Energy & Climate
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How Green Iron Could Reshape Energy Security ...

By Caroline Arkalji and Piyush Verma

Green iron could become an important energy security and industrial competitiveness issue. Reducing dependence on imported coal, building domestic clean industrial capacity, and preparing for future export markets could all strengthen India’s long-term position.

How Green Iron Could Reshape Energy Security and Industrial Corridors
Technology Policy
ORF America
Why OpenAI's Hugging Face Hack Is Part of a ...

By Siddharth Yadav

The ability of attackers using AI systems to mount an autonomous attack is spreading. The systems best able to defend against one, including the two OpenAI models in this test, are either unreleased or restricted to organizations with advance approval. That gap necessitates treating open models that anyone can download and run as the foundation of cyber defense, rather than a fallback.

Why OpenAI's Hugging Face Hack Is Part of a Wider Problem
Foreign Policy & Security
ORF America
The Mecca Agreement Builds upon a Legacy of ...

By Ammar Nainar

In the long run, India will continue to deepen defense cooperation with a select group of West Asian and Mediterranean countries in partial response to developments such as the Mecca Agreement.

The Mecca Agreement Builds upon a Legacy of Middle East Security Arrangements
Foreign Policy & Security
ORF America
Taiwan’s Opposition KMT Faces a Difficult ...

By Dylan Morgan

While the CCP may view Cheng as an opportunity to revive engagement, Taiwan’s political realities continue to place limits on how far she can move towards accommodating Beijing. Her current efforts to moderate her platform and temper pushback may be able to help her make inroads with a broader audience.

Taiwan’s Opposition KMT Faces a Difficult Dilemma
Technology Policy
ORF America
Behind the Billions: Understanding the AI ...

By Andreas Kuehn and Tara Chawla

The AI buildout is not simply a race for more advanced accelerators, but an infrastructure-centered contest to turn technology, energy, and capital into usable computing capacity. The decisive measure will not be announced spending or planned capacity, but how quickly those commitments become reliable, operational computing capacity.

Behind the Billions: Understanding the AI Infrastructure Buildout

The U.S. Defense Industry Still Faces a Chip Challenge

The U.S. Defense Industry Still Faces a Chip Challenge

By Jeffrey D. Bean and Andreas Kuehn

Looking ahead, as the Department of Defense strives to incorporate and utilize more AI chips, it will need to secure access to leading nodes for edge chips and the confidence in pathways to use greater allocations of secure cloud services for advanced computing.

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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