Cultural explanations for geopolitical behaviour have long been scoffed at-but they offer insights today

New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- The study of strategic culture to explain geopolitical behaviour has been controversial primarily because its critics argued that culture was mostly explanatory in retrospect, and... Read More

A manager's guide to surviving a world in which business is impacted by economic statecraft

New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- Dear top, middle and junior manager, I write this in response to questions you have been asking me after hearing my talks on geoeconomics and economic statecraft. I know that yo... Read More

How many ways can we spell Subramaniam? Let's standardize our transliterations into the Latin script

New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- There are four variants of the name Subramanya: Subramanyam, Subramani and Subramanya, in addition to the Sanskrit original that I will spell as Subraman-yuh. The Four Subramanya... Read More

Nitin Pai: India has much to gain from cooperation with other South Asian countries

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- It is clear that India's relationship with the countries in its neighbourhood is at an impasse. There are many reasons for this: global power shifts, political changes in neighbo... Read More

India needs a power rebalance: consumers and citizens find themselves hapless much too often

New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- A moment after I had ordered tea, I noticed that the promised delivery time changed from 10 minutes to 45. I looked for the familiar button to cancel the order, but it was no long... Read More

Nitin Pai: Biotech offers India a shot at global leadership-here's what must be done to achieve it

New Delhi, July 26 -- Biotechnology has become a currency of geopolitical power. Its convergence with artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the global bio-economy. If India reforms its governan... Read More

Air defences: India should induct drones and precision missiles in line with its own threat analysis

New Delhi, July 12 -- Recent wars have been about air power of a different kind: large numbers of missiles and drones have been used with precision to destroy targets over extremely long distances. T... Read More