The New Perimeter of National Security
Why India’s corporate leaders can no longer separate digital risk from strategic resilience
G Venkat Raman
Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Management, Indore
Dr. G Venkat Raman is Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Indore. He is currently a Fulbright Fellow, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University (Virginia, USA). In the Schar School, Venkat is offering a course titled 'China Challenge' for the post-graduates and doctoral students. He is also researching the current state of US-China power rivalries with specific focus on the technology war and climate change.
Venkat is primarily a Sinologist. Apart from China studies, he has developed a keen interest in the subject of Business Ethics during the last more than eleven years of his association with IIM Indore and IIM Kozhikode. Given his Political Science background, Venkat brings in fresh perspectives in his teaching pedagogy and research.
Besides teaching core courses like Introduction to International Relations (for UG participants) and Ethics and CSR (for PG participants) he offers elective courses like Power Rivalries and Global Governance in the twenty-first century, Understanding the China Challenge, and Political Risk Management.
He has completed his doctoral studies from the School of Government in China’s premier university, Peking University, Beijing. Venkat is a fluent Mandarin speaker. He has also worked in Beijing as a professional for two years and eight months. He has been a visiting Fellow in the BRICS centre, Fudan University, Shanghai, and visiting Faculty in ICN Nancy, France. His areas of research interest are China’s interface with Global Governance and Business Ethics pedagogy.
Venkat's most recent work is a co-edited volume on BRICS. The edited volume is titled 'Locating BRICS in the Global Order: Perspectives from Global South,' and published by Routledge, London. He has also published research articles on subjects related to China. He has co-authored case studies on Indian businesses in China. These cases are part of prestigious case centres like Ivey Publishing, ISB Hyderabad and China Europe International Business School, Shanghai. Venkat is also associated with the Ashoka Centre for China Studies as a mentor and advisor. He is also an Honorary Fellow, Institute of China Studies, New Delhi.
He is member, Board of Trustees, Azad Foundation, New Delhi, which works for the financial empowerment of women below the poverty line by training them in non-traditional livelihoods. Venkat has also been invited as a guest speaker in various fora to speak on themes related to China studies.
My contributions
12 articles written
Does the current US-China detente signal a thawing of relations?
Neither of them wants an economic MAD (mutually assured destruction), and this is a tactical pause. This is the third column in our Year End Special series on making sense of the biggest economic and geopolitical shifts and what they signal
China's economic shift: Politics trumps growth
Despite the slowdown in its economy, Xi Jinping has not intervened with a stimulus package. The reason is a big shift in his policy, which is focused on building self-reliance. And this China Dream calls for patience and collective sacrifice by the Chinese nation
Xi Jinping and the rise of a new party elite
The crucial Chinese Communist Party congress next month will likely usher in a new breed of technocrats in its highest decision making bodies. In that there are clues to shifts in the country’s domestic and foreign policy
State Vs Big Tech: Splinternet and the geopolitics of tech regulation
While China, Europe and the US have their own reasons for regulation, the global trend is also defined by tech nationalism, a desire to protect homegrown tech companies, and competition between the three regions. Part 4 of this 4-part series explores this ‘technomic war’ and what the implications are for India
State Vs Big Tech: Taming the American giants
Under the Biden administration, there’s an urgency building up for regulation. There’s bipartisan support, though there are dissenting voices too. And ironically, Big Tech itself is lobbying for federal rules. Part 3 of this 4-part series decodes the US ecosystem
State Vs Big Tech: The Brussels Effect
The EU's two-pronged approach to tech regulation is focused on protecting individual privacy and checking cartelization by Big Tech. Europe's GDPR is considered the gold standard in extensive tech regulation. However, there are unintended consequences and new challenges
State Vs Big Tech: The three drivers of Chinese techlash
China has taken a U-turn from boosting its tech firms as ‘national champions’. In part 1 of this 4-part series on the global moves to rein in Big Tech, we explore the political, economic and social motivations of the Chinese state in clipping the wings of its consumer-tech giants
The hidden fault lines behind Jack Ma’s fall
The regulatory pushback was long in the making. And it has as much to do with Alibaba's dominance, a wariness of big businesses, and deeper socio-cultural issues
Should the world be worried about Chinese tech?
China's growing tech prowess, access to Big Data, and its expanding digital footprint gives it a strategic advantage—in espionage and surveillance, in global finance, and global trade. All of which will play a decisive role in determining China’s role in international politics and business. Read part 2 of this two-part article