Dr Mohan Kumar

🌍 El món, vist des de la Xina i l’Índia 🗣️ Dues potències, dues mirades i un mateix escenari global. A la RCE 2026 descobrirem com interpreten la Xina i l’Índia els grans canvis geopolítics i econòmics del nostre temps. Jia Qingguo · Professor de la School of International Studies de la Universitat de Pequín i membre del màxim òrgan consultiu polític del Partit Comunista Xinès Dr. Mohan Kumar · Director general del Motwani Jadeja Institute for American Studies de la O.P. Jindal Global University i exambaixador de l’Índia a França i Bahrain @AmbMoKumar 🇪🇸 Dos potencias, dos miradas y un mismo escenario global. En la RCE 2026 descubriremos cómo interpretan China e India los grandes cambios geopolíticos y económicos de nuestro tiempo. 🇬🇧 Two powers, two perspectives and one shared global stage. At RCE 2026, we will explore how China and India interpret the major geopolitical and economic changes of our time. 📍 Palau de Congressos de Catalunya, Barcelona 📅 1, 2 i 3 de juny 👉 Inscripcions obertes: reuniocercledeconomia.com #RCE2026

On this episode of India & The World, we examine what the deepening standoff between the United States and Iran means for the global economy and why India could be among the hardest hit. The breakdown in talks has kept tensions high around the Strait of Hormuz, a route that carries nearly 20% of the world’s oil supply. Disruptions here have already pushed crude prices above $100, raising fears of a prolonged supply shock. This isn’t just a geopolitical story, it’s an economic one. Higher oil prices are feeding into global inflation, straining industries from aviation to manufacturing, and forcing companies to rethink costs and operations. For India, the impact could be immediate. As a major energy importer, rising crude prices translate quickly into higher fuel costs, pressure on airlines, and wider economic stress. There are already warnings of operational strain in aviation due to surging fuel expenses. The bigger question: what does it take to break the deadlock—and what happens if it continues? From oil markets to your wallet, we unpack how a distant geopolitical standoff could shape economic realities much closer to home. @Nidhi @DavidCayJ @Ryan_Bohl @AmbMoKumar #USIran #IranCrisis #OilPrices #CrudeOil #FuelPrices #IndiaEconomy #Inflation #Trump #EnergyCrisis #StraitOfHormuz #MiddleEast #GlobalEconomy #Geopolitics #WorldNews #AviationCrisis #DeKoder #IndiaAndTheWorld #NidhiRazdan

@ashajadeja Wow. Thanks and all good wishes.

Happening tomorrow Santa Clara convention center 4 PM. If you can make it, I recommend getting there by 3 PM.

On April 21, CG @drkjsrini participated in the first ever #USIndiaForum organized by @UCSD in partnership with @IndiasporaForum @USISPF & #MotwaniJadejaFamily Foundation as a keynote speaker, joining leaders from academia/industry/thinktanks/policymaking to strengthen partnerships between #India & #US. CG emphasized that #India looks forward to strengthening India–US relations with a strong focus on collaboration in #AI #technology #education #defence #space #advancedmanufacturing & other emerging sectors. He highlighted that engagement with educational institutions will open new opportunities for knowledge exchange, joint research & capacity building, further deepening strategic partnership. Event attended by UCSD Chancellor @pkkhosla #UPSC Chairman Ajay Kumar, Hon’ble MP @milinddeora, former Ambassadors @AmbMoKumar @RichRVerma @Tim_Roemer , thinktanks like @orfonline @BrookingsInst , various policy experts, entrepreneurs, specialists, Indian companies / startups, etc for two days of productive discussions @MEAIndia @IndianEmbassyUS @IndianDiplomacy @samirsaran @ronakdd @tanvi_madan @USIBC @FollowCII @ficci_india @MukeshAghi @DerekJGrossman @mrsandhill @ashajadeja @MattooShashank @ideaforge_tech @ankit_ideaforge @GalaxEye @thesuyashsingh @mitulbid #IndiaUS #SoCal #SanDiego

In conversation on the situation in West Asia: @AmbMoKumar Prof Amb Mohan Kumar. youtu.be/iiXiVsG127I?si…

Half the nation can’t remain a footnote in lawmaking. From promise to power—India’s democracy must take a decisive leap forward. In my latest article in The @IndianExpress, I write on why the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (33% reservation for women in Parliament and State Assemblies)- passed under the bold and visionary leadership of PM @narendramodi ji - must now move swiftly from symbolism to execution, through the forthcoming enabling alignment of the census and delimitation, so it can be operationalised in time for 2029- expanding representational space rather than triggering a zero-sum backlash. For PM Modi ji and the government he leads, gender equality has been an article of faith, with India’s agenda moving from women’s development to women-centred development and now women-led development - placing women not at the receiving end of policy, but at the helm of it. And the closing argument is simple: capability was never the constraint - access is; India now needs a decisive, big-bang push because incremental change has not been sufficient, and 33% is the critical mass that can shift institutional culture towards a gender-equal, 50:50 future. The law is a historic milestone - but its legacy will be written by accelerated implementation, because this is not only about representation; it is about redefining power. #NariShakti #WomenInLeadership #India #Leadership

My latest blog concerns the global recalibration taking place in the fight against climate change. ambmokumar.com/blog/

#ORF और हिंदू कॉलेज, दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय के सहयोग से आयोजित ORF–Hindu Policy Conclave में आज की बदलती वैश्विक व्यवस्था पर गहन चर्चा हुई। ‘PAX TRANSACTIONAL: The World, As It Is’ थीम के तहत इस संवाद में तेजी से बदलते भू-राजनीतिक परिदृश्य और उन उभरते रुझानों को समझने की कोशिश की गई, जो देशों की विदेश नीति को आकार दे रहे हैं। 🔍 सुरक्षा, जियो-इकोनॉमिक्स, ऊर्जा, जलवायु और प्रौद्योगिकी—हर आयाम पर गंभीर विमर्श हुआ। 📸 प्रस्तुत हैं इस दिनभर चली चर्चा की कुछ झलकियां। @orfonline @hinducollege @UnivofDelhi @GaurieD, @horror06 @RKSBIAF @Chandrachursing @samirsaran #ORF @gchikermane @AmbMoKumar @JindalGlobalUNI #PolicyConclave #RaisinaDialogue #Geopolitics #GlobalOrder #India #Technology #Climate #Energy

#ORFHinduConclave | टैरिफ़ और वैश्विक अस्थिरता इस पैनल में @AmbMoKumar, Petros Sourmelis, @renukohli_eco, @RajatSethi86, and @gchikermane शामिल रहे। यह सत्र Observer Research Foundation, Hindu College और Konrad Adenauer Stiftung India के सहयोग से आयोजित किया गया। चर्चा में टैरिफ़, वैश्विक आर्थिक अस्थिरता और बदलते भू-आर्थिक परिदृश्य के प्रभावों को विस्तार से समझा गया। #Geoeconomics #Tariffs #GlobalEconomy #PolicyConclave

#ORFHinduConclave | Tariffs and Turbulence This panel featured @AmbMoKumar, Petros Sourmelis, @renukohli_eco, @RajatSethi86, and @gchikermane, in collaboration with @orfonline, @hinducollege_du, and @kas_india. Key Insights: 🔹Even amid global #economic volatility, there remains a broad and continuing commitment to an open trading system, with countries largely converging around its importance. 🔹The interplay between geopolitics and #geoeconomics is evolving, with strategic considerations increasingly shaping #economic outcomes and challenging earlier assumptions about trade and stability. 🔹#Trade agreements, in isolation, may have a limited impact without parallel domestic reforms. Strengthening the #investment climate requires coordinated progress across land, labour, infrastructure, and regulatory frameworks. 🔹The discussion underscored that navigating global #economic turbulence will depend as much on domestic preparedness as on external alignment.

40 CEOs from French Companies. Senior diplomats. One room. Powerful conversations on geopolitics, energy & Indo-French partnerships at @IFCCI1 CEO Committee Meeting 2026 in New Delhi 🇮🇳🇫🇷 #IFCCI #Leadership #GlobalBusiness

@MahavirSinghvii Congrats and best wishes for a great innings!

Mahaveer Singhvi is India’s new consul general in Toronto hindustantimes.com/s/1QQAPcO

@horror06 @DivaJain2 You absolutely should write a book at some point!!

@DivaJain2 The story is much more complex than this conclusion. I have covered this for years.

Dr Kakodkar pleaded against the much vaunted US Nuclear deal + begged for more focus on theThorium program. He was overruled and ignored by the Political/Bureaucratic class with Indian Amreekajeevis cheerleading the deal. Why blame him for pursuing his scientific goals legally?

The WTO fails yet again by @JSIAJindal Prof @AmbMoKumar The fourteenth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Yaounde (capital city of Cameroon) from 26 to 30 March 2026. At a minimum, any Ministerial Conference ought to end with a Joint Declaration, even if anodyne and boilerplate. The above conference, however, ended with no declaration at all. Worse, in a throwback to the Seattle WTO Ministerial Conference in 1999, some key trade Ministers departed and caught their flights back home even before the conference formally ended. The only thing to show for the four-day meeting was closing statements by the host Cameroonian Trade Minister and by the Director General of the WTO. In the WTO, more than other multilateral institutions, such statements have zero legal validity. In any case, both of them admitted no decisions could be arrived at by Ministers in Yaounde. The negotiating can has thus been kicked back by the Ministers to the trade negotiators in Geneva. This is disingenuous, since Geneva-based negotiators do not have the kind of plenipotentiary powers that Ministers possess. If Ministers could not resolve issues, it is scarcely possible that Geneva-based negotiators will deliver. This is not the first time a WTO Ministerial Conference has failed in spectacular fashion. There was Seattle (1999) as pointed out earlier, but also a couple of others in Cancun (2003) and Buenos Aires (2017). But this one comes at a bad time for the WTO as an institution and for international trade, more broadly. With conflicts raging in Ukraine and Iran, the last thing the global economy needs is a crisis afflicting the multilateral trading system. But we live in dystopian times. It may be worth recalling that the WTO has three basic functions: negotiating function, dispute settlement function and trade monitoring function. The problem is that all three departments of the WTO are now in serious crisis. The WTO was supposed to be the most important negotiating forum for international trade. But since its establishment in 1995, it has basically come up with just two multilateral agreements i.e. one on trade facilitation and one on fisheries subsidies (albeit partial). Everyone agrees that the WTO must do two things: update existing rules in areas like Agriculture and come up with rules for new areas such as e-commerce or investment. The problem is that while some countries are more interested in the former, other countries are more focused on the latter. Crucially, decision-making in the WTO is on the basis of consensus which means each and every one of the 166 Members must agree on launching, conducting and concluding the negotiations. Up until the Doha Round of negotiations, the principle followed was known as “single undertaking” which meant that every Member had to agree with everything on the table. This had at least one advantage: every Member had something to gain from the negotiations. However, single undertaking has since been abandoned by the WTO, mainly because there is no agreement on launching a new “Round” after the dramatic failure to implement the Doha Round. A large number of WTO Members are in favour of what is called plurilateral agreements, that is agreements among those who are willing and not necessarily among all WTO members. But a handful of countries led by India oppose this on technical and legal grounds. Areas where there have been plurilateral negotiations are, inter alia, electronic commerce and investment facilitation. India nevertheless opposed the move in Cameroon to include these kind of agreements in the WTO. Though India’s arguments are valid from a strictly legal point of view, it is a fact that a large number of countries from the global north and the global south are in favour of including such agreements within the WTO framework. Full article on and Worth your time. 👇 ambmokumar.com/blog/

In a world of shifting power, contested borders, and fractured multilateralism, how should India think about strategy? Prof @AmbMoKumar lays it out with clarity: • Strategic autonomy, not hedging • Dialogue without capitulation • Power with principle ambmokumar.com/blog/

My latest blog deals with the just-concluded WTO Ministerial Conference in Cameroon and the implications thereof. ambmokumar.com/blog/

With humility and responsibility, I wish to share the big news that @JSIAJindal of @JindalGlobalUNI has been ranked by QS as 90th in the #world and 1st in #India under the subject of Politics and International Studies. It is a remarkable recognition for JSIA, which is less than 15-years-old, and also a spur for us to further raise the quality and standards of #education in the field of #InternationalRelations. Thank you to all our staff members, students, employers and supporters for enabling us to reach this benchmark. Huge gratitude to our Chancellor @MPNaveenJindal for encouraging us to address contemporary global challenges through #research and #policy relevant work. We promise to continue the #innovation and #knowledge revolution in our discipline to break into the Top 50 and Top 20 of the world in years to come. 🙏

Session 2 on "Economics, Trade, and Technological Disruptions" was moderated by Dr Arvind Gupta, with panellists Amb Mohan Kumar, Mr Debjit Chakraborty, and Mr Sanjay Chaddha. The session focused on supply chain resilience, technology ecosystems, and strengthening India's economic and industrial capabilities in a competitive global environment. @lbscidsa @AmbMoKumar

My podcast for the Roundglass India Center at Seattle University where I talk to Prof Sital Kalantry about India and the ongoing Gulf War. youtu.be/sxGxAv9R2LM

Live From Dubai as the War Spirals- "Iran Still has Cards to Play' says @AmbMoKumar ; "An extremely unpopular war in US" says @SeemaSirohi from DC with former US Marine @NewshamGrant disagreeing with us all on a war he says "is going to plan". In full youtube.com/watch?v=zWhFlB…