With India’s Independence Day observed on August 15, we examine the history of India’s independence and growth since 1947 by looking at the numbers: 68 The number of years since India gained independence from the British Empire on August 15,…
On this week’s podcast, CSIS Wadhwani Chair Richard Rossow joins to assess Secretary of Defense Ash Carter’s visit to Delhi and explains what the renewed defense framework agreement means for the future of U.S.-India military ties. We also review the region’s news and share our one…
This week we review Asia’s annual informal meeting on security issues, the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. CSIS Senior Adviser for Asia Bonnie Glaser attended the dialogue and sat down with Colm afterwards to share her take on the themes of…
This week we cover China’s Great Cannon and its ongoing cyber espionage activities. CSIS Strategic Technology Program Senior Fellow Denise Zheng joins to explain China’s new offensive censorship tool and to discuss what governments and organizations can do to protect…
On the show this week, CSIS Japan Chair Fellow Zack Cooper joins to discuss Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s trip to Japan and South Korea, the U.S.-Japan alliance, the security situation in the East and South China Seas, and U.S.…
This week we discuss the U.S. reaction to China’s new infrastructure bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Simon Chair Deputy Director Amy Studdart describes the bank’s origins, explains why Washington’s critique of its allies for joining AIIB has proven…
By Donald Camp No Exit from Pakistan: America’s Tortured Relationship with Islamabad by Daniel S. Markey, Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-1107623590, 253 pp., $71.16 (Hardcover), $25.19 (Paperback), $12.49 (Kindle). There is much to ponder in this well-written and comprehensive…
By Donald Camp Avoiding Armageddon: America, India, and Pakistan on the Brink and Back by Bruce Riedel, Brookings Institution Press: Washington, DC, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-0815724087, 220 pp., Hardcover $21.58, Kindle $15.37. Bruce Riedel’s comprehensive history of U.S. relations with India…
By Tridivesh Singh Maini Over the past few years, India’s foreign policy officials have faced numerous challenges as they grapple with an increasingly complex geopolitical situation in India’s immediate neighborhood and beyond. This responsibility is further complicated by two factors:…
By Rupakjyoti Borah India’s decision to stand up a new mountain strike corps of more than 45,000 soldiers for deployment along the India-China border — at a cost of approximately $11 billion over seven years — is one of the…
