Interpreting India

India, China, and the U.S. in the Age of the Technology Race

This episode is part of our curtain raiser series ahead of the tenth edition of the Global Technology Summit, Carnegie India’s flagship annual event, co-hosted with the M

Subsea Cables, AI Infrastructure, and Africa's Connectivity Gap

Jane opens with a framing that runs through the entire conversation: for Africa, the subsea cable story is not primarily about geopolitics. It is about connecting citizen

India, Australia, and the Critical Minerals Opportunity

The conversation opens with a useful baseline on both countries. Australia has world-class mining equipment, technology, and services capabilities, and its mining sector

Chokepoints, Economic Warfare and India's Strategic Options

Edward lays out three criteria for what makes something a genuine choke point: dominant market share, difficulty to substitute, and the ability to weaponize it with asymm

India's AI Ambitions and the Road to Viksit Bharat | AI Summit Special

This is the final episode of our special series on the India AI Impact Summit, examining the conversations, decisions, and debates that are shaping global AI governance.

Did India's AI Summit Get Safety Right? AI Summit Special

This episode is part of our special series on the India AI Impact Summit, examining the conversations, decisions, and debates that are shaping global AI governance. Prof

Subsea Cables, Trusted Networks, and India's Strategic Opportunity

Pooja opens with a mismatch that frames the entire conversation. India consumes around 20% of global internet traffic but accounts for just 2% of global subsea cable infr

AI Literacy and the Future of Work in India

Jaspreet's framing for the AI and work debate is worth staying with. He is not dismissive of disruption: he thinks AI will destroy certain jobs, create new ones, and the

Can AI Resources Be Democratized? AI Summit Special

This episode is part of our special series on the India AI Impact Summit, examining the conversations, decisions, and debates that are shaping global AI governance. The

Space Security in the Age of AI

Almudena opens with a distinction that anchors the entire conversation: space security, unlike space safety, is about intentional harm. It concerns deliberate attempts to

An African Perspective for Building AI for Global South | AI Summit Special

This episode is part of our special series on the India AI Impact Summit, examining the conversations, decisions, and debates that are shaping global AI governance. Raym

The India-EU Trade Deal: What It Delivers and What It Doesn't

For most of the last decade, a trade deal between India and the EU seemed unlikely. The nudge came as the world changed around both. Nicolas points to three converging fo

From Bletchley Park to Delhi and What Comes Next | AI Summit Special

This episode is part of our special series on the India AI Impact Summit 2026, examining the conversations, perspectives, and debates that are shaping global AI discourse

Data, AI, and the Laws Trying to Keep Up

The conversation begins with a close look at India’s data protection regime, particularly the DPDP Act and its emphasis on consent. Nikhil challenges the perception that

Inside the Iran Conflict: Power, Strategy, and India’s Balancing Act

The conversation begins with a look at where the conflict stands today and how Iran has managed to absorb significant military pressure while still responding in a measur

Recalibrating BRICS: India’s Moment in a Fragmented World

The episode begins with a reflection on Brazil’s 2025 BRICS presidency, which emphasized continuity with the bloc’s original reformist agenda—particularly the push for re

Deciphering the “Mother of All Trade Deals”: The India–EU FTA

Kumar frames the India–EU FTA as a deal India needed, not one it merely chose, arguing that with the multilateral trade system weakened, FTAs have become the practical ro

AI Adoption Journey for Population Scale: The UCAF Framework

AI progress is often measured by the number of pilots launched, but this episode argues the real unit of progress should be how many AI use cases are reliably in producti

Scarcity, Sovereignty, Strategy: Mapping the Political Geography of AI Compute

As AI systems grow more powerful, the computational infrastructure behind them has become a strategic resource, one that is unevenly distributed across the world. This ep

Cybersecurity in Outer Space: A Growing Concern

The conversation explores how cybersecurity is integral to space operations, drawing parallels with traditional air defense strategies. Blount discusses the historical co