By Vivek Mishra
How have the Trump and Harris campaigns done so far in the views of the American public as Election Day nears?
By Piyush Verma
Energy for Billions: India’s Turnaround and the World’s Future explores the energy choices that can help realize the ambition of Viksit Bharat — a developed India — and the lessons other economies might draw from India’s achievements and unfinished work.
By Piyush Verma
The grid is more than a machine for moving electrons. It is a shared system of costs, responsibilities and reliability. As AI campuses bring their own power, the question is not whether they are on or off the grid, but what they owe it when they still depend on it.
Background Paper No. 40
By Udaibir Das and Pietro Zecca
Edited Volume
By Soumya Awasthi, Ishita Deshmukh, Sameer Patil, Kavya Wadhwa, Purushraj Patnaik, Pranoy Jainendran, Sameer Patil, Rahul Rawat, Debjyoti Chakravorty, Basu Chandola, and Tanusha Tyagi
Editor: Dhruva Jaishankar
By Udaibir Das
Policy-makers cannot prevent every shock, but they can influence how prepared the economy is to deal with them, by reducing exposures, protecting essential functions and preserving policy room. Asia built its first generation of financial defenses after a crisis. It should build the second before the next.
By Vivek Mishra
How have the Trump and Harris campaigns done so far in the views of the American public as Election Day nears?
By Vivek Mishra
What might America’s foreign policy with India look like if led by a Trump administration or a Harris administration?
By Vivek Mishra
How does India’s shift towards individualism impact its relationship with Washington as tensions with China grows?
By Vivek Mishra
How does the recent MQ-9B drone deal between India and the United States foster deeper defense and technology cooperation between the two countries?
By Vivek Mishra
As Washington navigates pressures in Latin America, it remains to be seen how the next U.S. administration will deal with Russia and China in America’s backyard.
By Udaibir Das
How do sovereign wealth funds navigate current times while building portfolio resilience?
By Vivek Mishra
External factors are likely to weigh heavily on US commitments in the Indo-Pacific under the next administration, which will in turn influence the evolution of the India-US security partnership.
By Vivek Mishra
Faced with low approval ratings, Justin Trudeau seems to be using foreign policy as a tool to distract from his domestic failures. Not just India, but another unresolved issue of Trudeau's tenure has been his handling of Chinese interference in Canadian elections.
By Vivek Mishra
As Arab-Americans hope for Harris’ distance from Netanyahu, currently, there isn’t much difference between Biden’s and Harris’ Middle-East approach, as she could inherit an increasingly volatile Gulf
By Dhruva Jaishankar
While the direct implications for India might be less than for others, the 2024 U.S. presidential election will undoubtedly have indirect effects on India.
By Udaibir Das
How can countries with small and shallow financial markets adopt financial stability reports that are more suited for their economic conditions?
By Sadiq Amini
Is Japan’s continued engagement with Afghanistan, especially with development projects, furthering the legitimacy of Taliban rule?
By Dhruva Jaishankar
Why should Indo-Pacific nations pay attention to the U.S. presidential election and what will a change in leadership mean for existing partnerships?
By Udaibir Das
How should China refine its financial reform strategy to better align with its economic ambitions and responsibilities?
By Sadiq Amini
With the Taliban's return to power, Afghanistan is prone to rise of international terrorist groups just three years after the United States' withdrawal.
By Udaibir Das
The decisions from the 20th National Congress and the Third Plenum collectively represent significant strides in reinforcing the financial sector’s role as China recalibrates its growth model.
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