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Beyond CSR: Building Fair and Inclusive Blue Futures
Developing and Emerging Economies Dec 01, 2025

Beyond CSR: Building Fair and Inclusive Blue Futures

As ocean-sector investments grow, embedding equity and community rights into governance and corporate practice is vital for building sustainable and inclusive blue futures ...

Navigating Geopolitical Turbulence: India-US Cooperation in Northeast India
International Affairs Dec 01, 2025

Navigating Geopolitical Turbulence: India-US Cooperation in Northeast India

Amid Indo-Pacific flux and neighbourhood turmoil, India–US cooperation in Northeast India becomes critical to safeguarding connectivity, stability, and regional leverage ...

Drugs and HIV in India’s Northeast: An Uneven Epidemic
Healthcare Dec 01, 2025

Drugs and HIV in India’s Northeast: An Uneven Epidemic

Despite falling national HIV averages, drug-fuelled hotspots in India’s Northeast show why border crackdowns must be matched by harm reduction and stronger health systems. ...

F-35 at the Heart of Gulf Deterrence
International Affairs Nov 29, 2025

F-35 at the Heart of Gulf Deterrence

At the Dubai Air Show, the F-35 emerged as a symbol of Gulf anxieties as Arab states rethink deterrence amid a distracted US and widening regional threats ...

South Korea’s Trade Reset: Diversifying Beyond the US and China
International Affairs Nov 29, 2025

South Korea’s Trade Reset: Diversifying Beyond the US and China

As geopolitical shocks reshape global trade, South Korea is reassessing its economic vulnerabilities and turning to Southeast Asia for long-term stability ...

Promises, Principles, and Paralysis: ASEAN's Myanmar Conundrum
International Affairs Nov 29, 2025

Promises, Principles, and Paralysis: ASEAN's Myanmar Conundrum

Myanmar’s protracted conflict has turned into a defining test for ASEAN, revealing how its long-standing principles of consensus and non-interference now constrain meaningful action ...

Key Policy Outcomes Expected at the India-Russia Summit
International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics Nov 28, 2025

Key Policy Outcomes Expected at the India-Russia Summit

The 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit provides an opportunity for New Delhi and Moscow to consolidate gains in energy, defence, and trade, even as external pressures complicate the trajectory of bilateral cooperation ...

Birsa-101: India’s Path Towards Affordable CRISPR Therapies
Healthcare Nov 28, 2025

Birsa-101: India’s Path Towards Affordable CRISPR Therapies

India’s first indigenous CRISPR therapy, Birsa-101, signals a decisive shift toward affordable gene-editing solutions for Sickle-cell Disease ...

Malaysia’s 2025 ASEAN Chairmanship: Advancing Inclusive, Sustainable Partnerships
International Affairs Nov 28, 2025

Malaysia’s 2025 ASEAN Chairmanship: Advancing Inclusive, Sustainable Partnerships

Malaysia’s stewardship of ASEAN in 2025 underscores its effort to strengthen regional mechanisms while advancing an agenda centred on inclusivity, sustainability, and deeper inter-regional cooperation ...

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Kenta Harada

Kenta Harada

Kenta Harada is a Japan-based consultant and researcher focusing on Japan–India relations, migration, and international security. He currently works at CHORD Corporation, a boutique consulting firm, on projects mainly in the field of India–Japan economic and policy cooperation. Previously he ...

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Kumkum Mohata

Kumkum Mohata is a Research Assistant with ORF’s Centre for New Economic Diplomacy. Her research interests lie in development economics, international trade, and macroeconomics, with a policy-oriented focus. She holds an MSc in Population Studies and Health Economics from the Gokhale ...

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