The global economy today is shaped by a mix of deep continuities and sharp transitions. While the North–South divide in income and resource consumption persists, frontier technologies such...
The brief but consequential visit of UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to New Delhi has underscored a quiet but significant shift in India’s West Asia...
The global shift toward electric vehicles (EVs) is often framed as a clean-energy triumph and a decisive break from fossil-fuel dependence. Yet, beneath this narrative lies a quieter...
On January 1, France assumed the presidency of the G-7, reviving a familiar but contentious theme in global economic governance: global imbalances. The renewed focus on current-account surpluses...
Recent developments around the India–Mauritius tax treaty have reopened a fundamental debate about how India taxes foreign capital and what this means for long-term economic growth. A recent...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described his government as being in “Reform Express” mode. In recent years, reforms in income tax, the Goods and Services Tax, employment schemes,...
India’s approach to regulating cryptocurrencies has taken another incremental but significant step. On January 8, the Financial Intelligence Unit–India (FIU-IND) updated its AML and CFT guidelines for entities...
Nearly six years after Parliament amended India’s arbitration law to strengthen institutional arbitration, a key reform remains on paper. The Arbitration Council of India (ACI), envisaged as the...
The Iranian government’s declaration on January 12 that it had brought unrest under control has not ended global anxiety. Instead, attention has shifted to the United States, where...
India’s merchandise trade data for December 2025 has drawn attention not because of headline export growth, but due to what lies beneath it. While exports rose marginally year-on-year,...
