Rajan Luthra
Rajan Luthra is an engineer with an executive MBA in National Security & Counter Terrorism and heads Special Projects in the Chairman’s Office at Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), a Fortune 100 company, and India’s largest private sector corporation. He is a member of FICCI’s National Executive Council and Chair of FICCI Committee on Drones and previously served as Co-Chair for the FICCI Homeland Security Committee. He has led multiple public policy programmes; is a member of the Advisory Council of Fire and Security Association of India, having previously served as its National President. He was also on the Board of Trustees at the Observer Research Foundation, India’s leading global policy think-tank.
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US–Bangladesh New Trade Agreement: Impacts of Ending Subsidies in Agriculture and Industry, and Future...
On February 9, 2026, Bangladesh’s interim government signed a bilateral trade agreement with the United States. This agreement has sparked widespread debate regarding Bangladesh’s autonomy in economic policymaking and its sovereignty (CPD April 19, 2026). As an apparent concession, the United States reduced reciprocal tariffs on Bangladeshi goods from...
Iran, Israel, and US War: South Asian Migrant Workers and the Need for a...
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“It was nothing like any sound I have heard before in my life,” said Vikrant, a 28-year-old Dubai-based Indian delivery worker, recalling the thunder of explosions when Iranian drones struck the United Arab Emirates (Kumar, 2026). Fearing for his safety, he shared only his first name. Today, Vikrant’s anxiety...
SADF NEWSLETTER South Asia Weekly – On the Afghan-Pakistani Border
The Most Consequential Developments Are the Least Reported
In South Asia, the developments most likely to shape the region’s future are often the ones receiving the least international attention. While global media focuses on crises elsewhere, a volatile situation is unfolding between Pakistan and Afghanistan, with implications for regional security,...