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October 9, 2026
Energy & Climate
ORF America
The India We Remember Is Not the India Powering ...

By Piyush Verma

Energy for Billions: India’s Turnaround and the World’s Future explores the energy choices that can help realize the ambition of Viksit Bharat — a developed India — and the lessons other economies might draw from India’s achievements and unfinished work.

The India We Remember Is Not the India Powering the Future
September 30, 2026
Energy & Climate
ORF America
AI data centres are generating their own power. ...

By Piyush Verma

The grid is more than a machine for moving electrons. It is a shared system of costs, responsibilities and reliability. As AI campuses bring their own power, the question is not whether they are on or off the grid, but what they owe it when they still depend on it.

AI data centres are generating their own power. How does that affect the wider grid?
September 30, 2026
Background Paper, Economic Development
ORF America
Overcoming the Absorption Dilemma: The Need for ...

Background Paper No. 40

By Udaibir Das and Pietro Zecca

Overcoming the Absorption Dilemma: The Need for Deployment Sustainability Analysis in an Era of Aid Contraction
September 29, 2026
Special Report
ORF America
Agentic AI and India: Implications for ...

Edited Volume

By Soumya Awasthi, Ishita Deshmukh, Sameer Patil, Kavya Wadhwa, Purushraj Patnaik, Pranoy Jainendran, Sameer Patil, Rahul Rawat, Debjyoti Chakravorty, Basu Chandola, and Tanusha Tyagi

Editor: Dhruva Jaishankar

Agentic AI and India: Implications for Security, Governance, and International Partnerships
September 21, 2026
Economic Development
ORF America
Asia beyond buffers: the second-generation ...

By Udaibir Das

Policy-makers cannot prevent every shock, but they can influence how prepared the economy is to deal with them, by reducing exposures, protecting essential functions and preserving policy room. Asia built its first generation of financial defenses after a crisis. It should build the second before the next.

Asia beyond buffers: the second-generation resilience agenda
ORF America
September 30, 2021
Energy & Climate

India Climate Update - Q3 2021

ORF America
September 30, 2021
Energy & Climate
India Climate Update - Q3 2021

India Climate Update is produced by Observer Research Foundation America (ORF America), Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and facilitated and distributed by ClimateWorks Foundation.

ORF America
September 10, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

The United States in Afghanistan: An Indian Perspective

ORF America
September 10, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
The United States in Afghanistan: An Indian Perspective

Rakesh Sood asks: How long before the fighting begins again?

Tagged: 2021

ORF America
September 10, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

How 9/11 Changed India–Pakistan Competition

ORF America
September 10, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
How 9/11 Changed India–Pakistan Competition

Aparna Pande on what has changed, especially since the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.

Tagged: 2021

ORF America
September 10, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

Russia’s War on Terror after Beslan

ORF America
September 10, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
Russia’s War on Terror after Beslan

Nandan Unnikrishnan on the many meanings of the post-Beslan reaction of the Russian state.

Tagged: 2021

ORF America
September 8, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

Twenty Years Later, a Fractured World

ORF America
September 8, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
Twenty Years Later, a Fractured World

Dhruva Jaishnakar on how four geopolitical contests are coming into clearer focus. First published in The Hindustan Times.

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2021

ORF America
September 7, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

Two Decades After 9/11: A Conversation With Michael Chertoff

ORF America
September 7, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
Two Decades After 9/11: A Conversation With Michael Chertoff

Dhruva Jaishankar speaks with the former Secretary of US Homeland Security.

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2021

ORF America
September 3, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

Two Decades After 9/11: A Conversation With Philip Zelikow

ORF America
September 3, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
Two Decades After 9/11: A Conversation With Philip Zelikow

Dhruva Jaishankar speaks with the former director of the 9/11 Commission.

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2021

ORF America
August 22, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

A tale of four presidents, Afghanistan, and India

ORF America
August 22, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
A tale of four presidents, Afghanistan, and India

Originally published in The Hindustan Times

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2021

ORF America
August 15, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

India's fate is tied to the rest of the world

ORF America
August 15, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
India's fate is tied to the rest of the world

Originally published in The Hindu.

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2021

ORF America
August 15, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

The ORF Foreign Policy Survey 2021: Young India and The World

ORF America
August 15, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
The ORF Foreign Policy Survey 2021: Young India and The World

Originally published by Observer Research Foundation

By Harsh V Pant, Prithvi Iyer, Nivedita Kapoor, Aashi Tirkey and Kartik Bommakanti

Tagged: 2021

ORF America
August 12, 2021
Technology Policy

The Future of Cybersecurity Lies In Silicon

ORF America
August 12, 2021
Technology Policy
The Future of Cybersecurity Lies In Silicon

Originally published in Arm Security Manifesto

By Dr. Andreas Kuehn

Tagged: Andreas Kuehn, 2021

ORF America
August 3, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

The Afghan Who Saved My Life May Make It Out. What About Everyone Else?

ORF America
August 3, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
The Afghan Who Saved My Life May Make It Out. What About Everyone Else?

Originally published in TIME

By Kimberly Dozier

Tagged: Kimberly Dozier, 2021

ORF America
July 29, 2021
Background Paper, Technology Policy

The Quad, the Media, and Big Tech Platforms

ORF America
July 29, 2021
Background Paper, Technology Policy
The Quad, the Media, and Big Tech Platforms

Background Paper No. 5

By Nikhila Natarajan

Tagged: Nikhila Natarajan, 2021

ORF America
July 23, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

Dhruva Jaishankar on US - India relations and the Quad

ORF America
July 23, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
Dhruva Jaishankar on US - India relations and the Quad

Originally published by Carnegie Council

Dhruva Jaishankar in conversation with Nikolas Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2021

ORF America
July 23, 2021
Background Paper, Economic Development

Seeking a Reliable Estimate of Global Poverty

ORF America
July 23, 2021
Background Paper, Economic Development
Seeking a Reliable Estimate of Global Poverty

Background Paper No. 4

By Terri B Chapman

Tagged: 2021, Terri B Chapman

ORF America
July 22, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

A Five Point Innovation Agenda For the U.S. - India Defense Relationship

ORF America
July 22, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
A Five Point Innovation Agenda For the U.S. - India Defense Relationship

Originally published by Observer Research Foundation

Tagged: 2021

ORF America
July 15, 2021
Technology Policy

Securing Africa’s Cyber Ecosystem Through International Cooperation

ORF America
July 15, 2021
Technology Policy
Securing Africa’s Cyber Ecosystem Through International Cooperation

By Bruce McConnell

Tagged: Bruce McConnell, 2021, Global South

ORF America
July 13, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

How the U.S. lost the plot in Afghanistan

ORF America
July 13, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
How the U.S. lost the plot in Afghanistan

Originally published in The Hindustan Times.

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2021

ORF America
June 30, 2021
Energy & Climate

India Climate Update - Q2 2021

ORF America
June 30, 2021
Energy & Climate
India Climate Update - Q2 2021

India Climate Update is produced by Observer Research Foundation America (ORF America), Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and facilitated and distributed by ClimateWorks Foundation.

ORF America
June 16, 2021
Technology Policy

The Promise and Perils of AI Partnerships

ORF America
June 16, 2021
Technology Policy
The Promise and Perils of AI Partnerships

Originally published in The Hindustan Times.

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2021

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