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.…
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…
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 Helen Clark — Australia has just awarded a $38 billion contract to France to build its new fleet of 12 diesel-electric submarines, which will double the current sub fleet. The Competitive Evaluation Process (CEP) saw firms from France, Germany,…
By Sarah Watson — The ongoing negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a free trade agreement among countries in the Indo-Pacific, took a belligerent tone recently. Indian trade negotiators expressed their intention to take an aggressive posture on…
By John Hamre, Michael Green, Matthew Goodman, Scott Miller, Ernest Bower, Victor Cha, Christopher Johnson, Michael Matera, & Richard Rossow — The United States is a Pacific power. For over 70 years, we have been the guarantor — and a…
By Norashiqin Toh — The Obama administration has relied heavily on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a hub for engagement with multilateral regional architecture in Asia. ASEAN centrality is touted as key to advancing U.S. interests in…
Who is he? Vuong Dinh Hue was most recently the head of the economic commission of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Communist Party, a position that he held from January 2013. He served as minister of finance between 2011…
By Conor Cronin & Norashiqin Toh — On May 9, voters in the Philippines will head to the polls to pick a new president. Outgoing president Benigno Aquino III leaves his successor with a nation hoping to balance economic ties…
