"Is The Commonwealth Under King Charles III Still Relevant?" - By CWP Alum Manjari Chatterjee Miller

On May 6, Charles III officially takes the crown as king of the United Kingdom. Although the coronation has been pared back since the days of Queen Elizabeth II, the actual ceremony and related events will still last for three days. Katy Perry and Lionel Richie will perform, pubs will hold extended hours, and street parties will take place across the nation with millions of people expected to participate in the celebrations. The ceremony will also be broadcast live to a worldwide audience via BBC, Sky News, and several international news outlets. This extensive celebration and its coverage beg the question: Is the British monarchy still relevant on the world stage?

Blog Post by Manjari Chatterjee Miller and Clare Harris - May 3, 2023 2:45 pm (EST)

Manjari Chatterjee Miller is senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). She is also a research associate in the Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies at the University of Oxford. An expert on India, China, South Asia, and rising powers, she is the author of Why Nations Rise: Narratives and the Path to Great Power (2021, shortlisted for the 2022 Hedley Bull Prize in International Relations) and Wronged by Empire: Post-Imperial Ideology and Foreign Policy in India and China (2013). Miller is also the co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of China-India Relations (2020), a monthly columnist for the Hindustan Times, and a frequent contributor to policy and media outlets in the United States and Asia.

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