The CSIS Asia Program is launching a new weekly CogitAsia podcast that will review and analyze developments and trends in the Indo Pacific. On the podcast this week we are joined by Dr. Jonathan London, professor at the City University…
By Bai Jie On January 19, DPRK’s Vice Foreign Minister and Representative to the Six-Party Talks Ri Yong Ho had an unofficial meeting with former U.S. special representative for North Korea policy Stephen Bosworth in Singapore. Is it another…
By Rick Rossow This month, President Barack Obama will return to India. There are fairly high expectations for the visit, and it is important to understand what could realistically transpire. Echoes of the July 2005 nuclear deal announcement continue to…
By Victor Cha What must the administration contend with in its remaining two years in office on the Korean Peninsula? First, the United States is likely to see the next series of North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile tests. These…
The CSIS Asia Program is launching a new weekly CogitAsia podcast that will review and analyze developments and trends in the Indo Pacific. This week host Colm Quinn discusses prospects for the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations this year and political considerations on trade…
By Samir Nair During India’s historic election campaign last year, then candidate Narendra Modi pledged to build 100 smart cities across India. Since taking office, Modi’s government has allocated $1.2 billion to this initiative. Last June, Modi said that, “cities…
By Scott Miller & Matthew P. Goodman The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the central economic component of the administration’s pivot, or rebalance, to Asia. A completed TPP would create the largest free-trade area in which the United States participates, representing…
Who is she? Carrie Hessler-Radelet is the newly confirmed director of the Peace Corps. Nominated by President Barack Obama in July 2013, she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 5. Hessler-Radelet served as a Peace Corps volunteer teaching…
By Chuanying Lu The Sony hack provides an opportunity for Chinese and American decision makers to rethink their cyber policies and bilateral cyber cooperation strategy. Cyber-attacks are a new threat from a new domain, which cannot be resolved through traditional…
The CSIS Asia Program is launching a new podcast this week that will review and analyze developments and trends in the Indo-Pacific. This week our host Colm Quinn reviews key news stories in Asia, discusses Southeast Asia’s air travel infrastructure…
