Clean Energy as Economic Statecraft: Ten Strategies for Powering Viksit Bharat 2047
Executive Summary India has crossed a structural threshold: clean energy is no longer a climate choice; it is now economic statecraft....
Executive Summary India has crossed a structural threshold: clean energy is no longer a climate choice; it is now economic statecraft....
Introduction In 2023, electricity generation in the United States (US), which accounted for 15 percent of global electricity generation, declined by...
Executive Summary Read the report here. All views expressed in this publication are solely those of the authors, and do not...
The India AI Impact Summit 2026, held in New Delhi from 16 to 20 February, concluded with the adoption of the...
Introduction Towards Viksit Bharat As we cross the quarter-way mark of the present century, India’s journey towards its vision of Viksit...
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Climate change is posing unprecedented threats to food and nutritional security across the world, including in India, undermining the pillars of...
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Global labour migration has been instrumental in shaping how societies are formed and how economies function. Since the establishment of ancient...
Shifts in US strategy, the erosion of Iran’s regional power, and the Gulf’s growing economic momentum may collectively create new opportunities...
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Ties to trusted partners and allies have become central for the United States to win the AI race. AI leadership is...
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As much of the Middle East remains fractured, the Gulf is leveraging aviation, maritime power, infrastructure, and digital networks to transform...
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REEs have become a central arena of US–China strategic rivalry, with China’s dominance across the full production cycle giving it powerful...
To navigate the dynamic international order, Asia will have to balance principles and pragmatism — until it no longer has to...