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May 28, 2026
Background Paper, Technology Policy, Energy & Climate, Foreign Policy & Security
ORF America
Securing Critical Minerals at Scale: ...

Background Paper No. 38

By Jeffrey D. Bean and Dhruva Jaishankar

Securing Critical Minerals at Scale: Multilateral Solutions for Energy, Defense, and Semiconductor Supply Chains
May 19, 2026
Economic Development
ORF America
Systemic Sovereign Financial Risk: Re-Anchoring ...

By Udaibir Das

Drawing on the public sector balance sheet literature, the economics of sovereign self-insurance, and the Knightian distinction between risk and uncertainty, this paper argues that conventional sovereign asset-liability management is necessary but incomplete.

Systemic Sovereign Financial Risk: Re-Anchoring Sovereign Funds in the Sovereign’s Policy Mandate
May 15, 2026
Special Report
ORF America
ORF Global Quarterly: Disruption and ...

Edited Volume

By Rachel Rizzo, Clemens Chay, Kartik Bommakanti, Vasabjit Banerjee, Aleksei Zakharov, Soumya Bhowmick, Arya Roy Bardhan, Jhanvi Tripathi, and Samriddhi Vij

Editors: Sharon Stirling and Eszter Karacsony

ORF Global Quarterly: Disruption and Recalibration
May 1, 2026
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
May 1, 2026
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
ORF America
December 8, 2021
Technology Policy

Squeezing the Cybersecurity Lemons – A Labeling Regime for IoT Products

ORF America
December 8, 2021
Technology Policy
Squeezing the Cybersecurity Lemons – A Labeling Regime for IoT Products

By Dr. Andreas Kuehn & Vaibhav Garg

A centralized, prescriptive approach may struggle with scalability, device diversity, and deployment complexity.

Tagged: 2021, Andreas Kuehn, Vaibhav Garg

ORF America
November 16, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

Will the U.S. reset ties with China, Pakistan?

ORF America
November 16, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
Will the U.S. reset ties with China, Pakistan?

By Dhruva Jaishankar

The Hindustan Times

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2021

ORF America
November 9, 2021
Technology Policy

Secure ICT is impossible without trustworthy suppliers

ORF America
November 9, 2021
Technology Policy
Secure ICT is impossible without trustworthy suppliers

Originally published in Digital Frontiers, Observer Research Foundation

By Dr. Andreas Kuehn and Jan-Peter Kleinhans

Tagged: Andreas Kuehn, 2021

ORF America
October 26, 2021
Energy & Climate, Special Report

U.S.-India Energy Monitor, No. 1

ORF America
October 26, 2021
Energy & Climate, Special Report
U.S.-India Energy Monitor, No. 1

A quarterly snapshot of energy trends in the U.S. and India

Special Report

By Ammar Nainar

Tagged: Ammar Nainar, Energy Monitor, 2021, Terri B Chapman, Energy & Climate

ORF America
October 23, 2021
Economic Development

Building Back Better together—Potential for an India-UK partnership for a Green Transition

ORF America
October 23, 2021
Economic Development
Building Back Better together—Potential for an India-UK partnership for a Green Transition

Originally published by Observer Research Foundation

By Terri B. Chapman and Samir Saran

Tagged: Terri B Chapman, 2021

ORF America
October 21, 2021
Background Paper, Economic Development

Beyond Borders: Transnational Development Impacts

ORF America
October 21, 2021
Background Paper, Economic Development
Beyond Borders: Transnational Development Impacts

Background Paper No. 6

By Terri B Chapman

Tagged: Terri B Chapman, 2021

ORF America
October 19, 2021
Technology Policy

Closing the gap: Promises of digital progress

ORF America
October 19, 2021
Technology Policy
Closing the gap: Promises of digital progress

Originally published by Observer Research Foundation

By Dr. Andreas Kuehn

Tagged: Andreas Kuehn, 2021

ORF America
October 16, 2021
Technology Policy

The road to an evenly distributed TechFuture should put the needs of the Global South front and centre

ORF America
October 16, 2021
Technology Policy
The road to an evenly distributed TechFuture should put the needs of the Global South front and centre

Originally published in Digital Frontiers, Observer Research Foundation

By Dr. Andreas Kuehn

Tagged: Andreas Kuehn, 2021

ORF America
October 12, 2021
Technology Policy

Can competition tools fix social media?

ORF America
October 12, 2021
Technology Policy
Can competition tools fix social media?

First published in Digital Frontiers, Observer Research Foundation.

By Abagail Lawson

Tagged: Abagail Lawson, 2021

ORF America
October 11, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

The collective complicity for AQ Khan

ORF America
October 11, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
The collective complicity for AQ Khan

Originally published in The Hindustan Times

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2021

ORF America
October 5, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

Academic Webinar: Balancing the Indo Pacific

ORF America
October 5, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
Academic Webinar: Balancing the Indo Pacific

Originally published by Council on Foreign Relations

Dhruva Jaishankar in conversation with Irina Faskianos

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2021

ORF America
September 30, 2021
Technology Policy

This Connection is Secure: A 5G Risk and Resilience Framework for the Quad

ORF America
September 30, 2021
Technology Policy
This Connection is Secure: A 5G Risk and Resilience Framework for the Quad

By Andreas Kuehn & Trisha Ray

Australian National University

Tagged: Andreas Kuehn, 2021

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

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