By Hemant Krishan Singh For over two decades, India’s Look East Policy (LEP) has been hobbled by one major constraint: balancing India’s example of democratic governance with the strategic need to engage the military regime in Myanmar. With that…
By Camille Danvers & Guru Amrit Khalsa This is the fourth post in a series analyzing India’s newly released Union Budget from CSIS Wadhwani Chair experts on cogitASIA. This post discusses India’s education investment. Part I on economics is here.…
In the South China Sea the season for territorial and fishing clashes has started. Vietnam accused China of firing shots at a fishing trawler near the Paracel islands, while a Chinese ministry of defence report stated that only flares were…
By Matt Goodman Japan’s demographic trends are grim, but the Japanese make it harder on themselves by not better using the people they have. Women in particular are famously underutilized. Some 60 percent of women quit the workforce after giving…
By Katherine Sliney As part of the government restructuring plan announced in conjunction with the Chinese government’s annual “two meetings,” China’s senior leadership declared plans to dismantle the Family Planning Commission, the government body responsible for overseeing China’s population control…
Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited Germany and Hungary from March 4-8, focusing heavily on increasing trade, investment, and tourism with each country. The Germany trip comes seven months after Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Indonesia to establish the comprehensive Jakarta…
This week sectarian violence erupted between Buddhists and Muslims in the central Myanmar town of Meiktila, leaving at least 20 dead, though the tally is likely much higher, and includes men, women, and children. The clashes, triggered by a dispute…
By Prashant Agrawal This is the third post in a series analyzing India’s newly released Union Budget from CSIS Wadhwani Chair experts. In this piece Prashant Agrawal describes India’s infrastructure challenges. Part I on economics is here. Part II on…
By Matt Goodman & Mike Green Editor’s Note: This piece is cross-posted from the CNN Global Public Square Blog where it first appeared here. Since the first merchant ship of the new American republic set sail from New York for…
By Camille Danvers David Cameron recently visited India for three days with the largest delegation a British Prime Minister has ever led to India. With him, Cameron brought an important message: the United Kingdom welcomes Indian students and high-skilled workers…
