Vikram S Mehta
The writer is the chairman of Brookings India and senior fellow, Brookings Institution.
Articles By Vikram S Mehta
Over The Barrel: How to boost the energy drive
A blueprint of initiatives the new government can consider.
Non-dollar based trading regime holds key to breaking US stranglehold over oil trade
One of several reasons for America’s economic leverage is that it sits at the epicenter of the global financial system. The dollar is a reserve currency. Global trade is preponderantly carried out in dollars. Oil is priced in dollars.
Time is of the essence, steps must be taken to increase consumption of renewable energy
Today, every projection of India’s energy future draws the same broad conclusion: energy demand will move on an upward curve, indigenous supplies will fail to keep pace, energy imports will rise, and the environment will face increasing stress.
What lessons can Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez offer Indian leaders who wish to push climate change policies?
The Cortez resolution may eventually end up in the archives like so many other resolutions on the same subject but, today at least, it has to be credited for bringing global warming into the US national conversation.
The techno dystopia
Controversy over EVMs shows that regulatory structures are needed to ensure the algorithmic world doesn’t trample on democratic rights.
Carryovers from 2018
The science of global warming is incontrovertible. The planet is headed for a climate-induced catastrophe.
Over The Barrel: How to avoid the perfect storm
One day, resource scarcity, geopolitical chaos and climate-induced devastation could creep up on us.
Juggler’s art
Petroleum minister has to achieve oil supply security and balance the country’s strategic interests
Three men & a possibility
Kuldip Nayar and Vajpayee rejected narrative of Partition for India-Pak. Imran Khan can rewrite the script
Trump’s foreign policy: An unlovely triangle
Between strategic-energy interests with Iran and a flip-flopping US president, India must find its own balance.
Over The Barrel: Networked and vulnerable
A tightly-connected world is more imperilled by cyber attack, disease and global warming. It requires inspired leadership. India and China have an opportunity.
Over The Barrel: Because the business of business isn’t just business
Pooling Corporate Social Responsibility funds will facilitate sharing of experiences, reduce duplication of efforts and facilitate a geographically equitable distribution of resources.
Let’s not slip again
Why government must not ask public sector outfits to bear burden of high oil price regime
The unlikely bulwark
The much-maligned bureaucracy has become a hurdle in the way of populist misadventure
Over The Barrel: The fourth political revolution?
A new political model is needed that is more responsive to changes being wrought by forces of globalisation, technology, humanity.
New era, old budget
The absence of energy from the finance minister’s script showcased a larger disconnect
Over The Barrel: An energy agenda for 2018
Ten challenges the government must look in the eye in the new year.
An uncertain energy future
India’s renewable energy targets are too ambitious. It will have to make choices and trade-offs
The new oil game
China is showing increasing interest in the Middle East. India must track its moves
Over the Barrel: A Russian acquisition
What are the geopolitical implications of the sale of Essar Oil to Rosneft, given the deepening of energy relations between China and Russia?
