By Mi Yeon Kim — “A View Inside North Korea” is a research series carried out by Beyond Parallel of the CSIS Korea Chair, which looks at the perspective of North Koreans living in North Korea regarding critical issues such…
By Shefali Dhar — Election results for the massive Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) are set to be released on Saturday. UP is the center of gravity for northern Indian politics; in addition to being India’s largest state by…
Under the Obama — and perhaps the Trump — administration, the United States has looked to India to play a larger role as a security provider in the Indian Ocean region. India shares similar ambitions, seeing itself as a rising…
Southeast Asia is experiencing its worst drought in decades, with Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand suffering the brunt of it. The drought began in late 2015 and is expected to continue through June 2016. Effects of the drought have been…
As the United States and South Korea undertake a series of large joint military exercises Seo Young Kim and Seongwon Song of the CSIS Korea Chair have evaluated the facets and scale of the exercises by the numbers. Ms. Seo…
As the Conference of Parties in Paris comes to a close and negotiators put the final touches on a new climate accord, the hard work is only just beginning. Southeast Asia will face a particularly difficult time slashing carbon emissions…
Since its establishment in 1989, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) body has grown into a robust regional forum for economic integration between 21 member states which encompass 2.8 billion people and represent about 57 percent of world gross domestic product…
In this infographic, the CSIS Sumitro Chair provides a brief overview of Indonesia’s devastating forest fires which are affecting the health and safety of the island country and its neighbors.
By Sarah Watson — The release of the World Bank’s annual Ease of Doing Business Report on October 27 brought mixed news for India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made improving India’s position in the global rankings a major talking…
By Sarah Watson & Maria Philip — Arvind Subramanian, now India’s Chief Economic Advisor, in 2014 diagnosed India as an instance of “precocious development:” it relied more on its relatively small pool of highly-skilled workers than its vast pool of…