By Aman Thakker — Status: Not Started — While the Indian government has attempted to reduce the amount of time it takes to set up businesses and obtain permits from the government, it still lags behind its self-appointed goal of…
By Anit Mukherjee — India and Pakistan recently came close to a full-scale conflict that threatened to destabilize the region. The Indian government responded to the Pulwama attack on Indian security forces in Kashmir on February 14 by ordering air…
By Donald Camp — The drill used to be predictable. Since the nuclear era dawned in South Asia, any sign of border tensions between India and Pakistan would set off alarm bells in the foreign ministries of the United States and…
By Richard Rossow — On February 14, a terrorist killed 40 Indian military personnel in Kashmir. The Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed claimed responsibility, though Pakistan’s civilian government attempted to downplay this link. India responded with an air strike against a…
By Donald Camp — The United States and India, despite a converging worldview on some foreign policy issues, responded quite differently to the December 30 election in Bangladesh. India went all-in with re-elected Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Prime Minister Modi was…
By Shahed Ghoreishi — China has most of the pieces of a major global power. Its economy, set to be the world’s largest by 2030, passes the test. Its diplomats remain active in the United Nations Security Council and in…
By Robert W. Beckman — Eighteen years ago, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a program to foster energy integration in South Asia. The South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy Cooperation and Development — generally referred to…
By Sarah Watson — On August 21, following a protracted internal debate, President Trump announced his strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia as a whole. The speech included both strong language on Pakistan and a promise that U.S. involvement in…
The ouster of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is not a new event in Pakistan’s history — even in Pakistan’s recent history. But neither is it business as usual for India and the United States It demonstrates the difficulty —…
By Gurmeet Kanwal — The joint statement issued at the end of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first meeting with President Donald Trump in June 2017 resolved to “expand and deepen the strategic partnership between the countries and advance common objectives……
