential of all, while, by sheer weight of numbers, India’s is the most awe-inspiring.
The World Court Prejudges the Victim of Mass Atrocities but Ignores the Perpetrators
Israeli soldiers carry the rules of law in their backpacks. Hamas fighters aren’t subject to any comparable normative restraints.
Opinion: Human Rights Make a Brief Appearance in 'Bombshell' COVID-19 Vaccine Ruling
For the first time in Australia, a court has ruled mandatory COVID-19 vaccination unlawful.
Opinion: Tasmanian Voters, Not the Doctors Union, Will Elect or Reject Vaccine Critic
Sladden closed her practice in 2021 because of strong objections to the COVID-19 vaccine.
