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Observer Research Foundation
May 11, 2026, 11:02 AM
While achieving criticality is a crucial step in its nuclear energy programme, India requires a calculated and flexible approach to nuclear energy to align with its broader visions of Viksit Bharat and its net-zero target.
Read more here: https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/india-s-pfbr-achieves-criticality-implications-for-india-s-nuclear-future
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May 11, 2026, 11:02 AM
Discovering the “Mantra” for Peace in the Middle East
Watch Samir Saran unpack the layered conflict in the #WestAsia, exploring how to achieve long-term peace in the region: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UNEEZL_E5cA
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May 11, 2026, 11:02 AM
Read to know how China’s 2026 defence budget reflects a steady but strategic shift towards technology-intensive, system-centric warfare, even as institutional and structural gaps persist within the PLA’s modernisation drive: https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/disciplined-expansion-decoding-china-s-2026-defence-budget
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May 11, 2026, 11:02 AM
While the Maoist insurgency appears territorially and operationally exhausted, its residual ideological networks may still exploit emerging spaces of conflict. The task ahead for the Indian state is twofold: to consolidate its gains in former conflict zones through rights-respecting governance, and to address the urban dimension of Maoism without undermining civil liberties, particularly the balance between security and freedom of expression.
Read more to know how operational victories against Maoist insurgency must now translate into institutional stability and long-term political peace: https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/a-naxal-free-india-between-operational-success-and-strategic-vigilance
Read to know how India’s climate ambition is constrained by unaccounted coastal carbon; thus integrating blue carbon ecosystems into the NDC is essential to unlock measurable mitigation, coordinated governance, and climate finance: https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/the-unaccounted-sink-integrating-blue-carbon-into-india-s-ndc-architecture
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Observer Research Foundation
May 11, 2026, 11:02 AM
Australia’s frigate deal with Japan signals a shift from procurement to co-production, reflecting how practical defence-industrial ties are reshaping Indo-Pacific security cooperation. The agreement should not be seen as another procurement decision, but as a shift in how power, industry, and partnerships are evolving in the Indo-Pacific.
Read more: https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/from-procurement-to-co-production-japan-australia-frigate-deal
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Observer Research Foundation
May 11, 2026, 11:02 AM
"Once completed, the France Libre will be the largest warship ever built in Europe and the continent’s only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, equipped with larger reactors than those currently installed on the Charles de Gaulle.
Read to know the France Libre represents a long-term investment in France’s global naval reach: https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/france-libre-paris-makes-a-strategic-commitment-to-enduring-sea-power
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Observer Research Foundation
May 11, 2026, 11:02 AM
The Hormuz crisis has exposed Southeast Asia’s structural energy vulnerabilities, turning external disruption into region-wide economic stress. Although a temporary ceasefire enabled limited shipping to resume, transit remains restricted and volatile, as intermittent disruptions keep flows well below normal levels.
Read to know how this crisis has also compelled Southeast Asian countries to develop more robust mechanisms to manage future shocks, rather than reacting in an ad hoc manner to recurring crises: https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/the-middle-east-crisis-and-southeast-asia-s-energy-vulnerability
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Observer Research Foundation
May 11, 2026, 11:02 AM
The sudden positive turn in US-Pakistan ties has alarmed Beijing, where questions are being raised about the future of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and China’s so-called ‘iron friendship’ with Pakistan. This paper analyses the ongoing debates in China’s policy and strategic circles. It finds an emerging unease over the dramatic reset in US-Pakistan ties under Trump 2.0 which, in turn, is forcing China to quietly adjust its pace of cooperation with Pakistan. For China, the lesson being learnt is the impermanence of friends, and for Pakistan, China’s word of caution is that in its bid to reap benefits from the two competing superpowers—the US and China—it could end up losing the trust of both.
Read now: https://www.orfonline.org/research/the-future-of-china-and-pakistan-s-iron-friendship
India’s energy transition is increasingly being celebrated as a story of scale. Installed renewable capacity has crossed 260 GW, and non-fossil sources now account for over half of total installed power capacity. However, gap between capacity and system reliability is not a technical aberration; it is a structural outcome of how India’s power sector is governed.
Read the complete brief here: https://www.orfonline.org/research/powering-viksit-bharat-2047-baseline-assessment-of-state-level-readiness-for-energy-transition
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Observer Research Foundation
Apr 25, 2026, 02:49 AM
War’s economic costs from unlawful force often fall on host States and investors, not the responsible State. Ultimately, this is not only about clarifying responsibility; it is also about maintaining the credibility of international law.
Read the analysis: https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/war-has-a-price-who-pays-and-what-it-means-for-investment
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Observer Research Foundation
Apr 25, 2026, 02:49 AM
The UK’s search for a post-Brexit partnership with the EU is caught between economic necessity and political constraint, limiting how far a “reset” can deliver substantive integration.
Read the brief to understand the limits of the UK-EU partnership: https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/between-necessity-and-constraint-the-limits-of-a-uk-eu-reset
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Observer Research Foundation
Apr 25, 2026, 02:49 AM
The AI Frontline
As threats evolve across borders and domains, how is the #IndianArmy reshaping doctrine, #technology use and force structure for multi-domain #warfare and future deterrence?
Watch General Upendra Dwivedi & Harsh V Pant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e52FOLVELbU
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Observer Research Foundation
Apr 25, 2026, 02:49 AM
AI’s Hunger: The Nuclear Fix
As AI and data centres drive massive electricity demand, can nuclear energy deliver reliable, carbon free power without compromising affordability and grid stability?
Watch Bjorn Lomborg & David Victor on energy security: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iws01stAVk
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Observer Research Foundation
Apr 25, 2026, 02:49 AM
Going forward, the key challenges confronting the Indian Navy in this domain is likely going to emanate from how efficiently New Delhi balances spending its resources on upgrading its submarines programme and Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems in design and production of these vessels.
Read more: https://www.orfonline.org/research/bolstering-deterrence-through-submarine-dominance
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Observer Research Foundation
Apr 25, 2026, 02:49 AM
SHE-Marts present a significant opportunity not only to strengthen women’s enterprises but also to catalyse the development of local markets and rural economies. If implemented well, they can drive economic transformation and inclusive growth.
Read the analysis on how SHE-Marts aim to address the “missing market” constraining SHG enterprises: https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/she-marts-addressing-india-s-missing-market-for-women-entrepreneurs
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Observer Research Foundation
Apr 25, 2026, 02:49 AM
This article examines how the widening gap between chip design and fabrication costs reshaped the industry, positioning Taiwan as the dominant hub of advanced semiconductor manufacturing.
Learn more: https://www.orfonline.org/research/the-global-microchip-conflict-the-semiconductor-fault-line-through-taiwan
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Apr 25, 2026, 02:49 AM
Children’s AI use needs balanced policies; focusing on literacy, safe design, and shared responsibility, rather than bans alone.
Read to know how a meaningful framework must involve coordinated action across multiple stakeholders: https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/beyond-bans-preparing-children-for-the-age-of-ai
