By Mayaz Alam — Global economic growth “is fueled no longer by gasoline, but more and more by digital data,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan declared during his keynote speech at the World Economic Forum at Davos in January.…
By Kim Mai Tran & Andreyka Natalegawa — In recent years, urban centers have become a focal point of development in ASEAN member states. With over 40 percent of Southeast Asia’s population based in cities, leaders from across the region…
In this episode, we discuss energy cooperation in the U.S.-India relationship. Achieving two diverging goals for energy engagement in the relationship – deepening and broadening renewables cooperation while India is importing U.S. oil and gas – will likely require a…
The center asks Telangana to return $25.8 million granted to the state under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana; Maharashtra approves vehicle for fast-tracking development of the Dharavi slums; the Ministry of Civil Aviation clears a proposal to connect Guwahati airport…
Madhya Pradesh approves the Aviation Policy, 2018, providing a subsidy to airlines which operate flights under the center’s regional connectivity scheme, UDAN; Jammu and Kashmir devolves powers to local government bodies such as panchayats for the first time; New Delhi…
By James Andrew Lewis, William Alan Reinsch, Scott Kennedy, & Stephanie Segal — Yesterday, the White House weighed-in on investment restrictions pertaining to China’s practices related to technology transfer, intellectual property (IP), and innovation. While most observers were expecting a…
By Samm Sacks & Maria Krol Sinclair — After weeks of uncertainty, on June 7, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross finally confirmed a deal allowing the Chinese telecom company, ZTE, to resume business with U.S. companies, preventing ZTE’s collapse. ZTE will…
In this episode, we discuss the future of defense innovation in the U.S.-Japan alliance with the specter of a rising China on the horizon. CSIS 2018 Strategic Japan Fellow Dr. Satoru Mori, a professor at Hosei University in Japan, joins…
By Satoru Mori — What must the Japan-U.S. alliance do to retain overmatch in the long-term peacetime military competition with China in an age when defense innovation is accelerating rapidly? This question will require forward looking efforts by alliance managers…
USTDA clears $1 million grant to power utility in Delhi; BJP inducts Biplab Deb as chief minister of Tripura; Haryana inaugurates an internal treasury department; Boeing and Telangana’s T-Hub launch innovation challenge HorizonX; Punjab and Chhattisgarh send 500 MW of…
