Here are a few briefs on Nepal’s Gen-Z Protests:
1. https://lnkd.in/gV4MhcmP
2. https://lnkd.in/gdtJ82VY

Here are a few briefs on the GST Amendment:
1. https://lnkd.in/gNKvWkeh
2. https://lnkd.in/g69piKDy

Here are a few briefs on COP 30:
1. https://lnkd.in/gwFpAtbZ
2. https://lnkd.in/gJHinx_A

Here are a few briefs on G20:
1. https://lnkd.in/gJ2JtERs
2. https://lnkd.in/gvvQVcKf

Here are a few briefs on Putin’s India Visit:
1. https://lnkd.in/gwE-8uKY
2. https://lnkd.in/geuQwrtC

📘 As 2025 draws to a close, we look back on a year of intense geopolitical pressures, transformative domestic policies, and India's drive for innovation amid uncertainty.

The Editor’s Pick series, curated by Malancha Chakrabarty & Stelin Paul, spotlights the year's standout ORF short reads—chosen through reader engagement and editorial curation.

Regionally, #India's deft handling of flashpoints like #Myanmar border operations, #Bangladesh trade halts, #Pakistan frictions, and #Russia-#Pakistan ties sparked keen interest. At home, discussions on labour overhauls, #Budget2025's healthcare and green energy focus, Jan Aushadhi growth, women's unpaid labour, #AI disruptions, semiconductors, and climate impacts on education struck a chord, charting routes to resilient progress.

Read the Editors' Pick collection here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gaD6K57H

The Indian Navy's Emerging Constabulary Role in Indo-Pacific

The navy’s expanding constabulary role—encompassing diplomacy, surveillance, and maritime policing—reflects India’s efforts to shape the security environment in the Indo-Pacific

https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/the-indian-navy-s-emerging-constabulary-role-in-indo-pacific

AI in Real-Time Warfare: Lessons from Project Maven

AI Projects funded by State Governments are changing Real Time Warfare across the world, not through autonomous agents but by optimising the analysis and interpretation of data

https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/ai-in-real-time-warfare-lessons-from-project-maven

Smart Climate Governance: Beyond The “Hot & Cold” Approach

mart climate governance needs to be set in place that aligns incentives and institutions to de-risk climate finance, unlock public–private synergies, and deliver scalable solutions

https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/smart-climate-governance-beyond-the-hot-cold-approach

Managing Slowdown, Security, and Strategy: China’s CEWC in Context

China’s CEWC signals tech-driven growth, selective foreign investment, and strategic planning in the 15th Five-Year Plan

https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/managing-slowdown-security-and-strategy-china-s-cewc-in-context

Beyond Budgets: Mobilising Private Capital for India’s Health Financing Gap

India’s expanding ecosystem of CSR, blended finance, and impact investing presents an opportunity to strengthen health infrastructure, innovation, and service delivery

https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/beyond-budgets-mobilising-private-capital-for-india-s-health-financing-gap

How Warfare Changed In 2025

For India, a key lesson from 2025 is that innovations in drone use that blend their employment with missiles will obviate predictability

https://www.orfonline.org/research/how-warfare-changed-in-2025

Growth Story Powered By Indigenous Engines

In the 1980s, a young India was being excited against older nation-states. In the 2020s, an ancient civilisation is leading the way in forging a new consensus

https://www.orfonline.org/research/growth-story-powered-by-indigenous-engines

ORF is hosting a book discussion on 'Diverse Narratives and Shared Beliefs: Classical to Hybrid Deoband Islam in South Asia', by author Soumya Awasthi

The book discussion will engage participants in a discussion on the diversity, reform, and transformation within Deoband Islam. It will highlight the book's central argument that Deoband thought is not a monolithic ideology but a dynamic intellectual tradition shaped by its interaction with society, politics, and faith in South Asia's evolving landscape.

Featuring: Ashok Behuria, Tara Kartha, Ajay Bisaria, Shalini Chawla & Sushant Sareen
7 January | 3:30 PM | ORF Conference Hall

Register to attend -or-f.org/36894

The Global Surge in Solid Rocket Motors

A surge in global conflicts is driving unprecedented demand for solid rocket motors, reshaping missile stockpiles, defence manufacturing, and military space capabilities

https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/the-global-surge-in-solid-rocket-motors

China’s Bid for Smart Cities: Mastering the City Brain

China’s smart city push blends digital governance with surveillance, military fusion, and global tech exports—raising alarms over control, data, and security

https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/china-s-bid-for-smart-cities-mastering-the-city-brain

China's Quiet Diplomacy in the Thai–Cambodian Border Crisis

As fighting resurges along the Thai-Cambodian border, China’s quiet diplomacy reveals a strategy focused less on resolving conflict than on managing instability and shaping the regional balance

https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/china-s-quiet-diplomacy-in-the-thai-cambodian-border-crisis

Reimagining African Unity Through Economic Integration

While visions of a politically united Africa have repeatedly faltered, the AfCFTA offers a pragmatic pathway toward deeper continental integration through trade integration and institutional alignment

https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/reimagining-african-unity-through-economic-integration