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India’s Nuclear Leap: Balancing Vision and Roadblocks
Nuclear Security Sep 30, 2025

India’s Nuclear Leap: Balancing Vision and Roadblocks

India’s bold nuclear push promises clean energy and self-reliance—but can reforms, talent, and financing keep pace with the towering ambition? ...

Beyond Brain Drain: Education Diplomacy in the Indo-German Partnership
Education Sep 29, 2025

Beyond Brain Drain: Education Diplomacy in the Indo-German Partnership

Education diplomacy is reshaping Indo-German ties—mobility, skills, and collaboration are transforming ‘brain drain’ into ‘brain circulation’. ...

The Hidden Crisis On Our Plates: Why India Must Re-Centre Diet Diversity
Healthcare Sep 29, 2025

The Hidden Crisis On Our Plates: Why India Must Re-Centre Diet Diversity

Diet diversity is not a luxury but a national imperative. India has the knowledge and the models; what it needs now is scale and convergence ...

The Saudi-Pakistan Deal Upends India's Strategic Thought
International Affairs Sep 26, 2025

The Saudi-Pakistan Deal Upends India's Strategic Thought

The Riyadh-Islamabad agreement is being downplayed but is one that has wider geopolitical reverberations ...

South-First Connectivity: The Malacca Strait’s Strategic Role
Maritime Security Sep 26, 2025

South-First Connectivity: The Malacca Strait’s Strategic Role

To navigate the complexities of new materials, new markets, and new politics, regional cooperation, infrastructure innovation, and adaptive governance of the Malacca Strait will be paramount ...

Blue Bonds: Financing the Transformation of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Climate, Food and Environment | NATIONAL INVESTMENT Sep 26, 2025

Blue Bonds: Financing the Transformation of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands can become a model for sustainable growth by leveraging their strategic location, harnessing clean energy, protecting biodiversity, and financing development through blue bonds. ...

AI as Digital Confidant: Reframing Youth Agency in Digital Public Sphere
Internet Governance | Artificial Intelligence Sep 26, 2025

AI as Digital Confidant: Reframing Youth Agency in Digital Public Sphere

Indian youth data challenges dominant narratives about AI emotional harm, revealing sophisticated digital citizenship that defies techno-pessimistic assumptions. ...

Britain’s Wealth Exodus: Causes, Effects, and Alternatives
International Affairs Sep 25, 2025

Britain’s Wealth Exodus: Causes, Effects, and Alternatives

Britain’s wealthy are leaving in record numbers, driven not just by taxes but by economic uncertainty and a global scramble for capital, forcing the nation to rethink how it attracts and retains wealth, talent, and innovation. ...

The Saudi-Pakistan Defence Pact and India's Strategic Calculus
International Affairs Sep 25, 2025

The Saudi-Pakistan Defence Pact and India's Strategic Calculus

New Delhi should study the deal to craft a strategy that can keep the interests of Riyadh-led Gulf states aligned with India’s ...

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Manish Vaid

Manish Vaid

Manish Vaid is a Junior Fellow at ORF. His research focuses on energy issues, geopolitics, crossborder energy and regional trade (including FTAs), climate change, migration, New Silk Road, urbanisation and water issues. His research work has been published widely - ...

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Sameer Patil

Sameer Patil is Director, Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology at the Observer Research Foundation. Based out of ORF’s Mumbai centre, his work focuses on the intersection of technology and national security, including cybersecurity. Additionally, he researches India’s national security ...

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