May 25, 2025

As the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor promises to redraw trade and connectivity maps, digital infrastructure must be treated not as a secondary benefit-but as a foundational pillar of its strategic viability.

As governments shift from sole operators to facilitators, private firms are reshaping the economics, pace, and ambitions of space exploration. India, the United States, China, and Europe are responding in markedly different ways, each illuminating a distinct model of public-private cooperation in the cosmos.