Greetings this Wednesday. In today’s Globely Daily, we take a look at Narendra Modi’s right-hand man Amit Shah, how Malaysia is winning the U.S.-China trade war, the future of South Africa’s embattled ANC, what drives Jewish voices for peace, and how battery swapping could boost EV sales.
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LEADERS
🇮🇳 Meet India’s Second-Most Powerful Man
Amit Shah isn’t well-known outside India, but down the road, he could be India’s next prime minister. At the moment, he is India’s second-most powerful man. He’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s consigliere, bagman, and hitman all rolled into one.
👀 SEE ALSO: The Modi Legacy— A conversation with India expert Christophe Jaffrelot
PIVOT STATES
🇲🇾 Malaysia Is Winning the U.S.-China Trade War
As U.S.-China economic competition intensifies, Malaysia should replicate its semiconductor supply chain success in other sectors.
RELATED PODCAST: The Many Political Lives of Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim — a conversation with the University at Albany’s Meredith Weiss
NETWORKS
🇿🇦 ANC Rises in Polls
The embattled African National Congress’s poll numbers have risen in the past month. But the party is still on course to lose a parliamentary majority for the first time since the fall of apartheid in South Africa. It’ll likely have to form a coalition government.
IDEOLOGIES
🍉 Jewish Values Drive Jewish Critics of Israel
American Jews involved in Palestinian solidarity movements say they’re inspired by their Jewish identity and values, not in spite of them.
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TECHNOLOGIES
🚗🔋⚡🔌 Battery Swapping Might Reverse EV Sales Slump
The rate of adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in Western countries continues to wane. But swappable batteries — common in parts of Asia — could lower the cost of EVs and make them in reach for a larger consumer base.
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