Nisid Hajari

Bloomberg Opinion Editor

Nisid Hajari is a member of the Bloomberg editorial board covering foreign affairs. A former editor at Newsweek and Time, he is author of “Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition.”

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US Still Needs to Fight for Taiwan’s Hearts and Minds

Loose talk about blowing up chip factories and turning weekend warriors into insurgents only feeds brewing suspicion of Washington on the island.

March 30, 2023

March 30, 2023

OpinionNisid Hajari

US Still Needs to Fight for Taiwan’s Hearts and Minds

Loose talk about blowing up chip factories and turning weekend warriors into insurgents only feeds brewing suspicion of Washington on the island.

Scenes From Taiwan As Tsai Prepares For US Visit

March 21, 2023

March 21, 2023

OpinionNisid Hajari

How Taiwan’s Top Diplomat Sees the World

Foreign Minister Joseph Wu thinks a conflict with China is neither imminent nor inevitable, so long as international support for the island does not waver.

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August 14, 2022

August 14, 2022

OpinionNisid Hajari

Modi’s India Is Becoming a Reflection of Jinnah’s Fears

Seventy-five years after the subcontinent split apart, the nation’s beleaguered Muslims increasingly face the marginalization and brutal prejudice that Pakistan’s founder predicted.

Gandhi And Jinnah

July 25, 2021

July 25, 2021

OpinionNisid Hajari

The Big Question: Will the Taliban Rule Afghanistan Again?

A Q&A with author Ahmed Rashid on how U.S. missteps and Pakistan’s protection revived the Taliban — and what it will take to prevent them from returning to power.

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April 18, 2021

April 18, 2021

OpinionNisid Hajari

The Big Question: Can Myanmar’s Democracy Be Rescued?

A Q&A with Derek Mitchell, former U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar, on how to support the aspirations of Myanmar’s people and build a better future for democracies around the world.

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April 18, 2020

April 18, 2020

OpinionNisid Hajari

Don't Worry (Yet) About China Taking Over the World

Its conduct on the coronavirus so far suggests a follower, not a leader—even as the U.S. has withdrawn.

File: U.S. President Donald Trump's Third Year In The Oval Office

April 1, 2020

April 1, 2020

OpinionNisid Hajari

India’s Grim Coronavirus Exodus Has Some Ugly Echoes

As with partition in 1947, its leaders are again underestimating the power of fear.

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June 22, 2019

June 22, 2019

The U.S. was a trade pirate

June 15, 2019

June 15, 2019

Hong Kong’s best hope is business resistance

May 25, 2019

May 25, 2019

Accelerating the trade war crisis

May 18, 2019

May 18, 2019

The problem with game theory

May 17, 2019

May 17, 2019

India Is Running Out of Time to Enact Urgently Needed Reforms

With elections looming, the world’s largest democracy faces intense pressure from young people with high expectations and poor prospects.

India Is Running Out of Time to Enact Urgently Needed Reforms

February 26, 2019

February 26, 2019

OpinionNisid Hajari

Airstrikes Won’t Fix India’s Pakistan Problem

The retaliatory attack may boost the government, but it isn't likely to prevent more terrorist activity in Kashmir.

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November 1, 2018

November 1, 2018

OpinionNisid Hajari

End of the Road?

A master plan to project Chinese power, influence and trade across much of the world could well undermine all three.

China's New Silk Road Hinges on a Small Pakistan Port

February 10, 2018

February 10, 2018

OpinionNisid Hajari

Can the U.S. End Pakistan's Double Game?

A Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll on America's forever war against the Taliban.

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October 8, 2017

October 8, 2017

OpinionNisid Hajari

What Will It Take for Japan to Change?

A Q&A with journalist Richard Lloyd Parry on the repercussions of the 2011 tsunami.

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September 16, 2017

September 16, 2017

OpinionNisid Hajari

Growth Isn't Good News for Kim Jong Un

A Q&A with South Korean economist Byung-Yeon Kim on the spread of capitalism inside North Korea.

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August 14, 2017

August 14, 2017

OpinionNisid Hajari

The Tragedy of India's Partition, 70 Years Later

Hindus and Muslims weren’t destined to fight, despite their bloody history on the Indian subcontinent. The truth is something bleaker.

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October 24, 2016

October 24, 2016

OpinionNisid Hajari

India's Bollywood Pratfall

Keeping Pakistanis out of the movies is just a shot in the foot. It won't hurt terrorists (or Pakistan).

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June 29, 2016

June 29, 2016

OpinionNisid Hajari

Britain's Latest Ugly Partition

From Iraq to India, new borders have brought new identities -- and new miseries.

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