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Building a U.S.–India Sports Partnership

By Taruka Srivastav

For American policymakers, a sports partnership with India is an opportunity to expand commercial engagement, strengthen educational partnerships, advance sports governance, and deepen people-to-people ties with one of the world’s fastest-growing sporting markets.

Building a U.S.–India Sports Partnership
Energy & Climate
ORF America
Can Sodium-Ion Batteries Diversify the Global ...

By Suhani Jaggi

Sodium-ion’s technical and economic benefits are real, but its strategic value depends on supply chains deliberately designed to reduce dependence on any single supplier.

Can Sodium-Ion Batteries Diversify the Global Battery Supply Chain?
Foreign Policy & Security
ORF America
Brazil’s Election Highlights Social Media ...

By Andre Nicola and Caroline Arkalji

As political campaigns increasingly depend on digital platforms to reach voters, private technology companies have gained considerable influence over how political information is distributed. At the same time, electoral authorities often lack the tools to investigate their decisions.

Brazil’s Election Highlights Social Media Enforcement Challenges
Foreign Policy & Security
ORF America
India and the United States Step Up Their ...

By Ninad Kashyap

The U.S. and Indian approaches to Central Asia are more complementary than competitive: the United States can supply capital, technology, and security, while India supplies development, proximity, and a non-Western alternative.

India and the United States Step Up Their Engagement with Central Asia
Technology Policy
ORF America
India’s Private-Public Space Industry Takes Off

By Pradeep Nair

While the Indian state is now deliberately making room for private firms, the boom in India’s space sector also shows how closely the state and private sector are tied together. The Indian government is at the same time a regulator, source of technology, customer, and investor.

India’s Private-Public Space Industry Takes Off

March 2025

U.S.-India Cooperation in the Indian Ocean

U.S.-India Cooperation in the Indian Ocean

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.

India’s Financial System: Between Expansion, Risk, and Reform

India’s Financial System: Between Expansion, Risk, and Reform

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.

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