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April 22, 2025
Background Paper, Technology Policy
ORF America
China’s Critical Mineral Export Controls: ...

Background Paper No. 32

By Abhisri Nath & Jeffrey D. Bean

China’s Critical Mineral Export Controls: Background & Chokepoints
April 11, 2025
Economic Development
ORF America
Capital crunch stifles entrepreneurs in ...

By Udaibir Das

As concessional finance declines, vulnerabilities mount and aid priorities shift, vulnerable low-income countries must increasingly rely on domestic sources of funding. Efficient capital markets are not a luxury – they are foundational infrastructure for economic growth.

Capital crunch stifles entrepreneurs in low-income economies
March 31, 2025
Background Paper, Technology Policy
ORF America
The Road Ahead for U.S. Policy on Artificial ...

Background Paper No. 31

By Sarah Box

The Road Ahead for U.S. Policy on Artificial Intelligence
March 17, 2025
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
March 15, 2025
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
ORF America
April 11, 2022
Foreign Policy & Security

The Ukraine war exposes glaring analytical gaps

ORF America
April 11, 2022
Foreign Policy & Security
The Ukraine war exposes glaring analytical gaps

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Some are questionable assumptions that took hold among analysts of international relations. But other gaps have been exposed in India’s independent analytical capability

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2022

ORF America
April 7, 2022
Economic Development

High-Income and Highly Unequal: The US Falls Behind in SDGs 8 and 10

ORF America
April 7, 2022
Economic Development
High-Income and Highly Unequal: The US Falls Behind in SDGs 8 and 10

By Terri B. Chapman

The US lags in achievement towards several of the targets under SDG 8 and SDG 10.

Tagged: Terri B Chapman, 2022, April 2022

ORF America
April 7, 2022
Background Paper, Economic Development

Why Welfare Policies are Ill-Suited for 21st Century Families

ORF America
April 7, 2022
Background Paper, Economic Development
Why Welfare Policies are Ill-Suited for 21st Century Families

Background Paper No. 8

By Terri B. Chapman

Tagged: Terri B Chapman, 2022, April 2022

ORF America
March 15, 2022
Economic Development

Gaps in social protection: The US is failing to make needed investments in people

ORF America
March 15, 2022
Economic Development
Gaps in social protection: The US is failing to make needed investments in people

By Terri B Chapman

Terra Nova

Tagged: Terri B Chapman, 2022, March 2022

ORF America
March 10, 2022
Foreign Policy & Security

India should integrate into global value chains

ORF America
March 10, 2022
Foreign Policy & Security
India should integrate into global value chains

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Creating goods and services not just for India, but for the world, is critical to ensuring large-scale employment, wealth creation, and human development.

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2022, March 2022

ORF America
March 10, 2022
Foreign Policy & Security

India and Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific

ORF America
March 10, 2022
Foreign Policy & Security
India and Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2022, March 2022

ORF America
March 10, 2022
Foreign Policy & Security

The Ukraine war could transform India’s military preparedness

ORF America
March 10, 2022
Foreign Policy & Security
The Ukraine war could transform India’s military preparedness

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Russia on a war footing will be less capable of providing India with critical defence equipment.

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2022, March 2022

ORF America
February 25, 2022
Technology Policy

The EU and Responsible Active Cyber Defence

ORF America
February 25, 2022
Technology Policy
The EU and Responsible Active Cyber Defence

By Andreas Kuehn & Sven Herpig

The EU must define what it understands as active cyber defence and how it relates to other cyber policy issues.

Tagged: Andreas Kuehn, 2022, February 2022

ORF America
February 24, 2022
Background Paper, Foreign Policy & Security

The Evolution and Roles of India’s National Security Council

ORF America
February 24, 2022
Background Paper, Foreign Policy & Security
The Evolution and Roles of India’s National Security Council

Background Paper No. 7

By Ammar Nainar

Tagged: Ammar Nainar, 2022, February 2022

ORF America
February 15, 2022
Foreign Policy & Security

What the Crisis in Ukraine Reveals

ORF America
February 15, 2022
Foreign Policy & Security
What the Crisis in Ukraine Reveals

by Dhruva Jaishankar

The Hindustan Times.

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2022, February 2022

ORF America
February 12, 2022
Foreign Policy & Security

The Biden Administration's New Indo-Pacific Strategy

ORF America
February 12, 2022
Foreign Policy & Security
The Biden Administration's New Indo-Pacific Strategy

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Conversation Six

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2022, February 2022

ORF America
January 6, 2022
Economic Development

Sustainable development: Shared problems need shared solutions

ORF America
January 6, 2022
Economic Development
Sustainable development: Shared problems need shared solutions

By Terri Chapman

ORF Expert Speak.

Tagged: Terri B Chapman, 2022, January 2022

ORF America
December 30, 2021
Energy & Climate

India Climate Update - Q4 2021

ORF America
December 30, 2021
Energy & Climate
India Climate Update - Q4 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
December 26, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

Democracy and the US-India relationship

ORF America
December 26, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
Democracy and the US-India relationship

By Dhruva Jaishankar

While both recognise the value of democracy and the importance of demonstrating the success of democratic governance, the two differ on their approaches to democratic promotion and coalition building

Tagged: Dhruva Jaishankar, 2021

ORF America
December 14, 2021
Technology Policy

Digital democracies and virtual frontiers: How do we safeguard democracy in the 4IR?

ORF America
December 14, 2021
Technology Policy
Digital democracies and virtual frontiers: How do we safeguard democracy in the 4IR?

By Samir Saran

Digital Frontiers

Tagged: 2021

ORF America
December 13, 2021
Technology Policy

Squeezing the Cybersecurity Lemons – A Labeling Regime for IoT Products

ORF America
December 13, 2021
Technology Policy
Squeezing the Cybersecurity Lemons – A Labeling Regime for IoT Products

by Andreas Kuehn and Vaibhav Garg

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Tagged: Andreas Kuehn, 2021

ORF America
December 12, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security

Democracy that Delivers: Unpacking India's Model of Democratic Cooperation

ORF America
December 12, 2021
Foreign Policy & Security
Democracy that Delivers: Unpacking India's Model of Democratic Cooperation

By Ambar Kumar Ghosh and Ammar Nainar

Tagged: Ammar Nainar, 2021

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

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