Tunku Varadarajan is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution

Tunku Varadarajan

Biography: 

Tunku Varadarajan was the Hoover Institution's institutional editor and editor-in-chief of Hoover’s in-house publication Defining Ideas. He was previously a research fellow at Hoover and the Virginia Hobbs Carpenter Fellow in Journalism.  A writer-at-large at the Daily Beast, he was a former editor of Newsweek and Newsweek International. Previously, he was executive editor (opinions) at Forbes, assistant managing editor and op-ed editor of the Wall Street Journal, and the New York bureau chief for The Times (of London). Born in India, he is a British citizen. A visiting scholar at New York University's Department of Journalism, he is a former lecturer in law at Trinity College, Oxford. He has also taught at NYU's Stern School of Business, the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, and the City University of New York's Graduate School of Journalism. Varadarajan has a BA in law, with honors, from Oxford University.

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Hillary in 2012

by Tunku Varadarajanvia Daily Beast
Thursday, August 12, 2010

The only way Obama can win re-election is with Clinton on his ticket, says Tunku Varadarajan. The Democrats’ least-sullied heavy hitter, she’ll hold the party together—and be a magnet for crossover voting...

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Rove Bombs as Rush

by Tunku Varadarajanvia Daily Beast
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

“Bush’s Brain” filled in on the Rush Limbaugh show today. Tunku Varadarajan on why Rove should stick to his day job...

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What Does Julian Assange Want?

by Tunku Varadarajanvia Daily Beast
Thursday, July 29, 2010

If Hollywood were ever to make a film about a nihilistic leaker-hacker dude, a rootless subverter of international public order, they couldn’t do better than to cast Julian Assange as himself...

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Obama's Televised Turn-Off

by Tunku Varadarajanvia Daily Beast
Thursday, July 29, 2010

The president’s appearance on The View, billed as the first-ever by a chief executive on a daytime talk show, was the apotheosis of the anodyne...

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Pakistan's Shameful Double Dealing

by Tunku Varadarajanvia Daily Beast
Sunday, July 25, 2010

The WikiLeaks files make it plain: Islamabad is the Taliban’s faithful ally. Tunku Varadarajan argues it’s time for the U.S. to stop paying money to Pakistan so they can help our enemies kill us. Plus, the seven most shocking secrets from the WikiLeaks files...

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Charlie Rangel Is Toast

by Tunku Varadarajanvia Daily Beast
Friday, July 23, 2010

He's an embarrassment, and a hindrance to his party's 2010 fortunes. Tunku Varadarajan on why Rangel must resign—and why racism is no longer a viable defense against challenges to his conduct...

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Can You Hear Goldman Laughing?

by Tunku Varadarajanvia Daily Beast
Friday, July 16, 2010

After a big wind-up, the SEC is essentially allowing Goldman Sachs to redeem itself for the price of a few days' revenue. Tunku Varadarajan on the toothless financial reform...

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The Tea Party Isn't Racist

by Tunku Varadarajan with Shelby Steelevia Daily Beast
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

At this week's NAACP annual meeting, members voted to censure the Tea Party as "racist." But it's the NAACP that's the throwback, argues Tunku Varadarajan...

Analysis and Commentary

Why Steele Should Stay

by Tunku Varadarajanvia Daily Beast
Monday, July 5, 2010

Bill Kristol and Liz Cheney want to sack the RNC chairman after his Afghan gaffe. But Tunku Varadarajan says Republicans are better off with him—for now...

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