India — Marginal Thinking

Global System & PowerSeptember 23, 2026

BRICS Global South New Development Bank international institutions local currencies

BRICS in 2026: from an investment acronym to a heterogeneous institution of Global South coordination

An institutional and economic reconstruction of how BRICS evolved from a four-country analytical category into an 11-member coordination system with a development bank, wider diplomatic reach and rising internal heterogeneity.

Read research

Global System & PowerSeptember 23, 2026

India economic history demography industrialization digital public infrastructure

India: demographic scale, institutional continuity and the unfinished transformation from agriculture to high-productivity employment

India combines civilizational depth, colonial institutional legacies, post-independence state building and a post-1991 market acceleration; in 2026 its central economic problem is converting exceptional demographic and digital scale into mass productive employment, urban capacity and higher productivity.

Read research