·Artificial Intelligence
Built to Last in an Age of Continuous Change
AI is making information and analysis abundant. The harder strategic question is knowing what must change—and what must endure
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Debleena Majumdar & Arjo Basu
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·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
The Business of Wastewater Is Changing
The biggest competitive advantage in India's wastewater industry may no longer be better treatment technology. It may be the ability to finance, own and operate long-term water infrastructure.
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Bharti Krishnan
Founder | Finetrain
·Artificial Intelligence
The Institution in the Machine—AI’s Escape from its Sandbox
The OpenAI incident is less about rogue machines than about a deeper shift: AI is becoming part of the cognitive architecture of modern institutions
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Satish Pradhan
Independent Consultant
Why Garfield Sobers Still Defines Cricketing Greatness
The six sixes made Sir Garfield Sobers famous. They barely explain why those who watched, played with and knew him still speak of him with such awe.
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Anindya Dutta
Founder | Two Roads and author
·Economy, Policy & Society
How the Iran War Is Reshaping the Global Economy
The conflict is no longer just a military confrontation. It is rapidly becoming a struggle over the global energy system, maritime trade and geoeconomic power—with the Gulf caught in the middle
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Vivek Y. Kelkar
Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability
·Artificial Intelligence
When More Intelligence Makes Strategy Harder
AI has made intelligence abundant. Why, then, is strategy becoming harder?
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Debleena Majumdar & Arjo Basu
·Artificial Intelligence
Why AI Needs a New Safety Architecture
Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than governments can govern it. A new report argues that extreme AI risks demand a fundamentally different approach to global governance.
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Vivek Y. Kelkar
Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability
·Economy, Policy & Society
The Best Stories of Summer 2026
Ideas that help make sense of a changing world
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Founding Fuel
·Economy, Policy & Society
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
·Artificial Intelligence
The Question AI Cannot Ask
The real advantage in an AI-driven world may not be answering questions better, but knowing which questions matter
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Anindya Dutta
Founder | Two Roads and author
·Economy, Policy & Society
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
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
The 33kV Wall
The energy transition is creating a brief opening in one of the hardest industrial sectors to crack. Can a new generation of Indian companies build lasting capabilities before the window closes?
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Bharti Krishnan
Founder | Finetrain
·Business & Strategy
Why India’s Universities Struggle to Build Great Business Schools
A look at why standalone institutions continue to dominate postgraduate management in India, and what schools of management inside multidisciplinary universities must do if they hope to compete
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S. Ramakrishna (Rama) Velamuri
Strategic Growth & Innovation Expert | Visiting Professor
·Economy, Policy & Society
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
·Artificial Intelligence
Why More Information Won't Make Better Decisions
Large language models can answer almost anything. The real challenge is figuring out what to ignore. An excerpt from Biju Dominic’s new book ‘MicroStimuli’
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Biju Dominic
CEO and Co-Founder | Final Mile Consulting