Ashok Malik is a Partner at The Asia Group and Chair of its New Delhi-based subsidiary in India where he leads the firm’s in-market business strategy and services. Prior to joining the firm, Ashok served for three years (2019-22) as Policy Advisor/Additional Secretary in India’s Ministry of External Affairs. In that capacity, he worked closely with External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and others in the senior leadership of the Ministry to help shape and explain India’s foreign policy in a crucial and eventful period for the international system. Between 2017 and 2019, Ashok served as speechwriter and spokesperson for the 14th President of India, President Ram Nath Kovind. Before joining the government, Ashok was a Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, one of India’s preeminent think-tanks, where he analyzed India’s foreign policy and political economy. For nearly two decades, Ashok also had a distinguished career as a writer and editor at The Times of India, Hindustan Times, The Indian Express and numerous other leading Indian publications. He became one of India’s best-read columnists and commentators, and was in 2016 awarded the Padma Shri, one of India’s highest civilian honors.
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Ashok Malik on India’s Economic and Strategic Outlook
- India, Economy
Recent Posts
George Chen on CNN on How U.S.-China Tit-for-Tat Sanctions Could Risk the Next Trump-Xi Meeting
August 7, 2026
Media Mentions
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Amb. Kurt Tong in CNN International on Japan-U.S. Joint Currency Intervention
August 4, 2026
Media Mentions
“This intervention brings things back into alignment closer to where most people think that the exchange rate should be over ...
George Chen in Bloomberg on China’s AI Blitz Creates ‘Death Zone’ for Rival US Model Makers
August 4, 2026
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“A lot of countries are looking at the competition between US and China, and they don’t want to take a ...
David Boling in The Asahi Shimbun on Japan and the U.S. Enter a “New Phase” to Halt Yen Depreciation
August 1, 2026
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In an interview with The Asahi Shimbun (8/1), TAG Managing Director for Japan David Boling says, “because Trump has long argued that yen weakness ...