India, EU ramp up push for free-trade deal amid US tariff tensions
A trade pact with the EU would offer an ‘alternative market’ for Indian goods amid a fraught global environment. Read More Here
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The remarkable recovery of Narendra Modi
Despite an electoral reverse in 2024, India’s prime minister seems dominant. Read More Here
Japan’s Takaichi fast headed for a Liz Truss moment
Currency and bond traders voting on Takaichi’s fiscal spending plans by dumping the yen and pushing yields to record highs. Read More Here
Iran and the New Middle East
The end of a theocratic Iran will mean the end of the Middle Eastern region’s vortex of instability. Read More Here
Trump’s World and the Old World Clash at Davos
President Trump turns Davos into a clash of worldview, shattering decades of tradition of discussing a shared future. Read More Here.
Fit For Purpose? Why Global Alliances Are in Decline
In the 21st century alliances ceased to fulfill their key function — preventing conflicts. Instead, they have increasingly become sources of tension as old mechanisms of collective security no longer correspond to new realities. Read More Here
History Marches Past Davos
The World Economic Forum meeting in Davos will feature the usual pledges about stakeholder capitalism, purpose-driven business, and sustainable development. But without binding conditionalities, accountability frameworks, and risk-sharing that distinguish genuine value creators from rent extractors, it remains theater. Read More Here
Trump links Greenland threat to Nobel Peace Prize snub, EU prepares to retaliate
U.S. President Donald Trump links his drive to take control of Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and says he’s no longer thinking “purely of Peace”. Read More Here
How narrowing China-US gap could reshape global power play by 2035
Beijing predicted to be on ‘equal footing’ in strategic rivalry with Washington in the post-Trump era. Read More Here
Bangladesh’s student leaders ‘sidelined’ by Islamist allies in poll pact
The party born of protests that toppled Sheikh Hasina now finds itself overshadowed by a resurgent Jamaat-e-Islami. Read More Here
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