James Astill
James Astill is a senior editor at The Economist. He has previously headed the magazine’s bureaus in Washington and New Delhi. He is a contributor to Open
INTO THE UNKNOWN
Labour or Tory, the 7 May election poses a big threat to the United Kingdom. JAMES ASTILL takes a train ride with Prime Minister David Cameron to gauge the mood of a politically broken Britain
30 April 2015
BRING BACK THE BOWLERS
Now that would be a subplot to watch out for in this World Cup
12 February 2015
Big Dreams in an Impossible Job
Can Ashraf Ghani save Afghanistan? The new President in conversation with James Astill
11 December 2014
Is it the end of the Cricket Nation?
India’s Test humiliation in England tells a bleak story of the future of a great Indian obsession
04 September 2014
The end of Britain?
An impending referendum in Scotland could bring about the end of a 307-year-old union—and the most successful nation state in history
10 July 2014
What Modi can learn from 2009
The Political Editor of The Economist returns to the last General Election to make sense of India 2014
18 April 2014
Authors
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm
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