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The US, China and Russia are entangled in a complex way. And the rising tensions in the region are already disrupting shipping and the oil trade
Vivek Y. Kelkar
Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability
A stellar panel unpacks the primary drivers of complex change facing the world: The implications of elections in more than half the democratic world; the US-China rivalry and the economic disruptions of their mutual de-risking; assessing Global South as a tangible international entity; and more
Founding Fuel
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
Pramit Pal Chaudhuri
South Asia head | Eurasia Group
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
Vivek Y. Kelkar
Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability
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
Kanti Prasad Bajpai
Visiting Professor, Ashoka University | Emeritus Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
An annual round up of the most memorable books of the year
D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
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
G Venkat Raman
Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences | Indian Institute of Management, Indore
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
Sir Graham Watson
Distinguished Visiting Fellow | University of Toronto - Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
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
Sundeep Waslekar
President | Strategic Foresight Group
BCCI faces a set of crucial decisions ahead that could set the pace for the future
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
In this age of AI, creating an employee-first culture may seem counter-intuitive. But not if you believe in the primacy of building human relationships at the workplace
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
Why did WPP decide to snuff out the identities of three of its most storied agencies—Thompson, Y&R and Wunderman—to create a new entity VML, the world’s largest creative company? The clues lie in the stock markets—and the immense pressures acting on its CEO Mark Read
Shekar Swamy
MD & Group CEO | R K SWAMY Ltd
What does the war mean for the world? A discussion with Sundeep Waslekar
Founding Fuel
Chairman and MD Sanjiv Puri is trying to kill three birds with one stone
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
Despite the slowdown in its economy, Xi Jinping has not intervened with a stimulus package. The reason is a big shift in his policy, which is focused on building self-reliance. And this China Dream calls for patience and collective sacrifice by the Chinese nation
G Venkat Raman
Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences | Indian Institute of Management, Indore
