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Events That Shaped Our World in 2023

At Founding Fuel, we posed a series of provocative questions—curated in partnership with former journalist and digital entrepreneur Jay Vikram Bakshi—to some of the world’s foremost thought leaders and asked them to write their inquiries on some of the crucial subjects of our times. They accepted. Through December 2023, we will unveil their insights, one groundbreaking article at a time. This isn't ordinary reading material; it's a curated journey for intelligent minds.Join us on this exclusive series, designed to stimulate deep conversations.

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Is India too late to the Global South party?
·Economy, Policy & Society

Is India too late to the Global South party?

China may have already stolen a march with its massive financing, infra investments and deals to access natural resources and stranglehold on markets across the developing world. Yet India may still have some aces up its sleeve. The sixth and final column in our Year End Special series on making sense of the biggest economic and geopolitical shifts and what they signal

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Pramit Pal Chaudhuri

Pramit Pal Chaudhuri

South Asia head | Eurasia Group

Is Africa swapping out Europe for China?
·Economy, Policy & Society

Is Africa swapping out Europe for China?

The political economy calculus in Africa is changing. Any China-EU rivalry in Africa will only benefit the continent. The fifth column in our Year End Special series on making sense of the biggest economic and geopolitical shifts and what they signal

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Vivek Y. Kelkar

Vivek Y. Kelkar

Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability

Is the US in strategic retreat in the Indian Ocean region?
·Economy, Policy & Society

Is the US in strategic retreat in the Indian Ocean region?

And does China have the capability to increasingly dominate this space? The fourth column in our Year End Special series on making sense of the biggest economic and geopolitical shifts and what they signal

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Kanti Prasad Bajpai

Kanti Prasad Bajpai

Visiting Professor, Ashoka University | Emeritus Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

Does the current US-China detente signal a thawing of relations?
·Economy, Policy & Society

Does the current US-China detente signal a thawing of relations?

Neither of them wants an economic MAD (mutually assured destruction), and this is a tactical pause. This is the third column in our Year End Special series on making sense of the biggest economic and geopolitical shifts and what they signal

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G Venkat Raman

G Venkat Raman

Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences | Indian Institute of Management, Indore

Caught in existential dilemmas, how is Europe’s political thinking shaping up?
·Economy, Policy & Society

Caught in existential dilemmas, how is Europe’s political thinking shaping up?

Europe is caught between the left and right, antisemitism and Islamophobia, accepting asylum seekers and pushing back boats. The time for a delicate balancing act may be over. This is the second column in our Year End Special series on making sense of the biggest economic and geopolitical shifts and what they signal

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Sir Graham Watson

Sir Graham Watson

Distinguished Visiting Fellow | University of Toronto - Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy

Is the world increasingly becoming a dangerous place to live?
·Economy, Policy & Society

Is the world increasingly becoming a dangerous place to live?

The existential threat to human civilization is not from wars, but from nuclear disaster and climate change. This is the first in our Year End Special series on making sense of the biggest economic and geopolitical shifts and what they signal

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Sundeep Waslekar

Sundeep Waslekar

President | Strategic Foresight Group

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