By Victor Cha, Bonnie Glaser, Matthew P. Goodman, Michael J. Green, Christopher K. Johnson, & Scott Kennedy — Background President Donald Trump will host President Xi Jinping of China at Mar-a-Lago on April 6–7. This will be the first opportunity…
By Jane Nakano & Frank A. Verrastro — Facts: King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia recently concluded a three-week tour of Asia designed to attract and facilitate foreign investment in the kingdom, as well as expand and…
Bihar announces a major electricity tariff hike; Tamil Nadu extends the standard length of development permits; Maharashtra opens an intellectual property crimes unit to tackle online piracy; wind power in trouble in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat; Himachal Pradesh runs out…
By Andrew J. Stanley & Jane Nakano — Facts: On March 15, 2017, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia met with executives from the largest gas producers in that nation to secure a commitment that sufficient levels of natural gas…
By Sarah Watson — The recently-installed government of Uttar Pradesh (UP) has made a loan waiver for small and marginal farmers a top priority. Loan waivers are a popular solution for Indian governments trying to shore up support among the…
By Amy Searight — The CSIS Southeast Asia Program on March 1-2 organized a conference in Manila, Philippines—“U.S.-ASEAN Relations: Charting the Next 40 Years”—in cooperation with the Albert del Rosario Institute for Strategic and International Studies and with the generous…
By Sarah Ladislaw & Sharmila Bellur — Facts: India’s petroleum and natural gas minster, Dharmendra Pradhan, recently announced that the ministry will hold a new auction for oil and gas exploration blocks in July. This auction will be the first…
By Sarah Watson — A version of this post first appeared on Reconnecting Asia, a CSIS project mapping new connections across the Eurasian supercontinent. Since this piece was written, the United Naga Council announced that it was calling off the…
By Qiu Mingda — With Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visiting Beijing March 18-19 to discuss North Korea and other challenges in the relationship, Washington, D.C. observed a kind of informal “China High-Tech Day” on March 16, 2017. Three different…
Election results in five states were announced on March 11. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won landslide victories in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and will form governments in Manipur and Goa with the support of smaller parties. Congress won…