The AIIB makes its first investment in India; Jharkhand makes it free to register property in a woman’s name; state power ministers support pooling of all types of power generation; the Madhya Pradesh fiscal year will start January 1; and…
By Christopher K. Johnson, Matthew P. Goodman, & Jonathan E. Hillman — Background China’s biggest diplomatic event of the year is on May 14–15, when President Xi Jinping will welcome leaders from 28 countries and delegates from 110 countries at…
This week we take a deep dive into relations between two key U.S. allies — Japan and Australia. CSIS Strategic Japan Fellow Dr. Tomohiko Satake and CSIS Senior Adviser Andrew Shearer join to discuss the drivers for closer cooperation between…
States can now borrow ODA directly from lenders for infrastructure projects; Haryana will cut power to areas with high rates of non-payment and exempts solar equipment from tax; Delhi ranks first in internet readiness; Rajasthan experiments with private power distribution;…
By Geoffrey Hartman — The foreign ministers of all 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will travel to Washington for a joint May 4 meeting with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Coordinating the travel of all…
In this episode, we explore India’s energy efficiency efforts. Dr. Kartikeya Singh, Deputy Director of the CSIS Wadhwani Chair, discusses some of the ways India’s state governments are saving electricity with Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director of Energy Efficiency Services Limited, or…
By Sarah Watson — India’s heavily politicized system of power subsidies requires large-scale power consumers to pay for the electricity use of key political constituencies. But over the past 10 years these high-paying consumers have increasingly left the system, seeking…
By Murray Hiebert — Much of Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to northeast Asia has focused on containing North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, but when he lands in Indonesia on April 20 his attention will pivot to reassuring the rest…
By Sharmila Bellur, Jane Nakano, & Kartikeya Singh — Facts In March 2017, India activated the association status with the International Energy Agency (IEA), an organization comprising 29 member countries and 6 association countries. Membership in the IEA, which is…
By Kei Koga — At the end of his tour of Southeast Asia in August 1977, Japanese prime minister Takeo Fukuda promised that postwar Japan was “committed to peace, and rejects the role of a military power.” The year 2017…