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Europe, Ukraine and the Limits of Strategic Unity: Lessons from the Brussels Summit

December 28, 2025

The recent European Union summit in Brussels marked a decisive shift in Europe’s approach to the Ukraine conflict. Instead of confiscating Russia’s frozen sovereign assets—estimated at nearly €210 billion—the EU opted for a more cautious course: raising a €90-billion Eurobond to sustain Ukraine financially. This choice has exposed internal divisions within the bloc, raised concerns about global financial stability, and highlighted growing European fatigue with a war whose political and military endgame remains uncertain.

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Investing in India’s Youngest Minds: Early Childhood Development as the Foundation of Viksit Bharat

December 28, 2025

When India visualises itself in 2047, the centenary year of Independence, the image is often dominated by world-class infrastructure, digital connectivity and a multi-trillion-dollar economy. Yet, the true foundation of a developed India will not be laid only through highways or high-speed rail. It will be shaped by the children being born today, who will enter adulthood in 2047. How India invests in the first six years of their lives will largely determine whether the vision of Viksit Bharat is realised.

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State-Level Growth and India’s Macroeconomic Future: Signs of a Long-Awaited Convergence

December 28, 2025

India’s national economic performance is ultimately the sum of its state economies. Gross Domestic Product at the national level is an aggregation of Gross State Domestic Products (GSDPs), making state-level growth patterns central to India’s macroeconomic trajectory. For decades, richer states consistently outperformed poorer ones, leading to widening regional disparities. However, emerging evidence since the pandemic suggests a quiet but significant shift: India’s lower-income states may finally be entering a phase of economic catch-up.

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People at the Centre: Rethinking Urban Planning in an Age of Migration

December 28, 2025

Cities today dominate the global imagination as engines of growth, innovation, and opportunity. From smart infrastructure to digital governance, urban policy often focuses on efficiency, scale, and competitiveness. Yet, in this pursuit, the most fundamental element of urban life is frequently overlooked—the people who inhabit cities, migrate to them, and continually reshape them. The widening gap between how cities are designed, how they are imagined, and how they are actually experienced points to a critical missing link in modern urban planning.

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India’s Foreign Policy in 2025: From Diplomatic Optimism to Strategic Reality Check

December 28, 2025

The year 2025 began with unusual confidence in India’s foreign policy. After a domestically focused election year in 2024, New Delhi appeared ready to re-engage the world—seeking trade agreements, repairing regional ties, and stabilising relationships with major powers. By the end of the year, however, that optimism had given way to strategic unease. Economic pressures, energy insecurity, shifting global alignments, and an unstable neighbourhood exposed the limits of India’s current diplomatic approach.

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