Pranay Kotasthane
Deputy director, Takshashila InstitutionPranay Kotasthane is the deputy director of the Takshashila Institution and chairs the High Tech Geopolitics Programme. Pranay co-writes Anticipating the Unintended, a newsletter on public policy ideas and frameworks, and co-hosts Puliyabaazi, a popular Hindi-Urdu podcast on politics, policy and technology. He is the co-author of three books — Missing in Action: Why Should You Care About Public Policy, When the Chips Are Down, and We, the Citizens. He has co-edited India’s Marathon: Reshaping the Post-Pandemic World Order.
Articles by Pranay Kotasthane
Economy
China’s critical minerals export ban falls short
The latest data on imports and consumption of gallium and germanium suggests that Beijing’s weaponisation strategy only led to a price spike, but did not hurt the US’s industrial consumption amid their efforts to diversify. Ultimately, dominance built on a genuine capability differential is key to export controls achieving their desired result, say researchers Amit Kumar and Pranay Kotasthane.
Amit Kumar, Pranay Kotasthane
21 Apr 2026