NR PLUS World

Boris Johnson’s Victory and the Political Realignment Shaking Western Democracies

By Sahil Handa January 2, 2020

Johnson’s electoral triumph proved that politicians who refuse to reckon with the desires of the voters will be crushed even by those who pretend to do so.

World

India’s Narendra Modi Poses a Greater Threat to Liberalism Than Trump Does

By Sahil Handa July 15, 2019

Both lead movements against liberalism, but one of them is driven by youth and has time on its side.

World

Boris Johnson Failed to Defend Britain’s Ambassador — and British Sovereignty

By Sahil Handa July 11, 2019

Instead, he used L’Affaire Darroch to gain a leg up in the race to be prime minister.

NR PLUS Education

What Conservatives Get Wrong about the Campus Wars

By Sahil Handa July 4, 2019

A message from a young person who’s on your side.

World

The Wheels on the Bus Go ’Round and ’Round

By Sahil Handa June 28, 2019

The bus video, absurd as it may be, is reminder that Johnson’s persona is a sideshow to distract from his Brexit policy.

U.S.

In Defense of Coleman Hughes

By Sahil Handa June 21, 2019

To do what he did was brave. The reception he was met with was straightforwardly racist.

World

Rory Stewart and the Crisis of British Conservatism

By Sahil Handa June 20, 2019

When many no longer consider a man such as Stewart conservative, the Conservative party must surely be at a crossroads.

World

A Debate about Brexit in Which Nobody Debated Brexit

By Sahil Handa June 18, 2019

There is a slim, slim chance that the EU decides to budge. If it doesn’t, we are simply wasting time.

World

If It’s ‘Time for Boris,’ the Clock Has Stopped Working

By Sahil Handa June 17, 2019

This version of Boris Johnson is not what the Conservative party or the United Kingdom needs.

Books

Why I’m No Longer Talking to Anyone about Anything

By Sahil Handa June 13, 2019

British journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge’s response to racism is self-defeating.