🚨ANNOUNCEMENT! 🚨 Registrations for #RaisinaDialogue2027 are open! Join us in New Delhi for the 12th edition of the Raisina Dialogue. Register here: or-f.org/31168 🗓️ 18–20 March 2027 | 📍 New Delhi Please ensure that you register under the appropriate category to avoid any issues with the approval of your registration. #RaisinaDialogue2027 #Raisina2027

#Sagarmanthan2026 | Are we losing our connection to the oceans? Despite the seas sustaining global trade, growing “sea blindness” is distancing societies from their maritime heritage. Vasant Shinde, @anushastweets, Philile Mbatha, @NNazurally, Sebastian Vehlken and Ruth Schilling explore how cultural memory, indigenous knowledge and maritime history can shape a more sustainable and equitable #BlueEconomy. Watch 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=YDhkQlH5… #OceanGovernance #MaritimeHeritage

.@orfonline is hosting a conversation with Anisa K. Mbega, High Commissioner of Tanzania to India as part of the Diplomat Diaries. This edition's discussion will examine the evolving trajectory of India-Tanzania bilateral relations and growing strategic importance of both partners to each other. The session will be moderated by Prof Harsh V. Pant, Vice President – Studies and Foreign Policy, ORF. 🗓️ 30 October | 📍ORF Delhi | Open Event Register Now 🔗 or-f.org/40798

#BharatVISTAAR aims to use AI-driven crop, weather and market data to help millions of Indian farmers make better decisions and reduce costs. Its value will depend on how effectively these tools strengthen farm livelihoods and support access to nutritious food @shoba_suri or-f.org/40808 #AI #Agriculture

What happens when #India needs satellite internet switched off, and cannot guarantee it will be? #Starlink’s biggest risk for #India is dependence on a foreign operator that controls service availability. Its technological lead, ties to the #UnitedStates government, and #ElonMusk’s past actions make the stakes even higher. @ashwinprasadrao, @adityascripts & @KPMDas explain why satellite connectivity is also a question of #NationalSecurity. or-f.org/40702

The world doesn’t need another AI declaration from #India. It needs proof that the last one mattered. After the 2026 India #AI Impact Summit, the commitments are on the table. Now comes the harder task: building the machinery to deliver them. @rudra_81 on why India must lead on AI—and how. Read on @orfonline: or-f.org/40803

#India’s smaller steel producers face financial and technical barriers to decarbonisation. The brief examines how downstream Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism’s (#CBAM) could raise compliance costs and limit their access to #EU-linked supply chains: @manini_garg or-f.org/40811 #Decarbonisation

#Sagarmanthan2026 | Can the Bay of Bengal become #Asia’s next maritime gateway? As global supply chains diversify beyond congested chokepoints, Myanmar’s strategic location offers opportunities to connect South Asia, ASEAN and Southwest China. U Tun Lu, Deputy Minister of Transport, Myanmar, outlines a vision for a seamless, sustainable and secure “Blue Highway” across the Bay of Bengal. Watch 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=eG5jYs_6… #BayOfBengal #MaritimeSecurity #GlobalTrade

#Afghanistan’s potential as a Eurasian connectivity hub remains constrained by weak infrastructure, security concerns, and political uncertainty. Yet projects such as the Trans-Afghan Railway, TAPI, CASA-1000, and Chabahar could strengthen its regional links, with implications for Europe’s trade, resource, and connectivity interests: @MalhotraShairee & Maiwand Safi or-f.org/40763 #Eurasia

#BRICS is pursuing payment cooperation without monetary union, and local-currency financing without a shared treasury. This is not structural de-dollarisation, but incremental financial integration. Its significance may lie in how quietly it advances: Sauradeep Bag or-f.org/40762 #DeDollarisation #GlobalGovernance

As AI firms build their own wet labs, the boundary between developing AI models and conducting biological experiments is blurring. For India, the priority is to link its AI and biotechnology strengths with effective oversight, testing and accountability across the research pipeline: Shravishtha Ajaykumar or-f.org/40760 #India #Biosecurity

#AI in maternal healthcare is not about replacing nurses. It is about helping them focus on the cases that need them most. #Kenya based non-profit Jacaranda Health’s PROMPTS service uses an AI-enabled triage system to respond to routine questions by SMS while escalating urgent and high-risk messages to nurses. Built for basic phones and everyday language, the approach puts timely guidance within reach of more mothers. Aishanya Gupta lays how it works: or-f.org/40693 #GlobalAIImpactCommons #AIforHealth

As #Afghan poppy fields shrink, traffickers are shifting to meth and moving opium cultivation into #Pakistan’s Balochistan, up from 27 to 380 hectares (2020-2023). Drones, sea routes and the LoC now carry heroin and weapons into India. In 2025, authorities captured 278 drones: @wani_ayjaz or-f.org/40821

#Sagarmanthan2026 | Which alternative fuel will power the future of global shipping? With shipping consuming nearly 300 million metric tons of marine fuel annually, T K Ramachandran, Sylvain Zurcher, Erik Koerts, Yoon Jung Choi, Precila C. Jara and @SinGulfura examine the economics of green corridors, ethanol and hydrogen bunkering, and the race to build future-ready port infrastructure. Watch 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=2kdUGzMa… #GreenShipping #EnergyTransition #MaritimeSecurity

#India needs clear, enforceable rules for foreign satellite operators: Indian gateways for domestic traffic, data localisation and lawful interception under Indian law, and no unilateral withdrawal of service during emergencies. The long-term answer is to build India's own mega-constellation and reduce strategic dependence: @RamaDivedi or-f.org/40720 #Starlink #SpaceEconomy

Can #AI give women more time, better jobs and greater economic independence? From data annotation to health technology, AI is creating new opportunities. Yet informal employment, inadequate social protection and unequal unpaid care work can prevent women from turning these gains into secure livelihoods. Kumkum Mohata explores the policy changes needed to make India’s AI transition more inclusive. #GenderEquality #FutureOfWork. or-f.org/40715

#India can support #SaudiArabia’s civilian nuclear programme while advocating strict international non-proliferation standards. Access to civil nuclear technology and preventing regional nuclear fuel cycle competition need not be contradictory: Shravishtha Ajaykumar or-f.org/40900 #NuclearEnergy #NonProliferation

When the Strait of #Hormuz closed, the cost of ambiguity became visible. Our new volume examines eight partnerships—from #Seoul to #Moscow — that the 2026 conflict put to the test. The findings are uncomfortable for more than a few capitals: @SinGulfura or-f.org/40893

As South–South cooperation gains momentum, #India, #Africa, and the #UAE have an opportunity to deepen their longstanding ties through an energy-focused trilateral partnership, strengthening supply chain resilience, mobilising investment, and advancing shared development priorities: Reem Sagahyroon or-f.org/40876#SouthSouthCoo…

#Sagarmanthan2026 | Who benefits from the #BlueEconomy, and who bears its costs? Uz. Fayyaz Ismail, @jellsmoor, @TeenahJutton, Deepak Shetty, Yoon Jae Ro and @SheilaPaylan examine #BlueJustice, from the challenges facing Small Island Developing States and maritime corruption to environmental disasters and the protection of coastal livelihoods. Watch 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=rwZvhKor…

Should #India’s #DigitalSovereignty depend on the decisions of a foreign billionaire? #Starlink’s entry into India raises critical questions about national security, regulatory oversight and control over strategic communication networks. Connectivity cannot come at the cost of sovereign control. @Priyanka_Office explains why India’s security requirements must take priority over commercial convenience. or-f.org/40706