Strategic Stability · Horizon 2026–2030
Borders Are Fixed, But Threats Aren’t
Rethinking the Meaning of Security
Independent policy research · New Delhi · Berlin · Cape Town
Three anchors,
one horizon.
ALTARA is an independent policy institute publishing long-horizon research on the structural forces reshaping global power over the next decade.
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Three anchors
Where policy is made
New Delhi, Berlin and Cape Town: three seats of political decision-making, three time zones, one research agenda.
New Delhi · IST · UTC+5:30
Berlin · CET · UTC+1
Cape Town · SAST · UTC+2
We study the 
chips, 
cables, 
ports and 
chambers that will decide global power by 2035.
- Anchors
- Research pillars
- Strategic horizons
- Years ahead, at most
Research
Written for the horizon
A new publication every week, each written for the horizon it addresses rather than the news cycle.
Geoeconomics & Supply Chains · Horizon 2035 and beyond
Computing Power
Data Centres as the New Battlefield of Great Power Competition
Geoeconomics & Supply Chains · Horizon 2026–2030
Tech-Tonic Shifts: Imagining Indian AI Stocks in a Crisis-Ridden World
How the AI Boom Left India Behind
Geoeconomics & Supply Chains · Horizon 2026–2030
As AI Makes Data Centres Hotter
Who Pays the Price for Keeping Them Cool?
Research pillars
Four structural questions
The permanent domains where the future of international relations will be decided.
- Pillar IInformation IntegrityForeign information manipulation, disinformation and the algorithmic fragmentation of the civic sphere.
- Pillar IIGeoeconomics & Supply ChainsSemiconductors, lithography, critical minerals and cloud infrastructure as instruments of power.
- Pillar IIIMultilateral GovernanceReforming the UN, the WTO and the Bretton Woods system for dual-use technologies and a fairer voice for emerging economies.
- Pillar IVStrategic StabilityCyber operations, automated systems in command support and verifiable arms control for uncrewed platforms.
From the Founding Charter
“A profound paralysis is haunting the capitals of the democratic world: the paralysis of a legacy statecraft blind to the structural forces rewriting the rules of global power.”
Founding team
Founded by three
Three co-founders with an equal voice in ALTARA's direction.
Harsh Suri works on geopolitics, climate change and sustainability. He convenes the NATO India Youth Conference and served on the W20 Secretariat under India's G20 Presidency.
Tebogo Sharon van Rensburg is a civil engineer working on climate action and digital innovation. She was involved as a student volunteer in South Africa's first smart village at the Gwakwani Village Project.
Niklas Klingel works where politics, technology and religion meet. His focus is foreign and security policy and the ethics of technological innovation.
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