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Women’s Health Futures in India: Technology, Workforce, and Finance for Lifelong Well-Being
Healthcare Jun 15, 2026

Women’s Health Futures in India: Technology, Workforce, and Finance for Lifelong Well-Being

India’s women’s health agenda must move beyond a narrow focus on reproduction to a life-course perspective that spans chronic disease, mental health, unpaid care, and ageing. Recognising that women’s health needs evolve across life stages, this report examines how digital health and AI, workforce design, ...

Whither the Board of Peace? Perspectives from Washington and the Gulf
International Affairs Jun 12, 2026

Whither the Board of Peace? Perspectives from Washington and the Gulf

Clemens Chay, “Whither the Board of Peace? Perspectives from Washington and the Gulf,” ORF Special Report No. 309, Observer Research Foundation Middle East, June 2026. ...

Pathways to Green Steel: Trilateral Opportunities for India, Japan, and South Korea
Energy Jun 03, 2026

Pathways to Green Steel: Trilateral Opportunities for India, Japan, and South Korea

Steel is among the world's most emissions-intensive and hard-to-abate industries, yet it remains indispensable to economic development and green-technology infrastructure alike. This report examines how India, Japan, and South Korea, collectively the largest group of advanced steel producers outside China, can leverage their complementary industrial ...

Supply, Strategy, and Statecraft: India’s China Policy in an Era of Economic Rebalancing
International Affairs | Indian Foreign Policy | China Foreign Policy | Economic Diplomacy May 21, 2026

Supply, Strategy, and Statecraft: India’s China Policy in an Era of Economic Rebalancing

India’s China policy is best understood not as a choice between engagement and confrontation, but as an effort to manage economic interdependence amid strategic competition. Since 2020, New Delhi has treated deep commercial ties with Beijing as simultaneously indispensable and potentially risky, given the extent ...

ORF Global Quarterly: Disruption and Recalibration
International Affairs May 15, 2026

ORF Global Quarterly: Disruption and Recalibration

Sharon Stirling and Eszter Karacsony, Eds., ORF Global Quarterly v1n2: Disruption and Recalibration, ORF Global, May 2026. ...

Contributors

Rakhahari Chatterji

Rakhahari Chatterji

Professor in Political Science, Calcutta University (Retired 2008). Formerly Dean, Faculty of Arts, Calcutta University; Visiting Fellow in Political Science and Associate, Committee on South Asian Studies, University of Chicago; Visiting Fellow in Political Science at the University of Michigan ...

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Premesha Saha

Premesha Saha was a Fellow with ORF’s Strategic Studies Programme. Her research focuses on Southeast Asia, East Asia, Oceania and the emerging dynamics of the Indo-Pacific region. Premesha’s other research interests include: Indonesia’s maritime strategy, India and Southeast Asia, India’s ...

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