Tag: ORF

Digital democracies and virtual frontiers: How do we safeguard democracy in the 4IR? (Samir Saran, ORF)

Over a decade ago, the Arab Spring powered by social media levelled the divide – even if briefly – between the Palace and the...

AUKUS and the Indo-Pacific: Stakeholders Weigh their Wins and Losses (Harsh V.Pant, Rahul Kamath, ORF)

The trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (AUKUS), announced on 15 September 2021, has instantly become a matter...

China and Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport: Reading between the lines (Abhishek Mishra, ORF)

Just days before the eighth edition of the high-profile Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Ministerial Conference took place in Dakar, Senegal, China got...

What urban India must learn from Mumbai’s pandemic efforts (Dhaval Desai, ORF)

Based on OECD’s definition of informal settlements, studies have estimated that up to 37 million households in India (nearly 50 percent of the country’s population) living in slums...

How can cooperation with Taiwan benefit India and Maharashtra in the global supply chain shift? (Roger Liu, ORF)

With the securitisation of supply chains and increasing efforts to decouple from China, India has seen the opportunity to play a more important role...

Inequity pandemic: The lost generation of the digital transformation (Patrycja Pendrakowska, ORF)

Internationally, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has varied depending on the measures undertaken, the number of infected, government subsidies supporting businesses, access to...

Maritime India: The Quest for a Steadfast Identity (Pratnashree Basu, ORF)

India’s geography lends itself favourably to the cultivation and expansion of maritime ties. Yet, for much of the country’s contemporary history, the country has...

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on India’s federalism (Ramanath Jha, ORF)

No country in the world, whatever be its political architecture, went unscathed from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The coronavirus engendered an unprecedented crisis...

A new US policy on Africa: Genuine reset or same old rhetoric? (Abhishek Mishra, ORF)

Last week, United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, during his three nation—Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal—sojourn to sub-Saharan Africa unveiled a new United States...

Five challenges that would shape the outcome of NEP 2020 (Niranjan Sahoo, ORF)

In July last year, India unveiled its first and most comprehensive education policy of the 21st century. As the first omnibus policy since 1986, the...

The grim calculus behind Afghan tragedy (Harsch V. Pant, Kriti M. Shali, ORF)

It’s been more than three months since the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan and the situation in that country continues to worsen by the day. The ongoing...

S-400s, CAATSA Complicate India-US Ties (Rajeswari (Raji) Pillai Rajagopalan, ORF)

India appears to be going ahead with the controversial Russian S-400 air defense system. Dmitry Shugaev, director of Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation...

Winter air pollution and stubble burning in North India: A regulatory governance perspective (Sarthak Shukla, ORF)

People in Delhi and nearby regions are having their annual tryst with the deadly winter air pollution, a phenomenon where toxic clouds of smog...

Russian ASAT Test Highlights (Rajeswari (Raji) Pillai Rajagopalan, ORF)

Russia has joined the anti-satellite test frenzy, conducting a successful test on November 15. The United States Space Command issued a statement confirming that...

Did China Create New Facts on the Ground Along the LAC With India? (Rajeswari (Raji) Pillai Rajagopalan, ORF)

Following the Galwan conflict in June 2020, China-India relations have gone through one of their worst phases. Despite several rounds of military and diplomatic...

India-EU climate relations: Outcomes and recommendations from the ORF & CEPS India-EU Track 1.5 Dialogue on Climate Action and Ambition (ORF)

Collaboration on climate change is central to the relationship between India and the European Union (EU). Since 2016, the EU and India have together...