U.S. undersecretary of state Thomas Shannon met with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, NCAER offers new study on investment potential of states, Maharashtra’s plan to increase labor flexibility hits union buzzsaw, Andhra-Tamil Nadu dam dispute escalates, Telangana government delegation…
By Chau Hoang — The recent controversy over former senator Bob Kerrey’s chairmanship of the U.S.-sponsored Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV) deserves the attention of those interested in the progress of U.S.-Vietnam relations. The debate transcends the ethical merits of having…
By Sarah Watson — The policy India uses to govern defense offsets — domestic investments in India required of foreign defense vendors — is in limbo. Despite reports over a year ago that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was on…
In this episode we explore the story of Chinese soccer, or football. As China continues to develop, the country and its leaders are constantly seeking metrics to measure their growth and demonstrate their power to both to their own citizens…
By Rui Hao Puah — What does the United Kingdom (UK) vote to leave the European Union (EU) on June 23 mean for ASEAN, a regional grouping that has been often compared to the EU? How will Brexit reverberate economically…
By Phuong Nguyen — At the end of a recent ASEAN-China summit in Kunming, China, on June 13, Beijing pressured several ASEAN members close to it to withdraw their support for an ASEAN joint press statement expressing “serious concerns” about…
Karnataka and Goa join power bailout UDAY scheme, Gujarat introduces local content rules for government purchasing, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan travels to China, Rajasthan to tax e-commerce purchases when the goods come from out of state, Telangana…
Who is she? Rena Bitter is the consul general at the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a position that she has held for three years. Prior to this position, she served as the director of the…
By Sundar Ramanujam — When Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa’s All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party (AIADMK) won the 2016 Assembly Elections last month, she broke a 32-year pattern of anti-incumbency. While her successful re-election brings good news for…
Who is she? Apiradi Tantraporn has been Thailand’s minister of commerce since August 2015, when she was promoted as part of a larger cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha. Her appointment was part of the creation of an economic…
