Delhi is seeking full statehood, Apple to open new development offices in Bengaluru and Hyderabad, Telangana to issue building permits within 48 hours and is spending $356 million in improving its power infrastructure, UDAY may be expanded to allow private…
By Phuong Nguyen — U.S. presidential visits to Vietnam, where America was involved in a long, brutal war that scarred its national consciousness, are bound to be emotional events. But when President Barack Obama visited Vietnam May 23-25, the high…
The CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies released a new study assessing China’s 13th Five-Year Plan. The report Perfecting China, Inc. by Scott Kennedy and Christopher Johnson was rolled out on May 23, during a public event at CSIS. The…
By Phuong Nguyen — If Bill Clinton traveled to Vietnam to “heal the wounds of war” in 2000 and George W. Bush to announce the country was open for business when he rang the bell of the Ho Chi Minh…
By Sarah Watson — Students of Indian politics love to argue about the relative merits of different “models” of development — the business-friendly “Gujarat model,” for instance, versus the left-wing “Kerala model.” But simply comparing static outcomes across different states…
By Esther Sainsbury — President Barack Obama will arrive in Vietnam on May 23 to highlight his ongoing commitment to the U.S. rebalance to the Asia-Pacific and the importance of ratifying the Trans‑Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement this year.…
Five state election results on May 19! Andhra moves all procurement online; Karnataka’s buying more rooftop solar power (and Delhi may follow); Rajasthan identifies the districts for its experiment with private-sector power generation; West Bengal moves forward with mining some…
By Richard M. Rossow — The CSIS Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies brings to you a video series featuring some of the world’s top experts on India, tackling critical questions framed to understand the significance of the five state…
By Nguyen Tuan Minh — Vietnam and the United States in 2015 celebrated the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations, which have witnessed some of the most dramatic warming trends in the world in recent years. Later this month, these bilateral…
By Conor Cronin & Norashiqin Toh — Voters in the Philippines went to the polls for a general election on May 9. Although official results will not be available for several days, unofficial tallies for the presidential race show a…
