Private equity enters an era of fragmentation

Reflections from the Singapore Venture and Private Capital Association (SVCA) Annual Conference 2026

Feb 6 • Siddharth Poddar

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October 2025

Small steps, big gains: Nepal’s puzzling pace of poverty reduction

Nepal’s dramatic fall in poverty defies conventional wisdom, driven less by growth or megaprojects than by small interventions at different levels.

Oct 15, 2025 • Siddharth Poddar

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ACFTA 3.0: Greater integration likely, but who benefits?

Watch now | Given the current geopolitical backdrop, what are the implications of the upgraded ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement?

Oct 11, 2025 • Siddharth Poddar

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Indian foreign policy: from non-alignment to multi-alignment

It’s fair to say that India is in the thick of it.

Oct 3, 2025 • Siddharth Poddar

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September 2025

A summer of discontent: Nepal’s protests and Asia’s restless democracies

Nepal’s unrest is part of a wider Asian tableau.

Sep 29, 2025 • Siddharth Poddar

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How is the shift from a unipolar to multipolar world impacting business?

An interview with Andrew Cainey, RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, International Security and Co-founder of the UK National Committee on China

Sep 26, 2025 • Siddharth Poddar

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America’s new rules are redefining global trade and finance

An interview with Andrew Cainey, RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, International Security, and Co-founder of the UK National Committee on China

Sep 26, 2025 • Siddharth Poddar

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Notes on a world in change

Reflections shaped during the Helsinki Geoeconomics Week, where discussions underlined how globalisation’s certainties are giving way to regional…

Sep 15, 2025 • Siddharth Poddar

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A new dawn in Nepal: will this time be different?

Over September 8 and 9, Nepal lived through a lifetime.

Sep 11, 2025 • Siddharth Poddar

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August 2025

India and China cautiously warm ties amid shifting geopolitics

A rapprochement that appeared unthinkable barely 24 months ago seems only logical now.

Aug 27, 2025 • Siddharth Poddar

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What the new geoeconomics means for ASEAN

This is a whitepaper written with Dr Pushpanathan Sundram, former seputy secretary-general ASEAN for the ASEAN Economic Community.

Aug 10, 2025 • Siddharth Poddar

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April 2025

The tariff war is about power, not globalisation

The tariff tantrums of the past weeks might have shaken the global economy, but their true impact will be seen in a pivotal shift in global power…

Apr 13, 2025 • Siddharth Poddar

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