India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi flashes victory sign as he arrives at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters to celebrate the party's win in country's general election, in New Delhi, India, on June 4, 2024. Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images
Ramesh Thakur, a Brownstone Institute senior scholar, is a former U.N. assistant secretary-general, and emeritus professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.