Tag: ORF

No Progress in China-India Military Talks (Rajeswari (Raji) Pillai Rajagopalan, ORF)

India and China held a 14th round of military talks earlier this week to resolve the border confrontation between the two countries that began...

Despite complex global power equations, India and Russia will maintain good ties in 2022 (Nandan Unnikrishnan, ORF)

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India has bridged some recent policy gaps between Moscow and New Delhi, but structural problems will continue to...

Indian cities—Stunted by partial democratisation (Sanjeev Ahluwalia, ORF)

What gets measured, performs better. That could be one reason why municipal  finance in India has seen a secular decline in the share of...

CAATSA, Russia’s S-400s, and the challenge for India’s defence indigenisation (Kartik Bommakanti, ORF)

The possibility of American sanctions in the form of the Counter America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) loom large over India’s decision to purchase...

The “democracy” debate in China (Antara Ghosal Singh, ORF)

The US President Joe Biden’s Democracy Summit held on 9th–10th December triggered an intense debate on democracy in China. China’s State Council Information Office released...

India’s 2022: Capacity utilisation and economic revival (Debosmita Sarkar, Soumya Bhowmick, ORF)

The Indian economy has traditionally been considered a supply-constrained one. However, ever since the reforms of 1991, reports suggest that the Indian economy has transitioned from...

Grid scale battery energy storage systems: Will they meet expectations? (Lydia Powell, Akhilesh Sati, Vinod Kumar Tomar, ORF)

Grid connected battery energy storage system (BESS) is a technology option that can accommodate high share of renewable energy and contribute to grid stability. India’s proposed...

Vying for influence over Kabul (Kabir Taneja, ORF)

On December 19, Pakistan hosted a special session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to address the crisis in Afghanistan. The Taliban, which...

Prioritising Indian connectivity: ‘Mission Purvodaya’ and Nepal in perspective (Sohini Nayak, ORF)

India is concentrating more on connectivity projects to strengthen the India-Nepal relations and to cater to its security needs in the Northeast Prioritising Indian connectivity:...

Reading between the lines of President Kovind’s visit to Bangladesh (Sohini Bose, ORF)

The recent presidential visit to Bangladesh showcases the robust India-Bangladesh relations despite minor hiccups over the last couple of months. Reading between the lines of...

India and Central Asia need more coherence on Afghanistan (Ayjaz Wani, ORF)

The third India-Central Asia Dialogue, held in India on 19 December, coincided with the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic...

Colombo Port City project: Controversial since its inception (Vinitha Revi, ORF)

At first envisioned during Mahinda Rajapaksa’s presidency (2005-15), the Colombo Port City (CPC) project was announced on Xi Jinping’s visit to Sri Lanka in...

Balances and benefits in Southern South Asia: The Maldives and Sri Lanka in 2021 (Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy, ORF)

The increasing competition between India and China and the Indo-Pacific’s rising prominence has reinvigorated the world’s interest in the Indian Ocean and its island...

China’s attempt to redefine democracy (Manoj Joshi, ORF)

The recent Chinese advocacy of a new model social democracy is not simply a response to the American-led Summit of Democracies. It has within...

The ‘Green’ in Delhi’s Draft Master Plan: Weighed and Found Wanting (Rumi Aijaz, ORF)

With increasing awareness of the role that a healthy and clean environment plays in the well-being of societies, governments are adopting environment-friendly approaches in...

India’s burgeoning semiconductor industry: The need for commitment (Ibadat Jarg, ORF)

To achieve its dream of being a semiconductor manufacturing hub, India would have to undertake major policy initiatives to foster its semiconductor industry. India’s burgeoning...