Foreign Policy Essay
Can India Help the United States Against China?
Oriana Skylar Mastro Sun, Aug 26, 2018, 10:00 AM
China seems reluctant to balance against India. That might be an advantage for the United States.
Latest in India
Water Wars
Water Wars: China Crashes the Party at the Rim of the Pacific Exercises
Nathan Swire Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 2:10 PM
Meanwhile, live-fire missile exercises loudly crash target vessels to the bottom of the sea.
Foreign Policy Essay
Why Countries Should Welcome, Not Fear, Foreign Funding of NGOs
Ronald R. Krebs, James Ron Sun, May 13, 2018, 10:00 AM
Foreign funding for local NGOs can amplify underrepresented perspectives. That makes countries more democratic, not less.
Middle East Ticker
Assad Regime Enters Turkey-Kurdish Fray in Afrin
J. Dana Stuster Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 10:00 AM
The Assad regime backs the Kurds fighting Turkey’s intervention, corruption investigations of Netanyahu conclude with recommendations for indictment, and Iran tries to contain a currency crisis.
Book Reviews
The Fabric of Life in Contemporary Kashmir
George Perkovich Wed, Sep 6, 2017, 2:00 PM
A review of Arundhati Roy's novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (Alfred A. Knopf, 2017).
India
India’s Counterinsurgency Campaigns Are Missing the Warning Signs
Sarah Watson Sun, Aug 13, 2017, 10:00 AM
Is India forgetting how to fight insurgent groups?
Water Wars
Water Wars: With US Distracted, China Makes Moves
Jimmy Chalk Fri, May 19, 2017, 8:49 AM
With the United States embroiled in controversy, China continues to make moves on several fronts to broaden its influence in the South China Sea and in Asia more broadly.
Hot Commodities
Hot Commodities: You Win Some, You Lose Some
Ellen Scholl Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 11:19 AM
In this week’s Hot Commodities, inroads against ISIS, more bad news in Nigeria, and the future of oil and energy transitions.
Cybersecurity
Where Are US-India Cyber Relations Headed?
Arun M. Sukumar Tue, May 24, 2016, 11:02 AM
If India and the US can create tangible cooperation in cyber security and the digital economy, it would send a message to developing countries that digital spaces can be effectively secured while accounting for the freedoms of expression and commerce on the internet.
Cybersecurity
Cyber (In)security in India
Samir Saran, Bedavyasa Mohanty Tue, Feb 16, 2016, 9:34 AM
As India and similar countries work to regulate cybersecurity, norms and laws must allow technology to be its own antidote. Where state intervention is omnipresent, a light government touch in the digital realm is needed to respond to social challenges, poverty, food and energy needs.