Can ‘next-gen reforms’ fix the economy without touching the big stuff?
Modi’s new push might streamline GST and ease rules, but land and labour remain off the table. Growth, yes. Transformation? Not just yet.
How India hedged its bets on Iran, and lost
India’s seizure of Iranian tankers, timed to coincide with a US trade deal, suggests a consequential drift away from strategic autonomy, and that drift carries real risks.
Fuelling a new equation
As sanctions make Russian oil a legal, financial liability, India is forced to rebalance energy ties and turn crude politics into tariff negotiation.
Beijing’s new club
Dhaka’s hesitant participation in the cosy trilateral chat with Pakistan and China shows that the neighbourhood game is not over.
Can India and Russia Build a Durable Economic Partnership?
Can IMEC Transition From Vision to Reality?
A year and a half after its launch, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor remains at best a political statement of intent.