Delivering for the Global South: Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and a Trusted Tech Future
The contents of this essay are based on conversations during the 7th India-US Forum The Indian model of DPI followed a framework structured around the question: what solutions will it offer? Private and public sectors were brought together to build the skeletal framework which is the India Stack. The government created the foundational layer, […]
Quantamania: Rules for an AI World
The contents of this essay are based on conversations during the 7th India-US Forum AI is a nascent industry which must be leveraged without running into overwhelming legal challenges. There is a North-South divide in approaching AI. Countries in the global North, such as the US, have taken a risk-centric approach to creating rules around […]
iCET: Well Begun, But Challenges Lie Ahead
The contents of this essay are based on conversations during the 7th India-US Forum In just a year, the US-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) has gone from being an idea to becoming an organizing principle of the India-US bilateral relationship. Now, there is no Forum that meets bilaterally without some tangent that connects […]
Star Trek: Planetary Defence and Strategic Space
The contents of this essay are based on conversations during the 7th India-US Forum Space is no longer the domain of just governments since a multitude of state and non-state actors now have access to space. Space-based services support the world’s financial information, communication systems, scientific discoveries, and environmental monitoring. It is increasingly contested and […]
Green Transition: Changing the Energy Paradigm
The contents of this essay are based on conversations during the 7th India-US Forum The worsening climate crisis and instability in energy markets due to the Russia-Ukraine war have created a compelling environment for climate action to become a top-tier agenda. It has dawned on the private sector that the ongoing transition is among history’s biggest […]
Critical Minerals Economy: Risks and Opportunities
The contents of this essay are based on conversations during the 7th India-US Forum Over the past few decades, there has been an uptake in the discourse on critical minerals. The issues that were the domain of a few investment bankers, chemists, and diggers are now at the heart of national and economic security. In the […]
The Future of War: Tomorrow’s Battlefields
The Future of War: Tomorrow’s Battlefields The contents of this essay are based on conversations during the 7th India-US Forum National security is driving geopolitics like never before. Geostrategic heft has always come from a country’s economic strength and wealth, but of late it has hinged on the ability to convert economic surpluses and technological advantages […]
Maritime Security: From the Seabed to the Surface
Maritime Security: From the Seabed to the Surface The contents of this essay are based on conversations during the 7th India-US Forum Evidence indicates that the PRC is preparing for a military confrontation with the US, and their goal is to eject the Americans from the Western Pacific. President Xi appears to be politically conditioning the […]
Global Health Security: Lessons from the Pandemic
The contents of this essay are based on conversations during the 7th India-US Forum Pandemics are now a more frequent occurrence than previously believed. Within the past 24 years, the world has grappled with two pandemics, H1N1 and COVID-19. These have been accompanied by several other outbreaks, including SARS, Zika, MERS, and the NEPA virus. This […]
Bridging the Divide: Strategic Cooperation in West Asia
The contents of this essay are based on conversations during the 7 th India-US Forum In the recent past, the major tectonic shift from bilateral to trilateral, plurilateral, and mega-regional forms of cooperation has been particularly significant. This is exemplified by the launch of the India, UAE, Israel, and the United States (I2U2) initiative and the […]