Dhruva Jaishankar
@dhruvajaishankar.bsky.social
Executive Director, ORF America, Washington DC | Read my book, explaining India and the World: https://www.amazon.com/Vishwa-Shastra-India-Dhruva-Jaishankar/dp/0670091057
New Episode dropping tomorrow. On Spotify, YouTube, and now Apple Podcasts. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New Episode dropping tomorrow. On Spotify, YouTube, and now Apple Podcasts. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to respond to every kid saying "6 7" with an explanation of "6174."
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to respond to every kid saying "6 7" with an explanation of "6174."
AROUND THE WORLD: Last Friday, Rachel and I talked about the U.S.-China trade ceasefire, the EU debate over Russia's frozen assets, and why the U.S. is sending an aircraft carrier to Venezuela. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMuv...
Around the World #3: U.S.-China Truce, Frozen Russian Assets, Venezuela Tensions
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November 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
AROUND THE WORLD: Last Friday, Rachel and I talked about the U.S.-China trade ceasefire, the EU debate over Russia's frozen assets, and why the U.S. is sending an aircraft carrier to Venezuela. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMuv...
This Sunday, listen to our new Podcast 'Around the World' in which Rachel Rizzo and I contextualize developments in international current affairs in 20 minutes.
Episode 2 on Ukraine talks, new Japanese PM, and the U.S.-Australia summit.
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Episode 2 on Ukraine talks, new Japanese PM, and the U.S.-Australia summit.
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Around the World #2: Ukraine Talks, Japan's New Prime Minister, U.S.-Australia Ties
YouTube video by ORF America
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October 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This Sunday, listen to our new Podcast 'Around the World' in which Rachel Rizzo and I contextualize developments in international current affairs in 20 minutes.
Episode 2 on Ukraine talks, new Japanese PM, and the U.S.-Australia summit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mVx...
Episode 2 on Ukraine talks, new Japanese PM, and the U.S.-Australia summit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mVx...
Around the World #1: Where Rachel Rizzo and I talk Gaza hostage deal, US-China trade war, and French politics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1_N...
Around the World #1: Gaza Hostage Deal, U.S.-China Trade War, French PM
YouTube video by ORF America
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October 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Around the World #1: Where Rachel Rizzo and I talk Gaza hostage deal, US-China trade war, and French politics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1_N...
ARTICLE: 5 areas of industrial policy where India and South Korea are looking to collaborate. orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
India and South Korea: Opportunities for Industrial and Strategic Cooperation — ORF America
By Dhruva Jaishankar The newly-elected presidency of Lee Jae Myung in South Korea has created an opportunity to advance India-South Korea relations. The greatest potential for cooperation between the...
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October 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
ARTICLE: 5 areas of industrial policy where India and South Korea are looking to collaborate. orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
NEW ARTICLE: Notwithstanding differences with the United States, India has been a more active security actor in the Western Pacific in 2025. orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
India’s Contributions to Security in the Western Pacific — ORF America
By Dhruva Jaishankar and Ammar Nainar As China and the United States jostle for position, India has a modest but meaningful role to play as a security provider in the Western Pacific. Beyond the Indi...
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October 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
NEW ARTICLE: Notwithstanding differences with the United States, India has been a more active security actor in the Western Pacific in 2025. orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
This week: ORF and ORF America contributed to India Day at the UN (with a focus on SDGs), previewed next year's AI Action Summit in New York, hosted U.S.-India AI Policy Fellows in Washington DC, and released a new report of a U.S.-India AI Task Force.
September 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This week: ORF and ORF America contributed to India Day at the UN (with a focus on SDGs), previewed next year's AI Action Summit in New York, hosted U.S.-India AI Policy Fellows in Washington DC, and released a new report of a U.S.-India AI Task Force.
Three new articles from ORF America on:
1. U.S. tariffs affecting Fed interest rate cuts: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
2, India-South Korea industrial cooperation: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
3. Environmental risks harming critical mineral extraction: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
1. U.S. tariffs affecting Fed interest rate cuts: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
2, India-South Korea industrial cooperation: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
3. Environmental risks harming critical mineral extraction: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
U.S. Tariff Windfall Cannot Compensate for Jobs, Costs, Debt, and Inefficiencies — ORF America
By Marta Bengoa The current situation demands acknowledgment that trade and monetary policy operate as interconnected systems, not isolated levers that can be pulled independently. A coherent approac...
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September 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Three new articles from ORF America on:
1. U.S. tariffs affecting Fed interest rate cuts: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
2, India-South Korea industrial cooperation: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
3. Environmental risks harming critical mineral extraction: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
1. U.S. tariffs affecting Fed interest rate cuts: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
2, India-South Korea industrial cooperation: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
3. Environmental risks harming critical mineral extraction: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
HIRING: Are you a Spanish-speaking policy professional in the United States? We're hiring a Program Coordinator for Latin America at ORF America!
Details: orfamerica.org/program-coor...
Details: orfamerica.org/program-coor...
September 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
HIRING: Are you a Spanish-speaking policy professional in the United States? We're hiring a Program Coordinator for Latin America at ORF America!
Details: orfamerica.org/program-coor...
Details: orfamerica.org/program-coor...
Latest on tariffs, China, social media regulation, and energy security from ORF America experts: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
August 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Latest on tariffs, China, social media regulation, and energy security from ORF America experts: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
A few recent updates from ORF America:
1. How does India plan to square energy security with economics, sustainability, and geopolitics?
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1. How does India plan to square energy security with economics, sustainability, and geopolitics?
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India’s Energy Independence Agenda: Weaving Economic, Environmental, and Geopolitical Priorities — ORF America
By Piyush Verma By meeting clean energy targets ahead of schedule, expanding nuclear and hydrogen capacity, and securing critical mineral supply chains, India is positioning itself as a model for cli...
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August 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A few recent updates from ORF America:
1. How does India plan to square energy security with economics, sustainability, and geopolitics?
orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
1. How does India plan to square energy security with economics, sustainability, and geopolitics?
orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
A few recent analytical pieces from ORF America on India-U.S. relations, trade and tariffs, cyber security, energy transitions, EU-India climate cooperation, and U.S. AI policy.
1. What explains the sudden deterioration in India-U.S. relations? orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
1. What explains the sudden deterioration in India-U.S. relations? orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
A Sudden Slide in U.S.-India Relations — ORF America
By Dhruva Jaishankar Over the past few months, relations between the United States and India have gone from stable and promising to tense and turbulent..
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August 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A few recent analytical pieces from ORF America on India-U.S. relations, trade and tariffs, cyber security, energy transitions, EU-India climate cooperation, and U.S. AI policy.
1. What explains the sudden deterioration in India-U.S. relations? orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
1. What explains the sudden deterioration in India-U.S. relations? orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
What's going on between India and the United States?
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A Sudden Slide in U.S.-India Relations — ORF America
By Dhruva Jaishankar Over the past few months, relations between the United States and India have gone from stable and promising to tense and turbulent..
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August 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What's going on between India and the United States?
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I write in Foreign Affairs: www.foreignaffairs.com/responses/wh...
What Kind of Great Power Will India Be?
Debating New Delhi’s grand strategy.
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July 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I write in Foreign Affairs: www.foreignaffairs.com/responses/wh...
Three really interesting reads from my ORF America colleagues:
1. The digital provisions in the India-UK free trade agreement reflect a major change in India's approach to digital trade. orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
1. The digital provisions in the India-UK free trade agreement reflect a major change in India's approach to digital trade. orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
India-UK Trade Deal Sets a New Benchmark for India’s Digital Trade — ORF America
By Ashita Jain The India-UK FTA reflects a significant shift in India’s digital trade approach. The commitments it makes, particularly on customs duties on electronic transmissions, data flows, and s...
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July 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Three really interesting reads from my ORF America colleagues:
1. The digital provisions in the India-UK free trade agreement reflect a major change in India's approach to digital trade. orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
1. The digital provisions in the India-UK free trade agreement reflect a major change in India's approach to digital trade. orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
New from ORF America: on the Quad, cyber intrusion, Middle East crisis, and biofuels. orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
July 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New from ORF America: on the Quad, cyber intrusion, Middle East crisis, and biofuels. orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
My ORF America colleague Lindsey Ford on 5 lessons from the recent conflagration between Israel and Iran for hypothetical future scenarios involving India and Pakistan: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
Five Lessons for South Asia from the Middle East Crisis — ORF America
By Lindsey Ford The ongoing crisis in the Middle East — which involved Israeli and then U.S. strikes on Iranian targets, including nuclear facilities, as well as Iranian retaliation against Israel an...
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June 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
My ORF America colleague Lindsey Ford on 5 lessons from the recent conflagration between Israel and Iran for hypothetical future scenarios involving India and Pakistan: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
Neglected to post this piece from 10 days ago, but it's still probably relevant. orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
Explaining the Vibe Shift in India-U.S. Relations — ORF America
By Dhruva Jaishankar The sudden whiplash in public sentiment in some quarters in India is notable and will moderate the appetite in New Delhi for cooperation with Washington.
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June 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Neglected to post this piece from 10 days ago, but it's still probably relevant. orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
New from ORF America: why Trump's reversal on AI diffusion raises more questions than answers. orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
Trump’s Reversal on AI Diffusion Controls Raises New Questions — ORF America
By Jeffrey D. Bean All in all, the United States’ oscillating policy on AI diffusion reflects an ongoing struggle in how best to simultaneously retain U.S. leadership in semiconductors and advance c...
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June 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
New from ORF America: why Trump's reversal on AI diffusion raises more questions than answers. orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
New Comment: 3 ways in which this India-Pakistan crisis was different from 1999, 2001-02, 2008, 2016, and 2019 (tl;dr operational differences; the role of the U.S.; India's Pakistan policy) orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
Three Ways in Which the 2025 India-Pakistan Crisis Was Different — ORF America
By Dhruva Jaishankar Relations between India and Pakistan had been in deep freeze since 2019: there will now be fewer constituencies than ever in India in favor of normalization.
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May 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
New Comment: 3 ways in which this India-Pakistan crisis was different from 1999, 2001-02, 2008, 2016, and 2019 (tl;dr operational differences; the role of the U.S.; India's Pakistan policy) orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
Some context on recent India-Pakistan tensions in this 50 minute long conversation we hosted at ORF America: orfamerica.org/recent-event...
Webinar: India-Pakistan Tensions — ORF America
On May 12, ORF America hosted a webinar about India's response to the Pahalgam terrorist attack, and ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan. Speakers: Lt. Gen. Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd.) , ...
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May 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Some context on recent India-Pakistan tensions in this 50 minute long conversation we hosted at ORF America: orfamerica.org/recent-event...
My colleague Ammar Nainar and I write on how to make sense of the first 100 days of a Trump 2.0 foreign policy (tl;dr Through 3 separate debates): orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
Three Debates Shaping the Trump Administration’s Foreign Policies — ORF America
By Dhruva Jaishankar and Ammar Nainar As observers struggle to make sense of Trump’s second presidential term, it is worth considering three parallel debates that are shaping these outcomes.
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May 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My colleague Ammar Nainar and I write on how to make sense of the first 100 days of a Trump 2.0 foreign policy (tl;dr Through 3 separate debates): orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
Recent commentary: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...
April 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Recent commentary: orfamerica.org/orf-america-...