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Chabahar Wrong Port of Call for US
International Affairs Sep 24, 2025

Chabahar Wrong Port of Call for US

The United States has revoked a key sanctions exemption for Iran's Chabahar Port. This decision could hinder India's connectivity projects in Eurasia. The port is vital for India's trade with Central Asia and Afghanistan. It also serves as a counter to China's growing influence in ...

Electric Delusions: AI as an Emerging Mental Health Risk Factor
Energy | Artificial Intelligence Sep 24, 2025

Electric Delusions: AI as an Emerging Mental Health Risk Factor

The rise of AI models that simulate empathy, consciousness, and companionship is creating unforeseen mental health risks, as users increasingly form emotional dependencies on these systems. ...

How India’s digital journey offers a replicable model to Africa
International Affairs Sep 24, 2025

How India’s digital journey offers a replicable model to Africa

The digital cooperation between India and Africa underscores a broader commitment to inclusive development, mutual capacity-building, and technological independence. Can joint digital innovation also drive socio-economic progress across the Global South? ...

Can India and Japan deliver on their energy agenda?
International Affairs | Energy Sep 23, 2025

Can India and Japan deliver on their energy agenda?

Energy, technology and policy drive New Delhi-Tokyo collaboration ...

The H-1B Challenge: A Pointer to a Strife Within the US
International Affairs | US Foreign Policy Sep 23, 2025

The H-1B Challenge: A Pointer to a Strife Within the US

The shrill of the growing divide in America has now reached a crescendo. ...

Navigating Tariffs: Securing Medicines and Safeguarding Innovation
Healthcare Sep 22, 2025

Navigating Tariffs: Securing Medicines and Safeguarding Innovation

Assumption that tariffs will bring pharmaceutical manufacturing back to US shores is marred by several complexities ...

Future-Ready Forces
International Affairs | Indian Defence Sep 20, 2025

Future-Ready Forces

Defence reforms have become a national urgency ...

Between Arab Solidarity and the Abraham Accords: Bahrain at the UNSC
International Affairs Sep 20, 2025

Between Arab Solidarity and the Abraham Accords: Bahrain at the UNSC

Elected to the UNSC, Bahrain must reconcile Arab solidarity with its partnership with Israel under the Abraham Accords. ...

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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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