Carnegie India

20/05/2026

Kicking off the road to the 10th edition of the , Carnegie India hosted its first stakeholder discussion with experts and partners from across sectors. Grateful to everyone who joined us for the insightful conversations and participation.

20/05/2026

The U.S. & India are at different points in their export control trajectories, and that gap is one of the key friction points slowing semiconductor cooperation. Shruti Mittal breaks it down in her latest commentary:
https://buff.ly/lrndVI5

19/05/2026

India and Africa together represent a third of humanity today, and nearly 40% of the world's population by 2050.

In this article, Rajiv Bhatia breaks down the challenges, potential, and pathways to realizing this partnership over the next quarter-century.

Read: https://carnegieindia.org/india/research/2026/05/india-africa-strategic-partnership-challenges-potential-and-possible-pathways

19/05/2026

India and Africa together represent a third of humanity today, and nearly 40% of the world's population by 2050.

In this article, Rajiv Bhatia breaks down the challenges, potential, and pathways to realizing this partnership over the next quarter-century.

Read: https://buff.ly/Jy9pHsv

18/05/2026

🆕 Article by Carnegie India

India & Africa may seem like an asymmetric partnership, until you realise both are home to 1.4 billion people, together representing a third of humanity.

This article by Rajiv Bhatia proposes to spell out the existing challenges to the partnership, its optimal potential, and the possible pathways to realize it over the next quarter-century.

Read here: https://carnegieindia.org/india/research/2026/05/india-africa-strategic-partnership-challenges-potential-and-possible-pathways

18/05/2026

"With U.S now increasingly disinterested in the quadrilateral grouping, does it serve India’s interests to hang on? As Trump & Xi summit today, New Delhi must take a hard call." ✍️Vijay Gokhale in The Times of India. https://buff.ly/AM53PGS

International News: As Trump begins his highly anticipated summit with Xi today, there’s one aspect of the US-China strategic calculus that comes into sharp focus. The US.

18/05/2026

"As Washington and Beijing search for a more stable relationship, India must assess whether a more accommodative U.S.-China equation could reshape Asian geopolitics and regional power balances." ✍️Vijay Gokhale in The IndianExpress.
https://buff.ly/n5A2jPa

President Donald Trump returned to China this week, over eight years after his last visit in November 2017. The symbolism is hard to miss. Between 1972 and 2017

15/05/2026

🆕 podcast out now! Ep. 3 of our special series.

How do you make the foundational resources for AI, compute, data, models, and talent, accessible to countries that currently have very little of it?
Nidhi Singh speaks with Saurabh Garg, Secretary at the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, who chaired the working group on democratizing AI resources at the , on what it took to build consensus across 30+ countries and what was actually delivered.

Tune in here: https://buff.ly/655qgDR

14/05/2026

🌍 New Event | Global Views on the West Asia Conflict

70+ days in, no resolution in sight. The fallout on geopolitics, energy and food is being felt worldwide. Join Carnegie experts from India, the Middle East, Europe and the U.S. for a deep-dive discussion.

🗓️ May 19 | 6:00-7:30 PM IST | Zoom

Speakers: Armenak Tokmajyan, Gaddam Dharmendra, Jane Darby Menton, Rym Momtaz & Srinath Raghavan

👉 Register: https://buff.ly/2wnVOqy

13/05/2026

Could India pursue an interim fifth-generation fighter before the AMCA is ready?
Dinakar Peri discusses the debate around the Su-57, India’s fighter ecosystem, and emerging sixth-generation programs.

Watch: https://buff.ly/xtNvZDm

11/05/2026

Exciting News | New book by Vijay Gokhale out now!

China’s Wars - The Politics & Diplomacy behind its Military Coercion explores how China has used military coercion and grey-zone tactics since 1949, and the politics, diplomacy, and narratives behind its use of force. Through historical and contemporary case studies, the book examines patterns in China’s strategic behaviour and decision-making.

More information: https://buff.ly/sZ0zVuh