By Jeffrey D. Bean and Andreas Kuehn

Looking ahead, as the Department of Defense strives to incorporate and utilize more AI chips, it will need to secure access to leading nodes for edge chips and the confidence in pathways to use greater allocations of secure cloud services for advanced computing.

By Marta Bengoa

The fundamental contradiction in the Trump administration’s approach to trade policy remains unresolved: a strong economy cannot be built on weak economic thinking. Tariffs are not a strategy; they are a symptom of strategic absence.

By Caroline Arkalji

Policymakers in remittance-dependent nations must consider the broader, long-term effects of U.S. immigration and taxation policies.

By Ammar Nainar

In a signal of the United States’ burden-sharing efforts, the Indian Ocean region was featured eight times in the latest U.S.-India joint statement between Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and U.S. president Donald Trump. To India and the United States, the Indian Ocean remains vital for trade and energy flows, for security competition given China’s growing naval activity, and for connectivity between Asia, Africa, and Europe.

By Udaibir Das

By deepening financial resilience, accelerating capital market reforms, and fostering global financial integration, India can reinforce its position as a stable, competitive, and inclusive financial powerhouse—one that is fully aligned with its long-term economic ambitions.

By Marta Bengoa

As this new phase of trade conflict unfolds, both immediate price effects and the longer-term restructuring of economic relationships threaten to undermine decades of productivity gains achieved through global economic integration.

By Raj Shekhar

The United States’ sweeping AI export controls risk stifling innovation, eroding trust, and undermining global AI governance amid growing calls for cooperation.

By Jeffrey D. Bean

The United States must sustain its own domestic and international policy effort to ensure critical mineral supply, which will be vital for its defense, energy, and technological future.

By Honson Tran

Bridging the contemporary AI divider requires better infrastructure, smarter tools, and streamlined processes to make AI accessible to all, not just the tech elite.

By Katherine Salinas

Implementing effective regulations and guidelines that consider the impact on astronomical observation and preserving the natural night sky is essential.

By Megha Shrivastava

The 2025 Paris AI Action Summit stressed action, yet deep divides on AI safety, regulation, and the growing U.S.-China tech competition persist.

By Sarral Sharma

Despite the evident commitment and keenness on the part of the Modi and Trump governments to cooperate on their mutual counter-terrorism priorities, there remain some obstacles.

By Dhruva Jaishankar

This week's visit by Ursula von der Leyen and the senior European Commission leadership to India represents a major opportunity to advance India-EU security, connectivity, mobility, trade, investment, and technology.

By Honson Tran

In essence, the concern about AI safety is not about preventing discoveries but rather about managing the rate of discovery and development, and proactively addressing the potential for misuse.

By Udaibir Das

While framed to correct trade imbalances and protect domestic industries, reciprocal tariffs’ effects extend far beyond manufacturers, exporters, and importers.

By Divyansh Kaushik

By positioning AI as a catalyst for economic renewal rather than a threat to labor markets, the Trump Administration is attempting to craft a narrative that aligns technological innovation with broader populist economic messaging.  

By Dhruva Jaishankar

While the details of any such dialogue remain notional, Trump’s comments underscored the necessity of having such a meeting early in his tenure to set the tone for bilateral India-U.S. relations over the next four years.

By Marta Bengoa

The era of frictionless trade has ended. For the industrial heartlands of Brazil, India, Malaysia, and Japan, this could shape economic trajectories for years to come.

By Medha Prasanna

The latest nuclear policy steps – and technological advances in SMRs – pave the way for new kinds of cooperation between the United States and India.

By Karan Bhasin

While we do know that global poverty has declined significantly over the last decade, with much of the decline coming from China and India, India’s contribution has not often been well understood or appreciated.

By Marta Bengoa

While the full implications of Trump's latest trade offensive remain to be seen, one thing appears certain: the global trading system is entering uncharted waters, with consequences that will reverberate far beyond the targeted nations.

By Anit Mukherjee

As the DOGE team strides into the corridors of government in Washington DC, what can it learn from Aadhaar?

By Katherine Salinas

While banning TikTok might seem like an easy answer, it highlights a broader problem — the gap between data protection regulations, knowledge gaps among legislators, and the larger digital divide in American public policy.

By Karan Bhasin

A small trade agreement today will help end uncertainty, allowing firms from the United States and India to make significant investments in reorienting supply chains.

By Udaibir Das

When viewed through the lens of financial channels — capital flows, exchange rates, and investment patterns — the implications of the U.S. policy reset for the Global South become clear.

By Natalie Boyse and Ammar Nainar

As officials plan new initiatives and prepare for the Quad Leaders’ Summit in India later this year, one area to explore further collaboration might involve Quad scenario planning exercises on Indo-Pacific security issues.

By Vaibhav Garg

The software supply chain is often overlooked in discussions of AI risks and security, calling for sustainable and secure ecosystem governance.

By Dhruva Jaishankar

It is possible to anticipate both a burgeoning U.S.-India partnership under a second Trump administration and some short, sharp tussles over a handful of important issues.

By Jyoti Panday

While India’s data localisation and data sovereignty policy will bolster AI and cloud infrastructure, this will make it difficult for local small and medium-sized firms to compete.

By Ammar Nainar

By extending concessionary loans to incentivize and settle trade in rupees, India’s central bank is learning from China’s experience in internationalizing its currency.