Built to Move, Designed to Stop
Why India’s systems keep interrupting its own momentum
Economy Policy And Society
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The War in Iran: The Illusion of Decisive Force
One month in, the limits of conventional military power are being laid bare. As a “dual chokehold” on global energy flows emerges, the old security umbrella of the Gulf states is being dismantled. It is forcing a permanent re-pricing of both regional and global risk.
The Economy We Have, Not the One We Imagined
Why the Gulf crisis may be India’s moment for the next phase of reform
How Iran Is Turning the Global Economy Into a Battlefield
As the conflict with the United States and Israel intensifies, Iran’s new leadership is signalling a prolonged confrontation—one that combines conventional warfare with pressure on global energy flows and supply chains.
·Strategic Affairs & Geopolitics
The US–Israel War on Iran: The Risks to India’s Strategic Hedging
Energy dependence, remittance flows and trade corridors reveal how deeply India’s economy is tied to stability in West Asia. Part II of a two-part series.
·Strategic Affairs & Geopolitics
The US–Israel War on Iran: Energy, Power and Regional Disruption
Energy chokepoints, proxy escalation and great-power recalibration are reshaping the Gulf and unsettling the global order. Part I of a two-part series.
·Global Trade and Geoeconomics
Tariffs Are the Noise. Realignment Is the Signal
Even if Trump’s tariffs disappear, the forces reshaping global trade—geopolitics, security concerns and reconfigured regional blocs—are here to stay
·Global Trade and Geoeconomics
India’s Trade Deals and the New Meaning of Strategic Autonomy
What India’s agreements with the US and EU reveal about power, policy space, and calibrated accommodation
·Development & State Capacity
India Is Asking the Wrong Question About AI
Why India’s AI moment will be decided less by models—and more by how intelligence is applied, governed, and trusted
·Development & State Capacity
Trendspotting 2026: India Cannot App Its Way to Prosperity
Another 50 tech IPOs won’t build a middle class
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