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IMF needs an Asian leader, not a French one

Singapore Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam bridges India, China, Southeast Asia and the West, and can restore the IMF's global authority.

IMF chief: India pitching for Emerging Market candidate

India open to supporting candidate outside BRICS countries, but a consensus hasn't yet emerged.

Europe determined to retain its hold, Lagarde enters IMF race

French FM is slowly but gradually emerging as a favourite to replace Strauss-Kahn. BRICS is not amused. But at the same time, it doesn't have any choice but to play along since it has not put forward a candidate who can give Lagarde a tough fight.

The future is here! And BRICS are getting there faster

The case for deepening BRICS and emerging market integration within the international monetary system has never been stronger.

Ideal candidate to head IMF: An Eastern economic visionary

The IMF needs to reinvent the game, not provide 'jobs for the boys'. It needs someone who transcends politics and lays out the economics of the new global order.

It's 'us' versus 'them' in the battle for IMF top job

With Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest European predominance in the institution may come to an end. Sure, the power balance won't tip overnight, but know this: the old order is dead.

Adani, Reliance Infra get downgraded on coal worries

Many power companies are being de-rated by brokerage houses due to a looming coal shortage. Only NTPC seems well placed in terms of coal supplies. How long before the economy itself faces a downgrade if power shortages get bad?

British thaw with Modi shows which way the wind is blowing

Britain has read the tea leaves, and has concluded that given the very real prospect that Modi will be re-elected to power a third time, and the infinite political possibilities that might open up soon after, it wants to get in on the 'winning' side early.

US Prez Debate: Why nobody talked about India

As both India and the US retreat into the recesses of their minds, the capacity for India to inject itself into American foreign polity thinking stands vastly diminished.

The US loses its swagger, and learns to live with Islamists

The US once bent the arc of history to its advantage. Today, as it hobbles out of a smouldering Iraq, it is a mere spectator to the rush of history.