Past Events

The Third Way: India's Role in a World in Transition

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Samir Saran and Leslie Vinjamuri discuss India's distinctive foreign policy strategy and its implications for the global order.

Leslie Vinjamuri and Samir Saran on the Council stage.
Ana Miyares Photography

Navigating Reciprocal Tariffs and Strengthening US-India Trade and Investment Ties

PAST EVENT

Mark Linscott joins senior business leaders from across Chicago to discuss the evolving dynamics of US-India trade negotiations amid recent developments.

Workers in a manufacturing unit make leather footwear in Agra, India on August 25, 2025.
Manish Swarup / AP

Commentary

Why Pakistan is Mediating Between the United States and Iran

Analysis
by Paul Staniland

Thinking about Pakistan as a South Asian power misses the fact that it has regional connections to the Middle East—and global power connections it can leverage.

 President Donald Trump listens as Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks at a podium
Evan Vucci / AP
Global Politics

In New Delhi, Crisis Furthers an Embrace of Multipolarity

Analysis
by Leslie Vinjamuri

Across the first two days of the Raisina Dialogue, the Global South and Europe worked to forge a way forward amid profound disruption and uncertainty.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi listens to a speaker during the inauguration of the second edition of the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. Raisina Dialogue is India's flagship geo-political conference organized annually by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in association with the Ministry of External Affairs.
Manish Swarup / AP
Global Politics

Research

The Quad's Next Chapter

RESEARCH
Report by Karl Friedhoff

Advancing the group's pillars of prosperity and development will be at the very heart of competition with China in the coming decade.

leaders of Australia, the United States, Japan, and India pose for a photo
AP Photos
US Foreign Policy

Iranians Consider China Even More Important Than Regional Allies

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

A new poll shows Iranians recognize the economic and security benefits of a closer relationship with China.

Reuters
Public Opinion

Experts

Paul Staniland 

Senior Nonresident Fellow, Asia Studies
Headshot of Paul Staniland.