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Lehman crashed. But India, China and later, USA rose from 2008’s debris
The global economic crisis of 2008, triggered by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, gave Asia a chance to rise, and let nationalist leaders, including Donald Trump, emerge
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More players rising in space launch vehicle market
India successfully launched its workhorse rocket PSLV as a purely commercial mission. PSLV demonstrated its capability to match small satellite requirements but competition is intense with the spurt in dedicated small satellite launch vehicle (SSLV) ventures.
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Why Failure of Aramco’s IPO launch is Good News for India?
In early 2017, Aramco, the world’s most profitable oil company, was planning an Initial Public Offer (IPO) with the desired valuation of 2 trillion USD. Aramco’s planned IPO has created anxiety for the oil importers and excitement for international financial markets. Mohammad bin Salman, the new Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, has been pushing for Aramco to go public as it would had make it the most valuable company in the world to be traded in the financial markets.
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Grow up India, time to set an uplifting agenda
By 2040, the proportion of the population below 34.5 years will fall to 50 per cent from 65 per cent today.
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The hidden failure of US-India counterterrorism cooperation
While New Delhi is getting more diplomatic support for its position, it is doing little to change the threat Pakistan poses.
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Our infrastructure must become climate-resilient
A frustrating part about the Kerala floods is that the loss of life and economic devastation could have been prevented.
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The trouble with China’s edge in the AI arms race
China has been making massive investments to create a huge pool of AI experts. The Chinese government wants to overtake the United States and be the global leader in the field by 2030.
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India’s bank crisis is really a power crisis
Carbon-intensive assets are a financial time bomb.
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New great game: US wants Russia to help contain China
President Donald Trump’s overtures to President Vladimir Putin, while starting a tariff war with China, has the strategic community reminiscing about a time when it was all so different. During the Cold War, America had diplomatically aligned itself with China to counter the Soviet threat.
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India’s future as a world power depends on 4 key relationships
In the 2040s, India is expected to surpass the United States (in PPP terms) and become the world’s second largest economy, behind China. Alongside this Indian emergence, the international order is undergoing significant change as well, with power increasingly diffused among states as a new, multipolar geostrategic landscape begins to emerge with fresh layers of complexities.
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