ORF Global Quarterly V1, Technology Policy, Energy & Climate
ORF America
Ten Fault Lines That Will Define the Global ...

By Piyush Verma

For the Global South, the stakes are particularly high: the energy transition could unlock industrialization, resilience, and strategic bargaining power, but it could also reproduce older patterns of dependency through new technologies, standards, minerals, and financial asymmetries.

Ten Fault Lines That Will Define the Global Energy Transition
ORF Global Quarterly V1, Technology Policy, Energy & Climate
ORF America
Building AI into the Energy Future

By Andreas Kuehn and Cauvery Ganapathy

While the integration of AI offers benefits for the optimization of energy systems through grid management, renewable energy integration, predictive maintenance, and accurate forecasting of alternative forms of energy, its energy-intensive nature could also negatively impact the countries and ecosystems seeking to adopt it.

Building AI into the Energy Future
Energy & Climate
ORF America
How the UAE’s Exit from OPEC Exposes the New ...

By Medha Prasanna

The oil age will not end because the world runs out of oil, but because oil reserves stop being worth pumping. The UAE has moved fast, not as just a knee-jerk reaction to the conflict in the region, but as a strategic divergence.

How the UAE’s Exit from OPEC Exposes the New Realities of Energy Diplomacy
Foreign Policy & Security
ORF America
As South America Shifts Right, Environmental ...

By Andre Nicola

Across South America, governments are increasingly framing environmental regulation as a constraint on growth, investment, and national competitiveness. South America's political direction over the next several years will be an early test of whether economic development can be reconciled with environmental stewardship throughout the region.

As South America Shifts Right, Environmental Concerns Take a Back Seat
Energy & Climate
ORF America
Why Industrial Decarbonization Requires Clusters

By Pietro Zecca

Pursued only through scattered pilot projects, industrial decarbonization stays fragmented and slow. Organized as clusters, it becomes more practical and politically durable, connecting climate finance to visible assets and bridging decarbonization with development.

Why Industrial Decarbonization Requires Clusters

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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