https://www.scmp.com/rss/501475/feed Nisha Mathew is a research fellow with the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As winter bites and temperatures plummet to levels not seen in more than a century, the political wildfire ravaging India shows no signs of abating. If Hong Kong was the protest story that dominated the headlines for much of 2019, expect Indians who are pouring into the streets of major cities and small towns by the thousands each day to take up the mantle in 2020. Erupting in the wake of last December’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) – which grants Indian citizenship to undocumented migrants... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3046910/hong-kong-was-protest-story-2019-year-its-modis-india?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3046910/hong-kong-was-protest-story-2019-year-its-modis-india?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Jan 2020 02:00:11 +0000 Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is in a league of his own. His approach to governing the emirate – he functioned more as a corporate chief executive with a knack for investing than as an oil monarch presiding over a tribal polity of loyalists turned citizens – made him an exception in the Gulf. His other interests – he was an acclaimed poet, equestrian, and regular at the Royal Ascot every year – made him a rock star to the West. That image has taken a huge dent with news... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3018425/dubais-runaway-princess-haya-least-sheikh-mohammed-bin-rashids?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3018425/dubais-runaway-princess-haya-least-sheikh-mohammed-bin-rashids?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Jul 2019 05:30:10 +0000