Energy & Climate
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How China’s Rare Earth Export Restrictions ...

By Ashwini Thakre and Piyush Verma

China’s diplomatic control over sector may become the very trigger that unwinds its dominance. By weaponizing concentration, Beijing accelerated diversification efforts that many democracies had treated as optional. The shock exposed the liabilities of a system built on single-country dependence and encouraged a coordinated wave of investment across the United States, Europe, Japan, South Korea, and Australia.

How China’s Rare Earth Export Restrictions Triggered Diversification
Foreign Policy & Security
ORF America
Can India and Taiwan Cooperate on Submarines?

By Benjamin Tkach and Vasabjit Banerjee

Submarine production difficulties affect the global marketplace and place a premium on domestic production. India’s pursuit of untested technologies elevates its risk, while Taiwan’s domestically produced system relies on foreign components. Both, therefore, have a lot to benefit from engineering and design cooperation in submarine production.  

Can India and Taiwan Cooperate on Submarines?
Foreign Policy & Security
ORF America
Dharma, Just War Theory, and the U.S.-India ...

By James Diddams

When Indians speak of dharma and Americans speak of responsibility to protect, they are not speaking from the same tradition, yet they are addressing the same basic problems: How should a political community understand itself as accountable for the use of power?

Dharma, Just War Theory, and the U.S.-India Partnership
Foreign Policy & Security
ORF America
India’s AI Strategy: Implications for ...

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Shaped by its own national objectives, advantages, and limitations, India’s AI strategy stands out in several ways, with implications for the country’s AI infrastructure and its relationship with the United States.

India’s AI Strategy: Implications for India-U.S. Relations
Foreign Policy & Security
ORF America
China, Pakistan, and the Prospects of War

By Dhruva Jaishankar

The prospects of a major war involving China and the United States, and a limited war between Pakistan and India, are perhaps higher in the next three years than they have been over the preceding quarter century. Moreover, these two scenarios are connected by an increasingly intertwined China-Pakistan military relationship, which now extends beyond arms transfers to shared networks and emulated doctrines.

China, Pakistan, and the Prospects of War

Dhruva Jaishankar

China, Pakistan, and the Prospects of War

China, Pakistan, and the Prospects of War

By Dhruva Jaishankar

The prospects of a major war involving China and the United States, and a limited war between Pakistan and India, are perhaps higher in the next three years than they have been over the preceding quarter century. Moreover, these two scenarios are connected by an increasingly intertwined China-Pakistan military relationship, which now extends beyond arms transfers to shared networks and emulated doctrines.

India’s Contributions to Security in the Western Pacific

India’s Contributions to Security in the Western Pacific

By Dhruva Jaishankar and Ammar Nainar

As China and the United States jostle for position, India has a modest but meaningful role to play as a security provider in the Western Pacific. Beyond the Indian Ocean, its ability to improve interoperability with willing and capable partners and assist in capacity-building efforts have only increased, notwithstanding the tenor of relations with the United States.

India and South Korea: Opportunities for Industrial and Strategic Cooperation

India and South Korea: Opportunities for Industrial and Strategic Cooperation

By Dhruva Jaishankar

The newly-elected presidency of Lee Jae Myung in South Korea has created an opportunity to advance India-South Korea relations. The greatest potential for cooperation between the two countries involves aligning South Korea’s dynamic industrial capabilities with India’s own industrialization efforts.

UK, India Could Be Relative Beneficiaries of Trump’s Tariff War

UK, India Could Be Relative Beneficiaries of Trump’s Tariff War

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Trump’s April 2 announcement has already roiled financial markets, and the global economy will continue to be adversely affected both by the implementation of tariffs and by uncertainty as negotiations proceed. But while there will be no immediate winners, some parties appear relatively better off.

Republicans and Democrats Still Uncertain about China

Republicans and Democrats Still Uncertain about China

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions commenced their programs this month, indicating the few months left for the 2024 U.S. presidential election. But little has been said about the candidates' approach to American foreign policy, especially regarding the future of the United States' relationship with China.

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