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Dash for Gas: Opportunities & Challenges
Fifty years after the first LNG tanker sailed from Mississippi to UK in 1959 natural gas has finally matured into a global commodity. Gas is no longer limited to being a regional resource or a continental resource.
 
Oil & Gas
 
Energy subsidies wipe out over Rs 2 lakh crore of India’s GDP, unsustainable: Experts
15 December 2011
Experts have unanimously cautioned the Government that the current levels of subsidy in the energy sector, which wipes out more than Rs 2,00,000 crores of India’s GDP, is not at all sustainable.
 
What after KG D6 - Challenges for India’s Energy Security
12 January 2011
Studies done in ORF estimate that even with everything in our favour, India will be hard put to exceed a thermal coal based capacity beyond 300 GW. In such a scenario, how do we better harness our oil and gas potential and fulfill the great promise that lies hidden in our vast unexplored acreages.
 
Renewable Energy
 
Funding solar projects needs Govt. push: Experts
18 January 2012
According to experts, captive power generation offers immense potential for converting into solar based power consumer. However, this change requires a mandatory push from the government through regulations or incentives.
 
Small Hydro: Too Small for a National Mission?
28 November 2011
As India braces itself for an over-ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, it also has to deliberate the prospects of developing other renewable energy resources. Of all the non-conventional renewable energy sources, small hydro represents the highest density resource.
 
Water
 
BLUE REVOLUTION: Charting South Asia’s Water Future
September, 2011
Water is a scarce natural resource with multifaceted uses cutting across class, economic and political boundaries. Evaluating and recognizing the importance of water in different spheres of life is where the trouble begins.
 
Water Security in South Asia: Issues and Policy Recommendations
09 February 2011
This brief is largely based on several discussions organised at Observer Research Foundation over a period of time. These discussions were enriched by the presence of some of the well-known experts on water issues in the country.
 
Climate Change
 
The Globalisation and Climate Change Paradox: Implications for South Asian Security
July 11, 2011
The interpretation of security through the prism of Westphalia1 for the past three centuries now stands under scrutiny. Traditional state-centric security narratives are giving way to a more complex discussion on security.
 
Sustainable development and climate change-Sunjoy Joshi and Marlies Linke.
05 January 2011
In this book, the authors explore the persistent dissonances in the climate debate with the aim of identifying the harmonies that can help the world compose a common sympathy that accounts for the concerns, expectations and aspirations of all stakeholders.
 
Coal
 
End monopoly in Coal sector by introducing competition, say experts
24 February 2010
India is the third largest coal producer and the coal industry one of the oldest sectors of commercial involvement
 
 
 
 
 

  
Events

Seminar
on

"Science and Technology in China: Implications and Lessons for India"

3-4 February 2012
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


Talk
on

'Food Security' by Mr B S Raghavan, IAS (retd), ex-Consultant, FAO
Saturday, 4 February 2012
(11:00 AM To 1:00 PM)
Venue: ORF Chennai, Conference Hall

 


Workshop
on

'Exploring India- US Cooperation: Seeking Prosperity in the Indian Ocean'
7-8 February 2012
(9:00 AM To 6:00 PM)
9 February 2012
(11:00 AM To 1:00 PM)
Venue: The Oberoi, Mumbai

 


 Visit
 of

 Ribal al-Assad at ORF Campus

Tuesday, 7 February 2012
  (11:00 AM To 12:00 PM)
 Venue: ORF-Delhi

 


Seminar
on

"Strategic Convergence of Indo-Japanese Relations and the Emergence of China"

Thursday, 9 February 2012
(11:00 AM To 1:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


Talk
on

'US and South Asia' by Ambs Teresita and Howard Schaffer
Saturday, 11 February 2012
(11:00 AM To 1:00 PM)
Venue: ORF Chennai, Conference Hall

 


Roundtable Discussion
on

'Spatial Issues and Maoist Insurgency in India'
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
(11:00 AM To 1:30 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


ORF-CSIS Workshop
on

'India as a New Nuclear Supplier'


24 February 2012
(8:45 AM To 6:15 PM)
Venue: Hotel Taj Mansingh, New Delhi

 


Talk
on

'Japan's Foreign Policy'
by Mr. Tomohiko Taniguchi.
Tuesday, 28, February 2012
(10:30 AM To 1:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


Bucerius-ORF Governance Talks
on

'Governance, Development and Security '
Friday, 2 March 2012
(10:00 AM To 5:00 PM)
Saturday, 3 March 2012
(10:00 AM To 5:00 PM)
Venue: Constitution Club of India, Rafi Marg, New Delhi

 


Conference
on

'India-Israel Relationship'


Monday, 2 April 2012
(10:00 AM To 5:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Auditorium

Tuesday, 3 April 2012
(10:00 AM To 5:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


Conference
on

'ORF-BEI India-Bangladesh Security Dialogue'


Thursday, 5 April 2012
(10:00 AM To 5:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Auditorium

Friday, 6 April 2012
(10:00 AM To 5:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 




  

  

  

  

  

 
Energy/Water
Energy Security: Nature, not nations, will decide our limits
31 January 2012
Lydia Powell
Rather than relinquishing every opportunity to secure gas supplies at reasonable prices citing Pakistan as a threat.
 
Weakening rupee mounting pressure on power sector
31 January 2012
Ashish Gupta
The problems in the power sector are multiplying. The bills of companies have already increased by 30-40%.
 
Leaping into fray over 'Nimoo Bazgo' hydro project
31 January 2012
Sonali Mittra
Learning from the past and being the responsible upper riparian, India should try to balance the behaviour of Pakistan.
 
National
Identity and Access in Uttar Pradesh
30 January 2012
Samir Saran and Vivan Sharan
The higher levels of development seen in the northern and southern Gangetic plains of Uttar Pradesh serves to highlight that successive governments.
 
Muslim matters in UP
25 January 2012
Saurabh Johri
The political weight of the Muslims is undeniable in Uttar Pradesh. With nearly 18% of the population.
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International
Have Taleban Promised US That Women Will Be Treated Kindly
30 January 2012
Saeed Naqvi
President Barack Obama's State of the Union address to the US Congress begins with America's recent military engagement in self congratulatory terms.
 
New Approach Needed To 'Control' Internet Effectively
27 January 2012
Jaibal Naduvath
With increasing internet usage and acceptability, the threat perception from the medium will also increase.
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US
Obama's State of the Union Address: Kicking off re-election campaign?
31 January 2012
Uma Purushothaman
Following President Obama's State of the Union address, polls show Obama leading the Republican Presidential frontrunners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.
 
Making sense of US-Taliban talks
24 January 2012
Haripal Singh Brar
The recent US-Taliban moves offer a ray of hope for the Obama administration to achieve a much needed breakthrough before the President begins his re-election campaign.
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Security
Space Code: Why US analysts were wrong
24 January 2012
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Precisely because India has an interest in the normative process and institutionalising a space code.
 
US proposal on Space Code of Conduct: International Responses
23 January 2012
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
t is in India's interests to institute a code of conduct for guiding certain responsible behavior in order to ensure a cleaner, safer, and less congested outer space.
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