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Budapest Global Dialogue

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Jun 14, 2025

Budapest Global Dialogue

Old, Frail, and Poor: The Story of India’s Elderly Women

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Jun 17, 2025

Old, Frail, and Poor: The Story of India’s Elderly Women

In the Aftermath of Operation Sindoor: Escalation, Deterrence, and India-Pakistan Strategic Stability

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Jun 13, 2025

In the Aftermath of Operation Sindoor: Escalation, Deterrence, and India-Pakistan Strategic Stability

Rethinking India-Europe Trade Routes in a New Era of Connectivity

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Jun 12, 2025

Rethinking India-Europe Trade Routes in a New Era of Connectivity

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Fixing the Foundations: Reforming Urban Governance in India

Urbanisation in India Jun 17, 2025

Fixing the Foundations: Reforming Urban Governance in India

Rumi Aijaz

Jamaat-e-Islami’s Ideological Deep State: A Theocratic Undercurrent in South Asia’s Secular Crises

International Affairs Jun 16, 2025

Jamaat-e-Islami’s Ideological Deep State: A Theocratic Undercurrent in South Asia’s Secular Crises

Soumya Awasthi | Mehraj Bhat

India and Belarus: Recalibrating an Adrift Partnership

International Affairs Jun 13, 2025

India and Belarus: Recalibrating an Adrift Partnership

Aleksei Zakharov

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ASEAN’s New Balancing Act: China, the Gulf, and the Future of Integration

International Affairs Jun 17, 2025

ASEAN’s New Balancing Act: China, the Gulf, and the Future of Integration

Technology Must Take Centre Stage in India’s Defence Architecture

Indian Defence Jun 17, 2025

Technology Must Take Centre Stage in India’s Defence Architecture

Wagner’s final chapter in Africa

International Affairs Jun 17, 2025

Wagner’s final chapter in Africa

Samir Bhattacharya

Operation Sindoor: A Coming of Age for India’s Defence Industry

International Affairs Jun 16, 2025

Operation Sindoor: A Coming of Age for India’s Defence Industry

Laxman Kumar Behera

Sport, Strategy, and Statecraft: Rethinking the India-Pakistan Rivalry

Neighbourhood Jun 16, 2025

Sport, Strategy, and Statecraft: Rethinking the India-Pakistan Rivalry

Jitendra Nath Misra

Indo-Sri Lanka Bilateral Ties under the NPP: Pragmatism over Ideology

Neighbourhood Jun 16, 2025

Indo-Sri Lanka Bilateral Ties under the NPP: Pragmatism over Ideology

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Scaling Climate Finance for locally-led Adaptation: lessons from the Global South

Economics and Finance Sep 25, 2024

Scaling Climate Finance for locally-led Adaptation: lessons from the Global South

Gopalika Arora | Aryan Bajpai | Vishwas Chitale | Giriraj Amarnath | Bapon Fakhruddin

Putting LDCs at the heart of climate finance

Economics and Finance Sep 07, 2024

Putting LDCs at the heart of climate finance

Amruta Veer

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The Future of Ocean Finance: Scaling Blue Bonds

Climate, Food and Environment Jun 11, 2025

The Future of Ocean Finance: Scaling Blue Bonds

Abhishree Pandey

Bridging the Climate Finance Gap in Africa through Debt Swaps

Climate, Food and Environment Jun 10, 2025

Bridging the Climate Finance Gap in Africa through Debt Swaps

Anika Chhillar

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Bridging the Climate Finance Gap in Africa through Debt Swaps

Climate, Food and Environment Jun 10, 2025

Bridging the Climate Finance Gap in Africa through Debt Swaps

Anika Chhillar

Harnessing India’s Potential in Offshore Wind Leasing

Climate, Food and Environment Jun 10, 2025

Harnessing India’s Potential in Offshore Wind Leasing

Dharmil Doshi

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Shusha Declaration: The Turkic states chart a course for cooperation

International Affairs Jul 15, 2024

Shusha Declaration: The Turkic states chart a course for cooperation

Ayjaz Wani

Russia, North Korea and the East Asian Security Order

International Affairs Jul 08, 2024

Russia, North Korea and the East Asian Security Order

Abhishek Sharma | Rajoli Siddharth Jayaprakash

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Europe's Climate Crisis Calls For India To Build New Global Green Partnerships

Sustainable Development May 20, 2025

Europe's Climate Crisis Calls For India To Build New Global Green Partnerships

Aparna Roy

I2U2: An Opportunity to Forge a Climate-Resilient Minilateralism

Energy Security May 08, 2025

I2U2: An Opportunity to Forge a Climate-Resilient Minilateralism

Mannat Jaspal | Gedaliah Afterman

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Rethinking India-Europe Trade Routes in a New Era of Connectivity

International Trade and Investment Jun 12, 2025

Rethinking India-Europe Trade Routes in a New Era of Connectivity

Nilanjan Ghosh | Amrita Narlikar | Debosmita Sarkar | Kabir Taneja | Abla Abdel-Latif | Sherine El-Naggar | Racha Seif El-Dine

The 2025 Investor Realignment: India, the New Safe Haven?

International Affairs May 26, 2025

The 2025 Investor Realignment: India, the New Safe Haven?

Soumya Bhowmick

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Prioritising the Western Indian Ocean in India’s Maritime Security Calculus

International Affairs Jun 09, 2025

Prioritising the Western Indian Ocean in India’s Maritime Security Calculus

Sayantan Haldar | Shloak Gupta

Vizhinjam Port: Competition or Complementary to Colombo?

International Affairs Jun 03, 2025

Vizhinjam Port: Competition or Complementary to Colombo?

N. Sathiya Moorthy

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Indo-Sri Lanka Bilateral Ties under the NPP: Pragmatism over Ideology

Neighbourhood Jun 16, 2025

Indo-Sri Lanka Bilateral Ties under the NPP: Pragmatism over Ideology

Roshni Kapur

The Shillong–Silchar Corridor: Rewiring India’s Neighbourhood Diplomacy

Neighbourhood Jun 12, 2025

The Shillong–Silchar Corridor: Rewiring India’s Neighbourhood Diplomacy

Sohini Bose | Sreeparna Banerjee

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Time for Pax Indica?

International Affairs Jun 19, 2024

Time for Pax Indica?

Ajay Bisaria

Two Decades of the Quad: Diplomacy and Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

International Affairs Jun 14, 2024

Two Decades of the Quad: Diplomacy and Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

Samir Saran | Harsh V. Pant | Lilah Connell | Vivek Mishra | Amy Namur | Robin McCoy | Aryan D'Rozario | Satu Limaye

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ASEAN’s New Balancing Act: China, the Gulf, and the Future of Integration

International Affairs Jun 17, 2025

ASEAN’s New Balancing Act: China, the Gulf, and the Future of Integration

Gurjit Singh

Wagner’s final chapter in Africa

International Affairs Jun 17, 2025

Wagner’s final chapter in Africa

Samir Bhattacharya

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Taliban and the World: A Global Reckoning

Taliban and the World: A Global Reckoning

Jun 17, 2025

Diplomat Diaries | Conversation with Kamel Galal, Ambassador of Egypt to India

Jun 18, 2025

Conversation with Lt Gen Vikas Lakhera, Director General, Assam Rifles

Jun 19, 2025

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Innovation Island Summit is a multistakeholder, cross-discipline platform that explores strategies for advancing sustainable, innovative pathways for Sri Lanka and other island economies. ...

Arctic Circle - India Forum

Arctic Circle - India Forum

The India Forum is co-hosted by Arctic Circle and the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Earth Sciences of India. It will take place in New Delhi on 3-4 May 2025 ...

Budapest Global Dialogue

Budapest Global Dialogue

To promote international dialogue and strategic thinking, the Budapest Global Dialogue was established as a new and significant forum for discussing global challenges and geopolitical transformations ...

Raisina Dialogue

Raisina Dialogue

The Raisina Dialogue is India’s premier conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community. ...

Cape Town Conversation

Cape Town Conversation

Cape Town Conversations will serve as an annual South Africa-based platform that brings together key stakeholders and new voices. It is designed as a common platform where established and emerging actors convene for a global conversation on contemporary issues of global governance —identifying new challenges, ...

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