By Victor Cha — Q1: What was accomplished in this summit compared to the past? Is this truly a historic meeting? A1: This meeting is historic in its timing in two ways. First, the summit represents an aggressive attempt at…
By Maria Krol Sinclair & Qiu Mingda — A week after the United States first penalized China’s second largest telecom equipment provider ZTE, there is still no consensus in China on how to interpret the case. On April 20, ZTE…
By Richard M. Rossow — The strategic importance of India’s economic rise is often portrayed as a tool to increase domestic spending on defense priorities and to provide a capital base to compete economically in the region through infrastructure and…
The center has given in principle approval for a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Telangana; the Bihar cabinet approved subsidies to energy consumers; Cisco launched Cisco START to help small and medium enterprises in Gujarat; Haryana announced…
In this episode, we provide context for the inter-Korean summit and analyze the prospects of a Trump-Kim summit. CSIS Korea Chair experts Dr. Sue Mi Terry and Lisa Collins join to chart the whirlwind developments on the peninsula since early…
By Kevin R. Princic — A growing number of North Korean fishing vessels have disrupted the fishing industry in the Sea of Japan. By illegally fishing and overfishing in Japanese waters, North Korean crews not only jeopardize the safety of…
The electronic e-way bill for intra-state movement of goods rolled out in the first five states; Andhra Pradesh moves to build a DNA database of its citizens; Delhi discom BRPL enters into a strategic partnership with EESL which will cover…
By Robert W. Beckman — Eighteen years ago, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a program to foster energy integration in South Asia. The South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy Cooperation and Development — generally referred to…
By Michael J. Green, Matthew P. Goodman, Victor Cha & Nicholas Szechenyi — President Trump is scheduled to host Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan at his Mar-a-Lago club next week for a summit meeting on U.S.-Japan relations. This will…
By Madoka Fukuda — This year, 2018, marks the 40th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and China. Since 2017, both countries have repeatedly conveyed an interest in mending bilateral relations. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe…
JICA signs $1.8 billion loan agreements with India for projects in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, and the northeast; Maharashtra advances privatizing power distribution in three more cities, while Uttar Pradesh rescinds privatization; Harvard publishes study on urban air pollution…
By Michito Tsuruoka — Japan and Europe are natural partners, though this may not be an obvious proposition to many observers. Yet, given the essential values that Japan and Europe share — such as democracy, the rule of law, fundamental…