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Burgenstock and the New Reality of Power in the Middle East
The US-Iran talks in Switzerland may have reduced the immediate risk of war. But they did little to alter the Middle East's underlying balance of power. Iran remains central to the region's strategic calculations, Israel's concerns remain unresolved, and American leverage appears more limited than many assumed.
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Vivek Y. Kelkar
Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability
Democratising Capacity Creation
Why India’s next manufacturing push may require trusting entrepreneurs more than planners
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Ajay Chacko
Director | Keya Foods International
The Age of Connected Crises
From rail corridors and energy markets to missile inventories and military alliances, the world's major crises are becoming increasingly interconnected
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Vivek Y. Kelkar
Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability
Reform 3.0: What Has to Change
India doesn’t need another reform agenda. It needs an economy that makes building, hiring, and growing easier.
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Haresh Chawla
Investor | Entrepreneur
Reform 3.0: Why India Keeps Missing the Mountain
India didn’t falter for lack of ideas or ambition. It faltered because too many parts of its economy were never aligned toward the outcome that mattered most—productive work at scale.
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Haresh Chawla
Investor | Entrepreneur
Breaking Ranks: The UAE, Saudi Arabia, and the Unravelling of Gulf Consensus
As the UAE exits OPEC, long-simmering economic and strategic divergences with Saudi Arabia begin to reshape Gulf politics and energy markets
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Vivek Y. Kelkar
Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability
The System Holds, Until It Doesn’t
From the Gulf to global markets, events appear to move toward rupture and then stop short. The reason lies not in restraint, but in the invisible architecture of the system itself.
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Debajit Ghosh
Author
The System China Built, and India Has Yet to Understand
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G Venkat Raman
Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences | Indian Institute of Management, Indore
We Passed the Exam. We Failed the Economy
On how India built its education system faster than it built the economy to absorb it
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Haresh Chawla
Investor | Entrepreneur
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