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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
Foreign Policy & Security
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India and Taiwan’s evolving entente ...

By Benjamin Tkach and Vasabjit Banerjee

We evaluate cooperative steps that both India and Taiwan have taken in the defense arena, demonstrating how mutual antagonist China, economic ties, and budding security coordination are creating an entente.

India and Taiwan’s evolving entente commerciale: trade and informal defense cooperation between Taiwan-India
Foreign Policy & Security
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India’s defence export rise opens a door for ...

By Dhruva Jaishankar

The new joint defense declaration between India and Australia articulated a more ambitious objective of defense industrial cooperation, including to “develop arrangements for advanced defense science and technology collaboration.” This may appear challenging, but India has made remarkable developments in its defense industrial capabilities over the past five years. These offer little-appreciated opportunities for many of its partners, including Australia.

India’s defence export rise opens a door for Australia

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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