The Ever-Emerging Markets
In the middle of the last decade, the average growth rate in emerging markets hit over seven percent a year for the first time ever, and forecasters raced to hype the implications. China would soon...
View ArticleAmerica’s Energy Edge
Only five years ago, the world’s supply of oil appeared to be peaking, and as conventional gas production declined in the United States, it seemed that the country would become dependent on costly...
View Article‘No hope for a regime change’
The change of government in the Ukraine has triggered off an avalanche of diplomatic and non-diplomatic actions, with a president in exile, the protestors in power, a secession coming up from Crimea,...
View ArticleIs Brazil losing global momentum?
The year 2014, supposed to be one of celebration for Brazil, has turned into a year of self-doubt and soul-searching. Coming on top of a series of failures, the announcement by the vice president of...
View ArticleMandate for BRICS Bank
Two years after it was initially proposed, the mandate of the BRICS Bank still remains unclear. China is pushing for the bank to take a greater role in infrastructure. Russia is looking for the bank as...
View ArticleBRICS bank: what’s in a location?
At the just concluded meeting of the leaders of the BRICS nations in Fortaleza in Brazil this week, the New Development Bank, first institution to represent the grouping was formalised, in leadership,...
View ArticleThree reasons the BRICS’ bank matters
Although the tragic incident of MH17 now attracts global attention, the real big news last week was the establishment of the BRICS development bank at the BRICS summit in Brazil, which has long-term...
View ArticleFederalism, swaraj and Brazil
Brazil is one of the largest federal states in the world and one of the oldest, dating from 1889.[1] The country started off with a unitary central authority as a colony, and later as a monarchy when...
View ArticleBook review: Brazil’s guided capitalism
This book was released in June 2014 in the run-up to the Football World Cup which raised Brazil’s global profile. The ignominious defeat of the Brazilian team is two sides of the same coin, and...
View ArticleLatin American lessons for AAP
The Aam Admi Party (AAP) swept to power in this week’s state election in Delhi, with the broom as its symbol, capturing global attention as it comprehensively defeated the BJP. But Latin America has an...
View ArticleBrazil: protests and Petrobras
On March 14, several hundred thousand Brazilians took to the streets in major cities around the country in protest against corruption. It was a reminder of the 2013-14 protests that overshadowed the...
View ArticleChina in Latin America
At the China-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Forum meeting held in Beijing in January 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that over the next ten years trade between...
View ArticleLatin America’s right angle?
Latin America was not immune to global tumult in 2015. In the case of this enormous region, almost five times the size of India, the economic downturn affected the politics. In Brazil, Argentina and...
View Article‘No hope for a regime change’
The change of government in the Ukraine has triggered off an avalanche of diplomatic and non-diplomatic actions, with a president in exile, the protestors in power, a secession coming up from Crimea,...
View ArticleThe Ever-Emerging Markets
In the middle of the last decade, the average growth rate in emerging markets hit over seven percent a year for the first time ever, and forecasters raced to hype the implications. China would soon...
View ArticleAmerica’s Energy Edge
Only five years ago, the world’s supply of oil appeared to be peaking, and as conventional gas production declined in the United States, it seemed that the country would become dependent on costly...
View ArticleBrazilian Embraer can inspire HAL
At the 10th Biennale Aero India held in Bangalore this week, among the many global defence giants was Brazil’s Embraer (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica) selling both defence and executive aircraft....
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Intra-BRICS Trade: an illustrative guide
In 2001, Goldman Sachs analyst Jim O’Neill predicted that over the next 10 years, Brazil, Russia, India and China (the ‘BRIC’) will form a significant share of world GDP and this should be taken...
View ArticleIs BRICS still relevant?
The 13th BRICS summit is set to be held on September 9 in digital format under India’s chairmanship. This plurilateral grouping comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is chaired by...
View ArticleGeopolitics, G20 and India’s Choices
The clock is ticking. In about three months, India will assume for the first time the Group of 20 (G20) year-long presidency from December 1, 2022, to November 30, 2023, culminating with the G20 Summit...
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