In the latest episode of “The Ideas Factory”, Naghma Sahar, Senior Fellow at ORF, and Harsh V. Pant, Director of Studies and Head of Strategic Studies Programme at ORF, analyse the crisis in Ukraine; Divisions Within the West; Xi Jinping at Davos; China Consolidates Its Presence Along the LAC

In the latest episode of “The Ideas Factory”, Naghma Sahar, Senior Fellow at ORF, and Harsh V. Pant, Director of Studies and Head of Strategic Studies Programme at ORF, analyses The US-Russia Tango over Ukraine; Sri Lanka Balances China and India; and New Delhi’s Tightrope on Myanmar.

Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Key Geopolitical Trends that Shaped 2021 and are Likely to Shape 2022.
In the latest episode of “The Ideas Factory”, Naghma Sahar, Senior Fellow at ORF, and Harsh V. Pant, Director of Studies and Head of Strategic Studies Programme at ORF, analyses the Key Geopolitical Trends that Shaped 2021 and are Likely to Shape 2022 - The US-China Contestation; The Indo-Pacific Churn; Afghanistan in the Age of Taliban 2.0; and India’s Choices.

Let’s revisit this Ideas Factory Episode “US-China Tech Cold War and India-US Relations”, with Naghma Sahar, Senior Fellow at ORF, and Harsh V. Pant, Director of Studies and Head of Strategic Studies Programme at ORF. They look at the growing alienation of Chinese tech in the months prior to the US presidential election. The increasing power rivalry between these superpowers has reached a level where the Chinese consulate in Houston was closed down on cries of espionage. In response the US consulate in Chengdu, China was also shut down. The tech pushback by other European countries brought to the forefront the security challenges that would accompany adopting Huawei’s 5G. As US moves away from China, naturally, it outlines an India-centric approach to the Indo-Pacific region, as it recognizes that this rivalry with China is going to be long drawn. Countries realize that a counter to Chinese aggression in the region would be incomplete without India. They also discuss in detail the LAC, and the Chinese disinterest to disengage in the region. As Harsh Pant bluntly puts forth, it seems China isn’t willing to accommodate Indian interests as no actions have been taken on the border. Chinese bellicosity with both US and India raises the possibility of a closer relationship between the latter two.

In the latest episode of “The Ideas Factory”, Naghma Sahar, Senior Fellow at ORF, and Harsh V. Pant, Director of Studies and Head of Strategic Studies Programme at ORF discuss Wendy Sherman in India; the US-China Tango Over Taiwan and the EU- Poland Tussle 

In this episode of “The Ideas Factory”, Naghma Sahar, Senior Fellow at ORF, and Harsh V. Pant, Director of Studies and Head of Strategic Studies Programme at ORF, talk about China targeting Taiwan, Biden's Domestic Challenges, Duterte says goodbye, for now, and India's Red-Lines on Afghanistan.

In this episode of “The Ideas Factory”, Naghma Sahar, Senior Fellow at ORF, and Harsh V. Pant, Director of Studies and Head of Strategic Studies Programme at ORF, talk about China targeting Taiwan, Biden's Domestic Challenges, Duterte says goodbye, for now, and India's Red-Lines on Afghanistan

In the latest episode of “The Ideas Factory”, Naghma Sahar, Senior Fellow at ORF, and Harsh V. Pant, Director of Studies and Head of Strategic Studies Programme at ORF, analyse Modi in the US: Engaging Biden-Harris; Historic Quad Summit; and Addressing the UNGA. 

The UK’s new foreign and security policy ‘tilt’ towards the Indo-Pacific remains firmly anchored within the Euro-Atlantic region, with the US as its “most important strategic ally” and Russia as its most “acute threat”. 

In March, America’s Secretary of Defense, General Lloyd Austin III, arrived in New Delhi for a 3-day visit to discuss “deepening the US-India Major Defence Partnership” and to advance cooperation “for a free, prosperous and open Indo-Pacific and Western Indian Ocean Region.”

In the latest episode of “The Ideas Factory”, Naghma Sahar, Senior Fellow at ORF, and Harsh V. Pant, Director of Studies and Head of Strategic Studies Programme at ORF, analyse Austin in India, the US-China Meltdown, and the UK Indo-Pacific ‘Tilt’.

Most geostrategic decisions in India’s neighbourhood centre around China. As China keeps picking fights with different countries, will it face pushback from the international community? What is the status of the disengagement process at Galwan Valley in Eastern Ladakh? Is China’s increasing nuclear arsenal a cause of concern? Does India need to realign its neighbourhood policy priorities to counter the threat from China? In this episode of 'The Ideas Factory', Naghma Sahar, Senior Fellow at ORF, and Harsh V. Pant, Director of Studies and Head of Strategic Studies Programme at ORF, discuss all these questions and more.