India at 70

Ever since its founding in 1947, India has prompted both lofty expectations and frequent disappointment about its economic potential and international role. But given turbulence around the world, challenges in India’s own region, and growth and dynamism within India itself, the question of where the country goes from here has never mattered more than it does now, 70 years after its violent birth. Understanding its course demands analysis of not just the forces of India’s present but also the forces of its past. At Foreign Affairs, we have been charting India’s successive transformations from the beginning. Give this collection a read to understand how the world’s most populous country will impact the future of Asia, geopolitics, and the global economy.