Abhinandan Kumar
@abhinandankr.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at the Dept. of International Relations, Jadavpur University, India
I argue for @lowyinstitute.bsky.social that the answer to the question: "who belongs to the nation?" cannot - and should not - be "whoever helps us win"! #FIFAWorldCup2026 www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
At the World Cup, as in life, football nationalises success and ethnicises failure
The multicultural bargain in international football is real – but the terms aren’t equal for everyone wearing the shirt.
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Is the honeymoon period of minilateralism coming to an end? I argue the same in my latest article for @lowyinstitute.bsky.social www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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As the #MilanoCortinaOlympics2026 draw to a close, my article for @lowyinstitute.bsky.social argues that the Winter Olympics are becoming a test case for whether global institutions can adapt to climate reality. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
Manufacturing winter: The Olympic Games in a warming world
New venues, old problems: the Winter Olympics cannot build its way out of climate change.
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My latest article for Frontline examines India’s forthcoming BRICS chairship in 2026 against the backdrop of an unusually unsettled global order. frontline.thehindu.com/world-affair...
India’s BRICS 2026 Chairship Amid US Tensions and Global Drift
As BRICS expands and US pressure mounts, India’s 2026 chairship tests New Delhi’s ability to balance reform, resilience, and non-alignment in a fractured world order.
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Earlier this month, I wrote for @lowyinstitute.bsky.social, arguing that #G20 is increasingly mirroring the very inefficiencies it was created to overcome. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
Is G20 becoming what it sought to replace?
Rather than a sharp and agile forum, the G20 has blown out more to matter less.
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📢 NEW PAPER In this paper for Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, I examine the populist performance of international summitry during India’s G20 presidency in 2023. Using the theoretical frameworks of populism as style (@benmoffitt.bsky.social) and ...(1/3) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Summitry as populist performance: a case study of Narendra Modi and the 2023 G20 summit
The intersection of populism and foreign policy has garnered increasing scholarly attention. However, its manifestation through international summits remains underexplored. The 2023 G20 summit held...
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