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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 priorities, counter-terrorism, and regional security. He serves on the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cybersecurity and RUSI UK’s Global Partnership for Responsible Cyber Behaviour Advisory Board. He is also the dissertation advisor at the Naval War College, Goa.
Dr Patil has previously worked at the National Security Council Secretariat, Government of India and Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations. He is the author of Securing India in the Cyber Era (Routledge, 2022) and has co-edited The Making of a Global Bharat (Har-Anand, 2024) and Moving Forward EU-India Relations: The Significance of the Security Dialogues (Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2017).
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Oct 09, 2025Signatures of Surveillance
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Jul 03, 2025Poised at the diplomatic crossroads
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Jun 26, 2025Pakistan’s Bid for Relevance | Military Diplomacy and Strategic Manoeuvres
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May 14, 2025Operation Sindoor and India’s changing military strategy
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May 08, 2025The AI Race: Positioning India and China in a Multipolar Tech World
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Apr 30, 2024The great potential of India-Australia quantum collaboration
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Mar 22, 2024The military’s continuing hold over Pakistan
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Dec 01, 2022A spymaster who now has the Pakistan Army’s reins
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Nov 26, 2022India’s G-20 Presidency Is a Golden Opportunity
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Oct 09, 2022Challenges Galore for the New CDS
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Oct 07, 2022ISKP is a mounting threat to India’s regional security
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Jul 11, 2022Carving out space for Indo-Canadian security cooperation