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India’s Manufacturing Moment: Picking the Right Battles in a Fragmented Global Economy
India stands at a rare inflection point in the world of manufacturing—one shaped by geopolitics, re-shoring, near-shoring, and a once-in-a-lifetime restructuring of global supply chains. As multinational firms diversify away from concentrated production hubs, particularly China, the opportunity for India is unprecedented. But opportunity alone is never enough; strategy determines…
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India’s Clean-Industry Push: Momentum Rising, but Financing & Regulation Hold the Real Keys
India today stands at the most pivotal moment in its energy and industrial transition since the early 1990s. What the reforms of 1991 did for manufacturing, today’s renewable and clean-industry shift aims to do for the next era of economic competitiveness—define India not just as a low-cost production base, but…
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Europe’s Semiconductor Shock: A Historic Warning and a Futuristic Call for Supply-Chain Rewiring
The deepening semiconductor shortage facing Europe’s automotive sector is more than a temporary industrial disturbance — it is a historic reminder of how fragile modern manufacturing systems remain, even after decades of globalisation, automation, and digital sophistication. As wafer shipments linked to the Nexperia–China conflict risk drying up by mid-December,…
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Why Global Climate Governance Must Endure Amid Strategic Fragmentation
From Rio to Dubai — The Evolution of Climate Diplomacy The United Nations’ Conference of the Parties (COP) has long stood as the cornerstone of global climate governance. From the Rio Earth Summit (1992) that birthed the UNFCCC, to the Kyoto Protocol (1997) and the Paris Agreement (2015), the COP…
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The World Economy in an Age of Disorder: When Change Becomes the New Constant”
From Order to Disorder For much of the post-World War II era, the world economy was underpinned by a relatively orderly global framework: trade liberalization under GATT/WTO, predictable U.S. monetary leadership, and a shared belief in globalization as a pathway to prosperity. Even crises — such as the oil shocks…
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AI, Satellites, and Edge: The Future Telecom Triad
The future of telecom networks stands at a defining moment in history — a transition from connected devices to connected intelligence. From the telegraph and Morse code in the 19th century to the digital revolutions of the 20th and 21st centuries, telecommunications have consistently reshaped human civilization. Each generation of…
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The Business and Economic World: Living with Uncertainty
The business and economic world has always been a theatre of uncertainty — a space where stability is an exception rather than the rule. From the Great Depression of the 1930s to the global financial crisis of 2008, and more recently the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing trade realignments, the…
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Global Supply Chain Disruptions: Lessons from Crisis and Pathways to Resilience
From Local Hiccups to Global Shocks The globalization of trade since the late 20th century turned supply chains into vast, interdependent networks spanning continents. What began as an efficiency revolution—outsourcing, lean inventories, and just-in-time production—created systems optimized for cost but not for resilience.Historically, disruptions were local: a flood in Thailand…
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India’s Textile Sector : How Exporters Are Weaving a New Future in Europe Amid U.S. Tariff Pressures
A Shifting Fabric of Global Trade India’s textile exporters are rethreading their global strategy. Faced with rising U.S. tariffs—impacting nearly 29% of India’s textile and apparel exports—they are now turning toward Europe, a market long valued for its design diversity and regulatory depth. According to Reuters, Indian exporters are not…