Srijana Mitra Das

Editor, TOI

Stories by the author

• ‘The upcoming El Nino event could cost India $1 trillion in losses’

  
  04 Jun 2026 11:20 PM IST
• ‘The US-Iran war will hurt both food consumers — and producers’

  
  21 May 2026 10:53 PM IST
• ‘Indian workers are central to Middle East oil — yet, they’re unseen’

  
  30 Apr 2026 11:53 PM IST
• ‘Iranians now blame US-Israel, not Tehran, for their economic woes’

  
  23 Apr 2026 10:32 PM IST
• ‘America’s petro-imperialism in Iran has already hiked US fuel cost by $20 billion’

  
  16 Apr 2026 10:34 PM IST
• ‘US sees the Middle East as one long war — fuelled by oil and water’

  
  26 Mar 2026 10:42 PM IST
• ‘This war is bigger than Iran vs US... this is a geopolitical chess game with Russia, China — and fossil fuel energy needed to build AI’

  
  12 Mar 2026 10:33 PM IST
• ‘Women in leadership roles can bring more growth and value to firms — yet, constraints on their rise persist even in rich nations’

  
  06 Mar 2026 12:13 AM IST
• ‘India is now using ‘lean innovation’ in high-tech — it’s sparked by our economics and geopolitics from both East and West’

  
  05 Feb 2026 10:09 PM IST
• ‘Donald Trump’s USA is a predatory hegemon — it is now adversarial to Europe, changing the structure of world power’

  
  22 Jan 2026 10:45 PM IST
• ‘Oil is everything for the Iranian economy — it fuels power, protests and the paradoxes of Iran’

  
  15 Jan 2026 10:14 PM IST
• ‘Terrorist groups must be covert and can’t use organisational mechanisms others can to stay on track — hence, most of them fail’

  
  18 Dec 2025 11:01 PM IST
• ‘The ESG movement is resilient now — Donald Trump did bring a backlash but the impact is less dramatic than expected’

  
  11 Dec 2025 10:59 PM IST
• ‘The US state’s absence at COP30 created a power vaccum in climate action — China’s taken the leadership role but it poses risks’

  
  04 Dec 2025 10:58 PM IST
• “The West is shaky about its own growth today — China, Brazil and India can lead the energy transition with frugal innovation”

  
  27 Nov 2025 10:29 PM IST
• ‘Renewables will transform growth in the Global South — like China, India can pivot from US ‘carbon dominance’ pressure’

  
  20 Nov 2025 10:26 PM IST
• ‘Zohran Mamdani is a successful political entrepreneur — he appeals to the college-educated who aren’t captains of industry’

  
  06 Nov 2025 10:42 PM IST
• ‘With US-China competition, geoeconomics is rising — it’s deployed strategically by both hegemons and smaller nations now’

  
  30 Oct 2025 11:12 PM IST
• Globalisation is enhancing criminogenic asymmetries — and crimes across classes: Nikos Passas

  
  23 Oct 2025 10:50 PM IST
• The Louvre heist was waiting to happen — as its price rises, thefts of gold are increasing: Christopher A. Marinello

  
  23 Oct 2025 10:01 PM IST
• ‘The Israel-Gaza ceasefire deal is not about Palestinians’ rights — it shows US attempts to pull the Middle East away from China’

  
  16 Oct 2025 10:43 PM IST
• The Israel-Palestine conflict is the last living piece of colonial history — the Middle East will alter with the energy transition: James Gelvin

  
  09 Oct 2025 10:37 PM IST
• ‘Demanding sanctions on India for Russian oil reflects the US not doing what it should for Ukraine’

  
  02 Oct 2025 10:46 PM IST
• ‘If America does sharply raise H1-B visa fees, that will go directly against the US successfully countering China Shock 2.0’

  
  25 Sep 2025 11:17 PM IST
• ‘Economies are now shifting from tangible manufacturing to intangible investment — India is at the top of that growth’

  
  18 Sep 2025 09:44 PM IST
• ‘The US and China face a ‘Thucydides Trap’ which could lead to war — India is growing dramatically faster than Beijing now’

  
  11 Sep 2025 10:38 PM IST
• ‘India and China are creating alternative payment systems now — that could be a powerful geoeconomic challenge to the US’

  
  04 Sep 2025 10:16 PM IST
• India is now the fastest-growing economy on Earth — Donald Trump will need India’s support as much as the other way around: Sir Paul Collier, Oxford Professor

  
  13 Aug 2025 11:07 PM IST
• ‘To call India’s fast-growing economy ‘dead’ is so Trumpian —the US President is undermining faith in American statistics’

  
  07 Aug 2025 11:22 PM IST
• Donald Trump has succeeded in imposing US tariffs globally now — but this won’t last as nations will learn how to retaliate: Kenneth Rogoff

  
  31 Jul 2025 10:52 PM IST
• America’s changing stages of capitalism impacted the world — Donald Trump now wants to disrupt the old economic order: Jonathan Levy

  
  24 Jul 2025 11:04 PM IST
• The ‘stealthy wealthy’ have been rising in America — they make things and get rich slowly in contrast to Silicon Valley’s elite: Owen Zidar

  
  17 Jul 2025 10:01 PM IST
• India and China were the world’s richest nations — rice grew their wealth: Francesca Bray, University of Edinburgh

  
  13 Jul 2025 11:16 AM IST
• ‘Donald Trump’s tariffs are helping to defray the US fiscal deficit now — but ultimately, they’ll weaken the economy’

  
  10 Jul 2025 10:51 PM IST
• ‘America’s attitude to Britain was ruthless as it became global hegemon — China’s ‘military-civil fusion’ mirrors the US now’

  
  04 Jul 2025 09:03 AM IST
• Despite supplying 90% of its oil exports to China, Iran is weakened now: Helen Thompson, Cambridge University

  
  26 Jun 2025 10:05 PM IST
• Iran’s ‘License Raj’ resembles 1960s India — those close to the regime get permits and oil revenues, the educated get no jobs: Jeremy S. Friedman

  
  19 Jun 2025 11:27 PM IST
• With the US slapping tariffs around, international trade is like the Wild West now: Gene M. Grossman

  
  13 Jun 2025 12:13 AM IST
• Rising uncertainty over trade wars and de-dollarisation are pushing up global demand for gold — its supply is limited: Campbell R. Harvey

  
  05 Jun 2025 10:49 PM IST
• ‘Nationalism in China has grown with Xi Jinping— many citizens think economic showdowns with the US are part of China’s rejuvenation’

  
  29 May 2025 09:48 PM IST
• ‘Clean energy projects will slacken in the US — other nations are rightly frustrated with Donald Trump’s environmental policies’

  
  22 May 2025 09:49 PM IST
• Support for extremism in Pakistan is strongest among the middle class: Jacob N. Shapiro

  
  15 May 2025 10:10 PM IST
• India faces challenges on its periphery— but a neighbour with nuclear weapons puts Delhi in a unique position: Walter C. Ladwig

  
  09 May 2025 12:49 AM IST
• Donald Trump’s tariffs reflect globalised nations changing over the last 10 years — many in the EU feel the same about China: Jeffry Frieden

  
  30 Apr 2025 10:45 PM IST
• The US doesn’t have a climate policy now — until Washington is back at the global table, world environmental progress will be slow: Noah Kaufman

  
  23 Apr 2025 11:06 PM IST
• Tariffs may have helped US as China, India started rising as superpowers —these charges will cost America now: Steven Durlauf

  
  16 Apr 2025 09:29 PM IST
• US vs China is a clash of geoeconomic hegemons, only these two economies can effectively cajole or coerce other nations: Columbia professor

  
  09 Apr 2025 10:15 PM IST
• The Trump regime is out of sync with the world on sustainability — Europe, India and China are committed to the clean energy transition: Jaideep Prabhu

  
  02 Apr 2025 11:50 PM IST