Germany’s Zeitenwende has elevated India from an economic partner to a central pillar of Berlin’s security, trade, technology, and demographic strategy in an increasingly fragmented global order ...
Myanmar’s elections are not a pathway back to democracy but a carefully managed mechanism to formalise military rule while suppressing dissent and meaningful political choice ...
With the escalating threat of deepfakes to the global financial sector, the Indian government’s multi-layered response makes long strides in securing digital finance through horizontal regulation without sector-specific mandates ...
Air pollution is a governance failure as much as an environmental one, demanding integrated urban planning, mobility reform, and justice-centred air governance ...
COP30 highlighted children’s growing exposure to climate risks, yet weak commitments on emissions, adaptation finance, and systemic drivers left the promise of child-centred climate action largely unfulfilled ...
India’s leadership of BRICS in 2026 could allow South Africa to consolidate the gains of its G20 presidency while navigating the pressures of bloc expansion and strained ties with Washington ...
As climate risks intensify, India’s future will hinge not only on emissions targets, but on a health system ready for climate shocks ...
Bridging the scale-up gap is critical for transforming marine waste-to-value innovations into commercially viable circular blue economy enterprises ...
Japan’s record 2026 defence outlay signals a recalibration of strategic priorities in an increasingly volatile regional security environment ...
Battlefield necessity drove Ukraine’s shift from volunteer drones to AI-enabled, mass-scale unmanned warfare ...
Niranjan Sahoo, PhD, is a Senior Fellow with ORF’s Governance and Politics Initiative. With years of expertise in governance and public policy, he now anchors studies and programmes on democracy, human rights, federalism, electoral reforms (particularly issues related to political ...
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Niranjan Sahoo, PhD, is a Senior Fellow with ORF’s Governance and Politics Initiative. With years of expertise in governance and public policy, he now anchors studies and programmes on democracy, human rights, federalism, electoral reforms (particularly issues related to political ...
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