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Orbits to objectives: Aligning space security strategy with military CONOPs
Jan 05, 2024

Orbits to objectives: Aligning space security strategy with military CONOPs

India's venture into space security, intertwined with defence readiness, necessitates a comprehensive and well-structured national strategy

AI governance outlook: A Global South perspective
Jan 04, 2024

AI governance outlook: A Global South perspective

The GPAI and G20 can play a paramount role in the non-weaponisation of AI and related technologies, and in ensuring that developing countries get equa

Weaponisation of finance: Regulators’ worries in a geopolitically fragile world
Aug 24, 2023

Weaponisation of finance: Regulators’ worries in a geopolitically fragile world

Strengthening global governance mechanisms and fostering open dialogue among nations are essential to mitigate the risks associated with the weaponisa

Weaponisation of finance: Regulators' worries in a geopolitically fragile world
Aug 24, 2023

Weaponisation of finance: Regulators' worries in a geopolitically fragile world

Strengthening global governance mechanisms and fostering open dialogue among nations are essential to mitigate the risks associated with the weaponisa

Germany needs to board the right train in Asia
May 06, 2023

Germany needs to board the right train in Asia

With Berlin left vulnerable to the weaponisation of its dependence on China, it is high time Germany diversifies to safer alternatives

When everything is a weapon, everyone is a victim
Sep 23, 2022

When everything is a weapon, everyone is a victim

The Russians will face the weaponisation of sanctions while the Europeans will face the weaponisation of energy

Return of ASATs and counterspace technologies: A slippery slope to weaponisation?
Oct 19, 2021

Return of ASATs and counterspace technologies: A slippery slope to weaponisation?

The recent sharing of views on space security, prompted by a UN resolution, has highlighted that legally binding treaties and non-binding norms are no

Warfighting in Space: Managing risks and seizing opportunities to avoid space weaponisation
Oct 18, 2021

Warfighting in Space: Managing risks and seizing opportunities to avoid space weaponisation

Modern military forces cannot fight and win without space, and the loss of access to vital space support for terrestrial forces dramatically raises th

Rebooting multilateralism? Lessons still to be learnt
Sep 23, 2020

Rebooting multilateralism? Lessons still to be learnt

There is an urgent need for convincing narratives, backed by data and grounded in fact, that can show people why multilateralism is worth preserving.

The weaponisation of cashbacks on UPI by Google Pay
Oct 28, 2019

The weaponisation of cashbacks on UPI by Google Pay

Digital payments are no longer about ensuring that money reaches the intended person or entity. Instead, the data exhaust of the transaction has becom

The Weaponisation of Disease Outbreaks
Jul 29, 2021

The Weaponisation of Disease Outbreaks

This brief examines how fear and anxiety during a disease outbreak can be exploited by state and non-state actors to further their political, strategic, or ideological agendas. Such fear, compounded by religious and cultural strife, or unfamiliarity with socio-cultural beliefs can provide fertile ground for the spread of misinformation from malicious actors. The brief illustrates these patterns using examples where information had been we

Energy as Weapon: Lessons from the Arab Oil Embargo and the War in Ukraine
Sep 20, 2024

Energy as Weapon: Lessons from the Arab Oil Embargo and the War in Ukraine

This brief analyses the similarities and differences between the weaponisation of oil and that of gas. Discourse around the weaponisation of energy has increased since 1973, after oil-producing Arab countries attempted to use oil to pressure Europe and the United States to abandon their military aid to Israel. The subject has received renewed interest following recent events, such as the energy tensions between the European Union and the Russian

India in the final frontier: Strategy, policy and industry
Jan 29, 2020

India in the final frontier: Strategy, policy and industry

This report builds on the discussions during the 5th ORF Kalpana Chawla Space Policy Dialogue 2019 organised by ORF. The report has three sections: the first covers questions of strategy in space; the second discusses policy dimensions; and the final one explores the role of private enterprises in the space domain. While some sections may include global perspectives, the report views the various challenges in space primarily from an Indian standp

ISRO's commitment to India's national security
Nov 02, 2016

ISRO's commitment to India's national security

India abstains from talking space technology in the context of national security.

Will China conduct another ASAT Test?
Jan 15, 2013

Will China conduct another ASAT Test?

Along with space arms race, the China-Russia emphasis has been on placement of weapons in outer space. But the bigger challenge today is ground-based weapons that can target assets in outer space, which has heightened the fears about weaponisation of outer space.

डिजिटल पेमेंट्स ‘नवा व्यापार’!
Nov 08, 2019

डिजिटल पेमेंट्स ‘नवा व्यापार’!

पाठवलेले पैसे इच्छित व्यक्ती किंवा समूहापर्यंत पोहोचविण्यापुरती आता डिजिटल पेमेन्ट्स उरली नसून, तो माहितीचा ‘नवा व्यापार’ बनतो आहे.