Inderjeet Parmar

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    Who will foot the bill for COVID-19 bailouts? The much-derided public sector  

Who will foot the bill for COVID-19 bailouts? The much-derided public sector  

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With bailouts for Big Finance and tax-sheltered corporations, Inderjeet Parmar and Atul Shah write that working people are paying the costs of the crisis. They comment that the pandemic presents an opportunity to rethink social and economic policies and our relationship with markets, corporations and capitalist institutions.

The global pandemic is bringing working people to their knees, and on to their […]

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    We can build a better world after Covid-19 by dragging the state back into public services. 

We can build a better world after Covid-19 by dragging the state back into public services. 

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The Covid-19 pandemic has fundamentally altered the way that many of us live. Looking to the future, Inderjeet Parmar and Atul Bhardwaj write that there need not be an automatic return to neo-liberal normalcy or US hegemony after the virus has worked its way through world politics.

The health crisis caused by Covid-19 has devastated the lives and livelihoods of working people across the world, especially peasants and […]

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    The growing importance of the Indo-Pacific in the Trump administration’s foreign policy strategy 

The growing importance of the Indo-Pacific in the Trump administration’s foreign policy strategy 

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Donald Trump’s foreign policy philosophy and methods are a distinct departure from that of his predecessor, Barack Obama, with a new focus on how relationships with other countries can benefit the US. Oliver Turner and Inderjeet Parmar write that, driven by self-interest, Trump’s strategy seeks to counter the perceived threat of China by considering the Indo-Pacific region to be a coherent theatre where US influence can operate.

The Covid-19 global […]

Trump may seem crazy, but he is not (always) mad

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To many, President Trump seems to be a king of chaos – even more so following the US assassination of Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad at the beginning of the year. Inderjeet Parmar writes that despite this view, there is frequently more to the Trump administration’s actions than normally meets the eye. Chaos and madness even if only […]

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    Despite Trump’s election, a groundswell for radical change in the US remains

Despite Trump’s election, a groundswell for radical change in the US remains

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Last week Professor Randolph Persaud penned a response to Professor Inderjeet Parmar’s op-ed which had argued that this year will be an even better one for politics compared to 2016. Professor Parmar argues that we have should have reason to be optimistic going into Trump’s presidency; the groundswell for radical change in the US is still very powerful just […]

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