Contrary to what we hear more often, some of India’s real fundamentals, in many respects, […]
Author: Kamal Malhotra
U.S.-India Interim Bilateral Trade Agreement: Father of All “Deals” for President Trump?
The agreed interim agreement of February 6, 2026 marks an important step towards a US-India […]
Re-empowering the United Nations to Address 21st Century Challenges
The global community has a clear way forward if 20-30 countries can all do, just […]
Key Economic and Social Priorities for Achieving India’s “Viksit” Aspirations
The Purposes of Development Indian Prime Minister Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) […]
The United Nations at 80: Needed More than Ever to Address 21st Century Challenges
History and Mandate As the High-Level Segment of the UN General Assembly is in session […]
A Threat to India’s IT and other Services Exports: More US Trade and Tariff Bad News on the Horizon?
Digital Trade and Services Exports Digital Trade and services have not, so far, featured seriously […]
Political Interference in the US Federal Reserve: Some Lessons from Turkiye
A recent study published in the Harvard Business Review by Roberto Stefan Foa and Rachel […]
Trump’s Tariff Tantrums: Can the World Unite Against Them?
Has the time now come for countries, erstwhile allies and foes of the US alike, […]
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”: A Death Knell for the American Dream
Between the global tariff war and the US Congress’ recently approved One Big Beautiful Bill […]
Trump’s World Disorder: Implications and Options for India
Trump 2.0 has raised numerous concerns for both the direction and substantive content of the […]
India’s Potential for AI Powered 24/7 Governance in Public Interest
Can it Play a Leadership Role in the Global South? The State of AI Development […]
The Impending Global Tariff War: Can Crisis be Turned into an Opportunity for India?
The Relationship Between Trade, Industrial Policy, Economic Growth and Human Development Trade can be a […]
Artificial Intelligence, India and the Global South
The Global State of Play There is little doubt that the world is at the […]
The ‘New’ Syria: End of a Dynasty: A New Beginning?
The Changed Context It’s been less than two months since the rapid fall of the […]
Trump2.0: The Global Challenge
Key Characteristics of the Existing Post World War Two United Nations Based Liberal World Order […]
India’s Act East Policy: Re-energise and Make it 21st Century Relevant!
India was very late in recognizing the strategic importance of Southeast Asia. It now needs […]
Towards a Genuine and Inclusive ‘Viksit Bharat’. Suggestions on Making it Happen!
All of us dream about living in a peaceful, respectful and inclusive society. What will […]
2024 US Elections: High Stakes for Latin America, India and the Spirit of UN
The Global Context 2024 will certainly go down in world history as the year of […]
Inclusive, Sustainable Growth with Adequate Decent Employment
Credible research shows that India needs to create 115 million jobs between 2024-2030 of which […]
