Technology Policy
ORF America
Navigating the Entanglements in the U.S.-China ...

By Linda Nhon and Andreas Kuehn

Trump 2.0’s overall policy directions in critical and emerging technologies will likely hew to common expectations. The details, however, of what technologies the new administration will prioritise and how actions, such as tariffs and export controls for example, will affect the United States’ (US) innovation and technology leadership remains underexplored.

Navigating the Entanglements in the U.S.-China Quantum Technology Race
Foreign Policy & Security
ORF America
India’s uneven quest to master technology

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Learnings from Delhi’s past should help in shaping the future as India bets big on new critical technologies.

India’s uneven quest to master technology
Economic Development
ORF America
What happens when global donors shy away from ...

By Udaibir Das

The key question is not whether the decline in aid and external assistance will push these economies towards more debt – it already does – but rather what kind of debt they will incur and what long-term implications it will bring.

What happens when global donors shy away from aid
Foreign Policy & Security
ORF America
Why New Delhi and Brussels must reset bilateral ...

By Dhruva Jaishankar

The EU and India both have apprehensions about China’s economic and manufacturing supremacy threatening employment and businesses at home. 

Why New Delhi and Brussels must reset bilateral ties
Foreign Policy & Security
ORF America
Foundation for layered India-America relations

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Trump and Modi announced a wide-ranging agenda to take the bilateral relationship forward. It included efforts that built upon the progress made during the Biden administration, particularly in terms of technology, defense, and regional cooperation.

Foundation for layered India-America relations

May 2024

Air pollution mortality from India's coal power plants: unit-level estimates for targeted policy

Air pollution mortality from India's coal power plants: unit-level estimates for targeted policy

By Kirat Singh, Tapas Peshin, Shayak Sengupta, Sumil K Thakrar, Christopher W Tessum, Jason D Hill, Inês M L Azevedo and Stephen P Luby

Absolute annual mortality ranges from less than 1 to over 650 deaths/year across units, and the mortality intensity of generation varies from under 0.002 to 0.43 deaths/GWh.

Air quality, health, and equity impacts of vehicle electrification in India

Air quality, health, and equity impacts of vehicle electrification in India

By Tapas Peshin, Shayak Sengupta, Sumil K Thakrar, Kirat Singh, Jason Hill, Joshua S Apte, Christopher W Tessum, Julian D Marshall and Inês M L Azevedo

Higher increases in pollution exposure are seen in scheduled castes/tribes, poor, and rural populations particularly in high coal production states.

Cyber Stakeholders: ORF America's Contributions to Multilateralism at the UN Open-Ended Working Group

Cyber Stakeholders: ORF America's Contributions to Multilateralism at the UN Open-Ended Working Group

Contribution from the Cyberspace Cooperation Initiative at the Observer Research Foundation America in the context of the seventh substantive session of the Open-ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025 (March 2024).

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