The South Asian Intellectual
Jayant Bhandari speaks with Dr. Bruce Gilley on Empire of the Mind about the South Asian intellectual class and the difference between education, credentialism, borrowed Western vocabulary, and genuine rational thought.
Articles by Jayant Bhandari
Where is Latin America Going?
Jayant Bhandari presents at the Money, Metals, & Mining Virtual Expo on Latin America’s political direction, social turmoil, commodity markets, and the risks facing global resource supply chains.
Is War on China’s Mind?
Jayant Bhandari speaks with Silver Bullion Singapore about whether war is on China’s mind, China’s strategic incentives, Taiwan, American power, and simplistic Western narratives.
Post-Covid China
In this article for Acting Man, Jayant Bhandari examines China’s post-Covid recovery, East Asia’s institutional competence, and the West’s failures during the pandemic.
EDI: New Age Racism & Sexism
Jayant Bhandari speaks with Maurice Jackson of Proven & Probable about EDI, ESG, resource stocks, arbitrage opportunities, and why ideological pressure damages merit, competence, and honest judgment.
Covid & Institutions
Jayant Bhandari speaks with David Forsyth on the Freedom Adventure Podcast about Covid, institutions, and what the pandemic revealed about East Asia, the West, social trust, and civic morality.
Covid in India
In this article for Liberty, Jayant Bhandari examines India’s Covid crisis, its hollowed-out institutions, medical chaos, and the deeper social failures exposed by the pandemic.
Where is China Going?
Jayant Bhandari examines where China is going, looking beyond Western narratives to discuss culture, incentives, state capacity, geopolitics, trade, and long-term strategy.
Covid: The West vs. East Asia
Jayant Bhandari examines what Covid revealed about the West and East Asia, including institutional competence, civic morality, self-reliance, discipline, and social trust.
Doug Casey’s Take: Wokism
Jayant Bhandari speaks with Matt Smith and Doug Casey on Doug Casey’s Take about why wokism is not traditional leftism, but a deeper symptom of grievance politics, moral confusion, and Western civilizational decline.