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 Richard M. Rossow — On September 28, the Indian Army initiated a military strike against terror camps along the Line of Control in Kashmir. The exact nature of this action, as well as its location, remains vague. But the…
In this episode we explore the challenge of feeding the hungry in South Asia. CSIS Global Food Security Project Director Kimberly Flowers and CSIS Wadhwani Chair Richard Rossow explain how issues of nutrition, markets, government programs, climate change, and technology…
By Natalie Tecimer India is rarely considered a major counter-narcotics target of the United States, yet it is an increasing source of illegal drug trafficking to the United States. However, the majority of the narcotics trafficked from India into the…
By James Wallar The U.S. administration’s rebalance toward Asia is fundamental to U.S. economic, commercial, and security interests and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the fulcrum for the economic pivot. Although facing headwinds typical in the end game of trade…
By Samir Nair On April 25, a devastating earthquake struck Nepal and claimed the lives of over 8,000 people. In the immediate aftermath, India responded quickly and dispatched 500 relief personnel to Nepal to provide assistance. Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
By Xinyi Yang & David A. Parker The “One Belt, One Road” (1BR) has quickly emerged as Chinese president Xi Jinping’s signature foreign policy concept. An expansive effort anchored in planned infrastructure projects stretching across the Eurasian continent and even…
By Vineeth Murthy While campaigning ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) then-candidate for prime minister, Narendra Modi, visited northeastern India and made strong promises to develop this area. The BJP went on to win the…
Who is she? Ms. Nisha Biswal is the newly appointed Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs. This makes her the top U.S. diplomat responsible for the region and Secretary of State John Kerry’s principal adviser on…
By Michael Vatikiotis It has been a terrible year so far in terms of security in the Asia Pacific region. Japan and China have come close to trading blows over disputed Senkaku/ Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea; North Korea…
