The Leap Blog

by Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah. A great global order has run astray. For over half a century, the world operated under an open system of mo...

by Ajay Shah. The Russian economy has faced a series of adverse shocks after the invasion of Ukraine: Many de facto restrictions have...

by Akshay Jaitly and Ajay Shah. The world is projected to emit about 50GT of CO2 per year by 2055. Climate scientists say (net) emissions...

by Shubhashis Gangopadhyay. This is the text of my discussant comments at LEPC 4.1 today , which is a session organised around a talk by Gau...

by Ajay Shah. Backdrop In the world of public policy, there are two dimensions to thinking about performance. How hard is a problem?...

After Stuxnet, Iran seems to have developed offensive cyberwar capabilities, possibly with Russian help. Catnip, organised by me in chron...

The new world of security in India Only in a police state is the job of a policeman easy. -- Orson Welles The policemen...

by Lant Pritchett . The US had a chance to lead. It abdicated that chance, to play domestic politics and put forward a US nominee who is ...

by Percy Mistry . How did it happen? The worst financial crisis in the western world for nearly 80 years broke in September 2008. It...

For once, I am pleased at how India played it: India gave Pakistan MFN status way back, in 1996, without getting into the silliness of reci...