Economic Development
ORF America
Why the UAE’s OPEC exit signals a deeper ...

By Udaibir Das

More moves of this kind should be expected, extending beyond energy into critical minerals, technology standards, industrial policy, and cross-border finance. The UAE’s decision is not an outlier. It is a marker — not of fragmentation, but of redefinition.

Why the UAE’s OPEC exit signals a deeper recalibration of state autonomy
Technology Policy
ORF America
A U.S.-India Partnership for the AI Age

By Dhruva Jaishankar and Ylli Bajraktari

The United States and India now have a major opportunity to cooperate more closely on AI. But they must move beyond the rhetoric of shared values to building shared infrastructure.

A U.S.-India Partnership for the AI Age
Special Report, Energy & Climate
ORF America
Greening Steel in a Fragmented World: Aligning ...

Special Report No. 10

By Piyush Verma, Caroline Arkalji, and Telmen Altanshagai

Greening Steel in a Fragmented World: Aligning Markets, Technology, and Finance
Economic Development
ORF America
Growth, finance, fiscal: reading the IMF ...

By Udaibir Das

Fiscal space, financial space and institutional credibility are no longer separable policy domains. They are jointly binding constraints. The IMF flagships document their components but not the mechanism.

Growth, finance, fiscal: reading the IMF flagships together
Technology Policy
ORF America
Expanding India’s Role in the International ...

By Sujai Shivakumar, Hideki Tomoshige, and Jeffrey D. Bean

India is positioning itself as an increasingly important node in the global semiconductor ecosystem, building on its established strengths in chip design and deep pool of STEM talent. These efforts come at a time when global semiconductor supply chains remain highly concentrated, creating opportunities for India to contribute to diversification and resilience. 

Expanding India’s Role in the International Semiconductor Ecosystem

June 2024

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India's Role in Diversifying Global Clean Energy Supply Chains

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India's Role in Diversifying Global Clean Energy Supply Chains

Ongoing armed conflicts in Europe and the Middle East and a fractured trade relationship between the world’s two largest economies, the United States and China, mean the energy transition cannot take economic integration and its accompanying benefits for granted.

Special Report

By Raj Sawhney, Shayak Sengupta, and Gregory Wischer

Editor: Shayak Sengupta

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