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As seen in: MSN, Financial Times, MSN India, The Economic Times, The Times of India, Hindustan Times, NDTV, The Indian Express, Brookings Institution, CNN-News18 and
New Delhi | Partner and Chair (India) @TheAsiaGroup
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Is India's 1991 economic model dead? Why 'reforms' aren't enough & the state must step in

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By Ashok Malik
| Inkl
Analysis of India's economic situation has tended to conflate several different themes. The immediate problem is, of course, the Strait of Hormuz stand-off. The rupee's decline in value is its most visible symbol. An energy and commodities shortfall, remittances and exports concerns, amid demand destruction, have heightened fears of inflation and growth shock. India is not alone. Across Asia and further afield, countries have suffered similarly.
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Meddle east meditations: India and countries like Pakistan are inactive and active for safety of their citizens and economies

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By Ashok Malik
| MSN India
Ashok Malik Domestic discourse on the latest Gulf War took a puzzling turn this past week. Has Islamabad re-established its strategic weight? Should India have taken on the role of peacemaker and mediator? The questions are silly and reductionist. They flow from an all-weather obsession with Pakistan. They also mis-appreciate the primary purpose of foreign policy: sheltering of one's own citizens and economy. This is what all countries troubled by the conflict are attempting to do.
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India's West Asia dilemma: Navigating Iran conflict and Gulf ties

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By Ashok Malik
| MSN India
Ashok Malik Almost exactly four years ago, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine began, New Delhi was frustrated. Just as the world was starting to make slow recovery from the pandemic, as the Indian economy was hoping to build on a brave budget, the very glimpse of advance was blurred by a war nobody needed. In spring 2026, India, its prime minister, and its economic and foreign policy managers find themselves in a similar situation, indeed one even more fraught, in West Asia.
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