Energy & Climate
ORF America
Net zero planning needs an AI update. COP31 is ...

By Piyush Verma and Andrei Covatariu

The COP31 presidency has proposed raising electricity’s share of global final energy demand, yet AI is largely missing from climate and energy planning. At COP31 in Antalya this November, that needs to change.

Net zero planning needs an AI update. COP31 is the right moment to do that
Economic Development
ORF America
Who stands behind tokenised money?

By Udaibir Das

Technology changes the form of money. The institution behind the promise still sets its quality.

Who stands behind tokenised money?
Foreign Policy & Security
ORF America
2026 could be landmark year for India-EU ties, ...

By Dhruva Jaishankar

As official EU-India relations have surged ahead over the past year, the non-governmental sector will quickly need to catch up.

2026 could be landmark year for India-EU ties, courtesy China, US and Russia
Energy & Climate
ORF America
IBSA offers Indonesia a Stronger Global South ...

By Piyush Verma

This diplomatic moment offers an opportunity built on the India-Indonesia relationship: closer cooperation with the India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum, or IBSA.

IBSA offers Indonesia a Stronger Global South Role
Special Report
ORF America
ORF Global Quarterly: Energy and Tech: Powering ...

Edited Volume

By Andreas Kuehn, Cauvery Ganapathy, Piyush Verma, Parul Bakshi, Lydia Powell, Gopalika Arora, Siddharth Yadav, Amoha Basrur, Pranoy Jainendran, Prateek Tripathi, and Sauradeep Bag

Editors: Sharon Stirling and Eszter Karacsony

ORF Global Quarterly: Energy and Tech: Powering the Future

January 2026

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The Nexus of Artificial Intelligence and Energy Security: Strategic Opportunities for U.S.-India Leadership

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The Nexus of Artificial Intelligence and Energy Security: Strategic Opportunities for U.S.-India Leadership

Special Report No. 7

By Piyush Verma, Medha Prasanna, Caroline Arkalji, Erlijn Van Genuchten, and Siddharth Sharma

Outlook 2026: Emerging markets will need a new playbook

Outlook 2026: Emerging markets will need a new playbook

By Udaibir Das

Global financial institutions continue to frame the 2026 outlook for emerging markets through a familiar cyclical lens. The consensus assumes U.S. monetary easing, a softer dollar and a modest global slowdown will favor local-currency assets, credible disinflation paths and balance-sheet repair. This narrative is historically grounded and internally coherent. It is also increasingly insufficient.

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