By Victor Cha & Lisa Collins — The Department of the Treasury’s Notice of Finding on June 1 designates North Korea for the first time as a jurisdiction of “primary money laundering concern” under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT…
By Zhonghe Zhu — With a median age of 46.5 years, Japan is now home to the world’s oldest population. Without rising labor force participation, a graying Japan will see its working population shrink. This decline in the labor force…
By Sarah Watson — On May 26 the Wall Street Journal reported that the Finance Ministry of India’s Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) had decided not to waive the 30 percent local sourcing requirement for single-brand retail in the case…
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…
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 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 Murray Hiebert & Phuong Nguyen — Ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to Vietnam in late May, officials and analysts in both Washington and Hanoi have been talking about whether the United States should fully lift the ban…
