The VBSA Bill 2025 seeks to give statutory form to the NEP’s vision of “light but tight” regulation, but leaves most regulatory details and operationalisation of autonomy to future rules, while omitting a statutory funding framework altogether ...
As tariff threats loom and AI reshapes drug development, pharmaceuticals are increasingly weaponised in global trade, testing transatlantic ties and raising the strategic stakes for India-EU cooperation ...
Xi’s CMC purge prioritises loyalty over competence, likely undermining the PLA’s command cohesion and operational effectiveness ...
Kim Jong Un’s careful elevation of Kim Ju Ae reflects early succession signalling, shaped by regime stability and strategic caution ...
Across diverse political systems, youth-led protests have highlighted the inability of economic growth alone to translate into jobs, equity, and upward mobility ...
India’s macro-credibility will depend on whether fiscal consolidation, capex priorities, and deficit financing are aligned with growth and debt sustainability ...
While POSHAN Abhiyaan reflects India’s stated commitment to nutrition, the Union Budget has yet to align resources, decentralisation, and cross-sectoral financing in ways necessary to protect human capital and long-term growth ...
The Global South shifts in US strategy from periphery to strategic infrastructure—central to security, but instrumentally included without agency ...
The United States’ multilateral retreat is pushing global development cooperation into an age of entropy, redefining how power, norms, and partnerships are negotiated ...
AI integration into nuclear and non-nuclear systems is reshaping deterrence, escalation risks, and strategic stability in the new nuclear age ...
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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