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Assessing India’s Social Determinants of Health Approach Using NFHS-6 Data
Healthcare Jun 05, 2026

Assessing India’s Social Determinants of Health Approach Using NFHS-6 Data

The recently released NFHS-6 results allow for an assessment of India’s significant efforts to improve the social determinants of health ...

Nasha Mukt Abhiyan: Jammu and Kashmir’s Frontline Battle Against Narco-Terrorism
Terrorism Jun 04, 2026

Nasha Mukt Abhiyan: Jammu and Kashmir’s Frontline Battle Against Narco-Terrorism

As Pakistan's narco-terror networks target J&K's youth, a 100-day campaign mounts a frontline defence ...

Did Beijing Set the Terms? Chinese Perspectives on the Trump–Xi Meeting
International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics Jun 04, 2026

Did Beijing Set the Terms? Chinese Perspectives on the Trump–Xi Meeting

Chinese scholars view the summit as proof that Beijing has moved from surviving US pressure to managing relations with Washington ...

From G20 to UN: The Quest For Sovereign Debt Governance
International Affairs | Economics and Finance | Economic Reforms Jun 04, 2026

From G20 to UN: The Quest For Sovereign Debt Governance

The Sevilla Commitment marks a meaningful effort in sovereign debt governance, but creditor fragmentation, weak enforcement and missing actors could keep it closer to a coordination platform than a reformed governance architecture ...

Mythos Drives South Korea’s AI Security Debate
International Affairs | Artificial Intelligence Jun 04, 2026

Mythos Drives South Korea’s AI Security Debate

The release of Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview has forced South Korea to confront both the fragility of its digital infrastructure and the gaps in its sovereign AI strategy ...

The Sulphur Chokepoint: Hormuz and China's Critical Minerals Vulnerability
International Affairs | Critical Minerals Jun 04, 2026

The Sulphur Chokepoint: Hormuz and China's Critical Minerals Vulnerability

China's dominance in lithium and cobalt refining masks a deeper vulnerability: a sulphur supply chain concentrated in the Gulf and exposed to Hormuz disruption  ...

Spain’s Stand on the Iran War: International Law, Internal Security, and Alliances
International Affairs | Law and Justice | Internal Security Jun 04, 2026

Spain’s Stand on the Iran War: International Law, Internal Security, and Alliances

Spain's opposition to the Iran war rests on two pillars: a commitment to international law and the hard lessons of the 2003 Iraq War ...

Airpower, Ground Warfare, and the Limits of ‘Post-Heroic Warfare’
International Affairs Jun 03, 2026

Airpower, Ground Warfare, and the Limits of ‘Post-Heroic Warfare’

From the Balkans to Ukraine, the limits of airpower and the persistence of ground warfare reveal that casualty aversion is less a function of demography than of the depth of the interests a state perceives itself to be defending ...

Financing Climate Action Through the Blue Economy: Lessons from Seychelles
Maritime Security | Maritime Infrastructure | Maritime Governance Architecture Jun 03, 2026

Financing Climate Action Through the Blue Economy: Lessons from Seychelles

Seychelles shows how small island states can turn ocean stewardship into a model for climate finance, equitable growth, and global blue governance ...

Reconfiguring Ocean Governance: Maritime Corridors and Geoeconomics
Maritime Security | Maritime Infrastructure | Maritime Governance Architecture Jun 03, 2026

Reconfiguring Ocean Governance: Maritime Corridors and Geoeconomics

Maritime corridors are evolving from trade arteries into strategic infrastructures where climate governance, geo-economics, and security increasingly intersect ...

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Samir Saran

Samir Saran

Samir Saran is the President of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), India’s premier think tank, headquartered in New Delhi with affiliates in North America and the Middle East. His research focuses on issues of global governance, climate and energy policy, ...

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Sergei Karaganov

Doctor of History is Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the National Research UniversityHigher School of Economics (NRUHSE) and Honorary Chairman of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy Russia.

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