By Afeena Ashfaque — On December 27, 2018, the Australian High Commission in India announced that the government had authorized funding for a planned new consulate in Kolkata. With this development, Australia joins the United States and Japan with a…
In this episode, we assess the decline of democratic governance, human rights, and rule of law in several Southeast Asian countries ahead of key elections in 2018 and 2019. CSIS Southeast Asia Program Deputy Director Brian Harding joins the pod…
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…
Delhi launches solar city initiative in partnership with USAID and GIZ; Kerala announces resettlement and rehabilitation policy for land acquisition; Tamil Nadu launches new e-governance policy; Haryana makes it mandatory to install rooftop solar systems in new residential buildings; and…
The GST comes into effect nationwide; Maharashtra in a severe budget crunch; communal clashes in West Bengal; Karnataka launches an ambitious skills training program; and more. Center–State relations The nation-wide Goods and Services Tax (GST) went into effect at midnight…
By Murray Hiebert & Phuong Nguyen — Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to the United States on September 13-14 as state counselor and de facto leader of Myanmar will be one of the highlights in U.S.-Myanmar relations since the two…
In this week’s episode, we discuss the finalization of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement with CSIS’s Matthew Goodman and Scott Miller. Scott and Matt talk through the geostrategic implications and political path ahead for TPP. Then CSIS Korea Chair Dr.…
By Akiko Imai — On March 19, 2015, U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and her Japanese counterpart Akie Abe announced a pledge “to strengthen bilateral cooperation in helping girls around the world receive an education, especially in developing countries.” The…
On this week’s show we discuss the attack against U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert with Korea Chair Victor Cha. Dr. Cha explains what the attack tells us about the ROK-U.S. alliance and how to understand the South Korean…
By Joakim Parker & Todd Hamner This year’s 20th anniversary of the normalization of relations between the United States and Vietnam offers reflections on what the two countries have achieved and what might come next. U.S. ambassador to Vietnam Ted…
