By Hirohisa Akahira Earlier this year the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) released its annual survey report, “JETRO Global Trade and Investment Report 2015: New Efforts Aimed at Developing Global Business”. According to this report, Japan’s outbound foreign direct investment…
By Natalie Tecimer India is rarely considered a major counter-narcotics target of the United States, yet it is an increasing source of illegal drug trafficking to the United States. However, the majority of the narcotics trafficked from India into the…
By Gregory Poling Editor’s Note: The following post is the fifth in a series by CSIS Sumitro Chair scholars framing the political situation ahead of Myanmar’s general elections in November 2015. Millions of citizens in Myanmar will go to the…
This week we hear from U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes who discussed his recent trip to Myanmar and what the White House is watching for in the November 8 elections with Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies Ernie…
By Hannah Hindel On October 9, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) listed 11 sets of files on the Nanjing Massacre in its Memory of the World (MOW) Register, a program devoted to preserving documentary heritage. The…
The CSIS Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies is pleased to issue the fifth edition of our new “Update on India’s States” weekly newsletter. This week: Canada’s pension system is building homes in Mumbai; Telangana’s selling land online; the Center…
By Aung Din As I am writing this blog from Yangon, the November 8 election in Myanmar, or Burma, is only a few days away. As a long-time foot-soldier of Myanmar’s democracy movement, I view this historic election with both…
By Phuong Nguyen The ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus), which takes place from November 3 to 5 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will be the first meeting between U.S., Chinese, and Southeast Asian officials since the U.S. Navy conducted a…
By Jonathan London & Vu Quang Viet Chinese president Xi Jinping’s visit to Hanoi this week comes at a time when Beijing’s efforts to change the status quo in the South China Sea through the construction of manmade islands has…
By Khine Thant Editor’s Note: The following post is the fourth in a series by CSIS Sumitro Chair scholars framing the political situation ahead of Myanmar’s general elections in November 2015. The critical role of ethnic political parties as kingmakers…
By Sarah Watson — India’s Labour Bureau released its quarterly report on job creation in eight key industries on October 19. The news was not good: it does not appear Modi’s India is creating anywhere near enough jobs to employ…
This week Bonnie Glaser, Director of the CSIS China Power Project, joins to analyze the U.S. Navy’s recent freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea and to assess China’s reaction. Then Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies Ernie…
