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India’s Navy Is Already Supporting Regional ...

By Ammar Nainar

Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz resulting from the conflict between the United States and Israel, on the one hand, and Iran on the other, threaten to create another global energy crisis. India has many reasons to proactively take such action: the closure of the Strait of Hormuz risks exacerbating the country’s energy shortages and food insecurity.

India’s Navy Is Already Supporting Regional Security Around the Strait of Hormuz
Energy & Climate
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Winners and Losers from the Strait of Hormuz ...

By Mannat Jaspal

The only real winners will be those that draw lessons from the crisis and move quickly to build robust energy security frameworks — one that integrate securitization, resilience, and transition planning to safeguard the present and insulate the future.

Winners and Losers from the Strait of Hormuz Crisis
Energy & Climate
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What Venezuela Could Learn from Iraq's Oil ...

By Cauvery Ganapathy

In Venezuela’s case, as was the case with Iraq, it is the systematic domestic mismanagement of its resources coupled with inequities of political agency that diminished the value of its natural wealth. American engagement in Venezuela’s oil sector may soon demonstrate, like it did in the United States’ Iraqi sojourn, how deep-rooted these structural fractures are.

What Venezuela Could Learn from Iraq's Oil Export Challenges
Energy & Climate
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Four Barriers to Decarbonizing the Steel ...

By Caroline Arkalji and Telmen Altanshagai

In the coming decades, green steel will shape whether heavy industry can remain both competitive and environmentally-aligned. The remaining question is whether policy frameworks, financing mechanisms, and workforce strategies can move at the same pace.

Four Barriers to Decarbonizing the Steel Industry
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The Iran War's Implications for the Gulf: Three ...

By Samriddhi Vij, Kabir Taneja, and Akram Zaoui

Ten days into the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, the conflict has entered a more entrenched phase. With air and maritime connectivity significantly disrupted and President Trump maintaining uncompromising rhetoric, Gulf leaderships find themselves navigating a precarious balance between containment and active self-defense. ORF Middle East experts offer their concise analysis on the latest developments.

The Iran War's Implications for the Gulf: Three Expert Perspectives

Foreign Policy & Security

In Dealing with India and Pakistan, the U.S. Should Not Lose Sight of China

In Dealing with India and Pakistan, the U.S. Should Not Lose Sight of China

By Lindsey Ford

Trump’s eagerness to claim credit for defusing the India-Pakistan crisis, and his follow-on offer of facilitating broader talks between the two sides, kicked off a renewed debate about the bounds of Washington’s ability to play peacemaker in South Asia.

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.

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.

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