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Bridging the Gender Digital Divide: Africa’s Imperatives
International Affairs | Gender Dec 12, 2024

Bridging the Gender Digital Divide: Africa’s Imperatives

Samir Bhattacharya, Caroline Kathure Gatobu, and Raymond Onuoha, “Bridging the Gender Digital Divide: Africa’s Imperatives,” ORF Special Report No. 238, December 2024, Observer Research Foundation. ...

The Geopolitical Aspects of the India-Armenia Partnership
International Affairs Dec 09, 2024

The Geopolitical Aspects of the India-Armenia Partnership

The South Caucasus region—comprising Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan—is a critical geopolitical hub due to its strategic location at the intersection of Asia and Europe, where India has emerged as a new player. This report explores the current India-Armenia partnership in the context of evolving geopolitical ...

Harnessing the Potential of Online Gaming in India
Media | Digital Inclusion Dec 04, 2024

Harnessing the Potential of Online Gaming in India

India’s online gaming sector is rapidly growing, surpassing other emerging digital sectors in the country. It contributes to GST revenue, creates jobs, and attracts FDI. The sector also promotes ancillary sectors, contributing indirectly to the economy. However, concerns persist around harms such as addiction, financial ...

Keynes’s ‘Vision 2030’: Social Aspects of GenAI and the Future of Work
Artificial Intelligence Dec 03, 2024

Keynes’s ‘Vision 2030’: Social Aspects of GenAI and the Future of Work

Current discussions around the macroeconomic impacts of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and its effects on the future of work tend to be sensationalist. Unlike previous waves of automation, GenAI has the capacity to affect tasks and professions of capital holders—or white-collar workers—as well as blue-collar ...

Assessing the Submarine Training Capacity of the Chinese Navy
Nuclear Security | Maritime Security | China Military Nov 12, 2024

Assessing the Submarine Training Capacity of the Chinese Navy

China is building nuclear submarines at an estimated rate of 4.5 to six per year. These are in addition to the two or three conventional submarines it has been commissioning each year. Submarines in general and nuclear boats in particular, apart from being expensive to ...

The ORF SDGs Young Influencers Programme 2.0: Report from Three Workshops
Healthcare | Sustainable Development Oct 01, 2024

The ORF SDGs Young Influencers Programme 2.0: Report from Three Workshops

Shoba Suri, Nimisha Chadha and Oommen C Kurian, The ORF SDGs Young Influencers Programme 2.0: Report from Three Workshops, October 2024, Observer Research Foundation. ...

The Chabahar Gambit: India’s Play for Influence in Central Asia
International Affairs Sep 30, 2024

The Chabahar Gambit: India’s Play for Influence in Central Asia

Recent geopolitical disruptions and India’s geoeconomic and geopolitical ambitions necessitate the building of new, more reliable multimodal trade corridors. This report examines the strategic importance for New Delhi of the ten-year agreement on Chabahar Port in Iran, and how it aligns with India’s ‘Connect Central ...

China’s Military Modernisation: Recent Trends - 2024
Defence and Security Sep 24, 2024

China’s Military Modernisation: Recent Trends - 2024

Since Xi Jinping became general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2013, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has witnessed an accelerated modernisation drive. Following the 2015-16 organisational reforms, the CPC further standardised its services-level force structure and upgraded its military doctrine, combat ...

The Nuclear Submarine Building Capacity of China’s Bohai Shipyard
Nuclear Security Sep 06, 2024

The Nuclear Submarine Building Capacity of China’s Bohai Shipyard

The Bohai Shipyard, located in Huludao in Liaoning province, China, is the country’s only shipyard engaged in the construction of nuclear submarines. The yard has expanded since its inception and is poised to grow further in the coming years. With some of the new facilities ...

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Nikhila Natarajan

Nikhila Natarajan

Nikhila Natarajan is Senior Programme Manager for Media and Digital Content with ORF America. Her work focuses on the future of jobs current research in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence digital innovation and strategy. Nikhila also tracks ...

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Premesha Saha

Premesha Saha is 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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