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
Economic Development
ORF America
New AI models risk economic amnesia

By Udaibir Das

As AI takes on a greater role in economic analysis and policy, an unsettling question arises: will its ability to recognise systemic risks with historical precedents weaken with a lack of immediate algorithmic reference?

New AI models risk economic amnesia
Background Paper, Economic Development, Energy & Climate
ORF America
From Galápagos to Global: Leveraging ...

Background Paper No. 30

By Veronica Jijon

From Galápagos to Global: Leveraging Debt-For-Nature Swaps for Debt Relief and Environmental Protection
Background Paper, Economic Development
ORF America
Digital Public Infrastructure as a Catalyst for ...

Background Paper No. 29

By Anit Mukherjee and Ashwini Joshi

Digital Public Infrastructure as a Catalyst for Private Sector Innovation: Lessons from Fintech Sector in India

Smart Cities as Large Technological Systems: Collective Action Problems as Organizational Barriers to Urban Digital Transformation

Smart Cities as Large Technological Systems: Collective Action Problems as Organizational Barriers to Urban Digital Transformation

By Andreas Kuehn

In a race to develop ‘smart cities’, policymakers in metropolitan regions across the world are rapidly deploying IoT devices, sensors, and emerging ICTs, including AI and facial recognition to solve various urban governance challenges, including the need to increase efficiencies, and empower citizens.

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