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
Energy & Climate
ORF America
Brains Over Brawn: A Smarter Approach to the AI ...

By Uma Vatsa and Shailesh Mishra

The AI industry is making large, long-lived bets on future demand, even as the technology itself is becoming more efficient. If AI systems become cheaper to run, more efficient to train, or less dependent on massively centralized compute, some of today’s infrastructure may prove oversized, poorly located, or economically fragile.

Brains Over Brawn: A Smarter Approach to the AI Buildout
Economic Development
ORF America
Weathering the Crisis: How India’s Economy ...

By Anit Mukherjee

As crude oil prices moderate and energy supplies become more predictable, India has an opportunity to address three key challenges.

Weathering the Crisis: How India’s Economy Dealt with Middle Eastern Turmoil
Economic Development
ORF America
Demystifying the India-U.S. Trade Negotiations

By Ashita Jain

The proposed India-U.S. trade deal discussions are distinct from traditional FTA negotiations, for they resemble a strategic economic partnership being negotiated under tariff pressure and in pursuit of an increasingly elusive sense of predictability for Indian exporters.

Demystifying the India-U.S. Trade Negotiations
Foreign Policy & Security
ORF America
A Q&A with Dhruva Jaishankar: Are the ...

By Dhruva Jaishankar

What’s the latest on U.S.-India relations? Dhruva Jaishankar answers.

A Q&A with Dhruva Jaishankar: Are the United States and India Turning a Corner?

Economic Development

What India Can Learn from Brazil’s Technical Education System

What India Can Learn from Brazil’s Technical Education System

By Caroline Arkalji

While India is globally recognized for its highly skilled engineering talent, it lags behind its peers in terms of a large, technically trained labor force needed to attract manufacturing investment at scale. To compete, India must align its technical education more closely with industry needs and emphasize skills critical to modern manufacturing.

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.

What Trump Tariffs Could Mean for the United States, India, and the Developing World

What Trump Tariffs Could Mean for the United States, India, and the Developing World

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.

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