Quad-Aligned Green Finance for Decarbonizing India’s Ports
Quad-Aligned Green Finance for Decarbonizing India’s Ports India’s 12 major ports play an integral role in foreign trade with 95% of trade volume reported. India’s flagship ‘Sagarmala’ programme, launched in 2015, seeks port modernization and sustainable growth. With a budget of Rs. 40,000 Cr (USD 4.51 billion) allocated towards the upgrade shipbuilding, recycling, and ports- the […]
Space Technologies and Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific
Space Technologies and Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific has emerged as one of the most critical maritime theaters in the twenty-first century. The combination of immense sea lanes, contested territorial waters and rapidly growing naval buildups and associated rivalries has made the region vulnerable to intense geopolitical competition as well as illicit and […]
Puntland’s Power Play: Terror, Tensions, and India’s IOR Move
Puntland’s Power Play: Terror, Tensions, and India’s IOR Move The impact of Puntland’s measures to stop terror financing is likely multifold. While in step with West’s objectives, it can exacerbate tensions within the region, especially with the Somalian government. Meanwhile, India, aiming to be a major IOR security provider, must invest in boosting its maritime […]
Coming of Age: Evaluating India’s Rising Security Challenges
Coming of Age: Evaluating India’s Rising Security Challenges Side Event by the Ananta Centre Munich Security Conference 2025 The Ananta Centre in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs hosted its first ever roundtable discussion on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference 2025. Attended by over 40 high level representatives from around the world, […]
Border Build-Up: What Next For India-China Ties
Border Build-Up: What Next For India-China Ties In a Trumpian world, as Moscow and Islamabad increasingly align with Beijing, a deep dive into the status of India’s relations with China amid a border-infra push accompanied by diplomatic jostling Akankshya Ray After meeting Modi on Feb 13 in Washington, President Trump called the India-Middle East-Europe Economic […]
Charting a Path to Peace: Trump, Iran, and the Geopolitical Shifts of West Asia
Charting a Path to Peace: Trump, Iran, and the Geopolitical Shifts of West Asia At his historic second-term inauguration on January 20, President Trump declared, “My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier.” His ambitions, however, will be shaped by the profound geopolitical shifts that have occurred during the four-year interlude between […]
India’s Views on Multilateral Reform
India’s Views on Multilateral Reform Indrani Bagchi, CEO and Maria Joseph, Assistant Director, Ananta Aspen Centre, New Delhi Summary India, as a rising power, seeks to reshape global governance to align with its evolving aspirations. Historically, India was a staunch advocate of multilateralism, contributing significantly to global institutions like the UN, Bretton Woods system, and […]
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 […]