India, June 14 -- While India has always viewed itself as a paragon of international law and a proponent of strong, multilateral international organizations, this too often leads India to punch below its weight on the global stage.

On June 10, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi became India's longest serving elected Prime Minister, overtaking Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for length of tenure. Historians will acknowledge how consequential both men's legacies have been. Nehru solidified India's democracy, a stunning achievement given how quickly other newly-independent countries from the period-most notably Pakistan-backslid into dictatorship and economic morass. Nehru also charted India into non-alignment, making it the leader of Globa...