By Kathleen H. Hicks, Richard M. Rossow, & John Schaus — Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, in his last trip abroad as secretary, is highlighting the importance of the growing U.S.-India security relationship. Built over multiple administrations in both Washington…
By Conor Cronin — Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has had a reputation for inflammatory and crude remarks since long before voters in the Philippines elevated him to the presidency on May 10. In recent weeks, however, much of that incendiary…
By Ryoko Kato — The last few months have been filled with discontent for security experts in Japan eager to strengthen defense cooperation with Australia and the United States. In late April, the Japanese government was surprised when its coalition…
By Prateek Joshi — Eastern Ladakh is in the news again with Indian armed forces increasing their presence along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), which runs from Karakoram Pass in the north to Demchok in southeastern Ladakh in this…
By Conor Cronin & Norashiqin Toh — Indonesian maritime affairs and fisheries minister Susi Pudjiastuti on June 6 said the government will sink 30 more foreign-flagged vessels caught for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Indonesian waters, the latest…
By Sarah Watson — The policy India uses to govern defense offsets — domestic investments in India required of foreign defense vendors — is in limbo. Despite reports over a year ago that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was on…
By Sarah Watson — India’s new Defence Procurement Policy (DPP) was released in March with one section missing. Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar promised that he would soon release an additional chapter on Strategic Partnerships (SPs): a plan to identify one…
By Sarah Watson — On May 26 the Wall Street Journal reported that the Finance Ministry of India’s Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) had decided not to waive the 30 percent local sourcing requirement for single-brand retail in the case…
By Murray Hiebert — U.S. president Barack Obama had the ambitious goal of laying the foundation for a new stage in bilateral relations with Vietnam while visiting the country for the first time May 23-25. He took another step to…
By Phuong Nguyen — U.S. presidential visits to Vietnam, where America was involved in a long, brutal war that scarred its national consciousness, are bound to be emotional events. But when President Barack Obama visited Vietnam May 23-25, the high…
