democracy, the majority will elect the person they want to elect, but very much like hungary, very much like potentially what happens in the united states, it is getting increasingly illiberal. that s exactly right. and you re right, i am in kolkata, in india this week. so this is a country that s going to have elections spread out over five weeks. every time india goes to polls, it is the biggest election in the history of the world. purely because of the size of the indian population. and the prime minister is immensely popular. however much the west might criticize his style of leadership, the fact that he s a strong man, the fact that human rights and minority rights in particular have suffered under his leadership, the fact remains that this is in fact what most indians tend to want. they see him as an embodiment of a strongman leader that finally is allowing for hindus to have their way in the world, and part of this also is a narrative that has continued in india over these la
important, it also kind of bucks the trend that we are talking about more broadly about illiberalism and nationalist governments elsewhere. you have in taiwan an incumbent party that is pro independents, that certainly works beijing and some of its own domestic political rivals. and the return of the group in taiwan will be perhaps interpreted by beijing as a signal for the need for a greater kind of escalation, and greater ratcheting up of tensions. because the prospect of reconciliation, reunification, whatever it is that beijing says it wants over the future of this island, is very remote under the government. robbie, i think i might be talking from india. i never know these days where anybody is. india, literally the biggest democracy in the world. it s a perfect example. it s got the vote, it s a