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11 March 2024

Unfolding Geopolitics | Episode 8, India joining the IEA

As India begins membership talks with the International Energy Agency, Senior Fellow for Energy, Investment, and Connectivity at Gateway House, Amit Bhandari joins us to talk about how we got here, what’s in it for both parties, and how the agency will adapt to the increasing strategic autonomy of India and countries like it.

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1 June 2023

Food, Energy & Finance Connectivity in the Bay of Bengal

Despite its natural advantages, the Bay of Bengal region lags economically, in part due to insufficient connectivity between the member nations. Improving financial connectivity between them is the first step to easing movement of goods, services and people. Greater financial collaboration also can help the region mitigate the impact of ongoing geopolitical upheavals that have caused food and energy prices to rise.

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5 April 2023

Enabling climate finance creatively

The focus on climate finance must take into account the high cost of debt, foreign exchange risk and weak public energy utilities in the developing economies. A creative and workable solution to all these issues is to establish a Global Climate Finance Agency, managed by a reputed multilateral agency with some of the capital support promised by the developed countries.

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23 March 2023

Peacemakers, Rivals and Mates in the Gulf

The restoration of diplomatic ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia marks the end of a seven-year marathon of indirect confrontations and impasses involving a broad spectrum of actors. It allows both to harvest economic and political benefits. Most importantly, it confirms China’s status as a significant power with influence to unlock broad and complex international agreements.

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2 March 2023

Newscentre: Energy Transitions, Climate Finance and India’s G20 Agenda

Gateway House’s G20 Task Force Report on Energy Transitions and Climate Finance analyses the geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges, and proposes recommendations, for green transition among the G20 countries. Task Force co-chair Nadir Godrej, Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej Industries, and Amit Bhandari, Senior Fellow, Energy, Connectivity and Investment, Gateway House discuss the report’s recommendations on climate finance, green transition, affordable access, and energy security on CNBC-TV18 with Parikshit Luthra.

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1 February 2022

India in the Indo-Pacific: Pursuing Prosperity and Security

The Indo-Pacific has become an important part of global geopolitics in the recent past, with several great powers implementing concerted Indo-Pacific policies to create economic, social and security linkages with the region. India can use its development experience and futuristic technology to secure stability and prosperity. This compendium of essays explores the comprehensive role that India can play in the Indo-Pacific, from energy and environment, to trade, security, technology and a vibrant diaspora.

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4 January 2018

India’s opportunity in high energy prices

India has benefited from three years of low petroleum prices. The tide is now turning, with oil moving from a benign $50 to $70 a barrel. This is a good time for it to start using financial instruments and asset purchases, as other countries do, to protect itself against further price rises