Fiscal consolidation: Does it work?
YAN ISLAM | Presentation given by Yan Islam (Adjunct Professor, Griffith Asia Institute and former Chief, Employment and Labour Market Policies Branch, ILO, Geneva) to the… Read More
Region-India and South Asia
India’s unavoidable entanglements in the South China Sea
IAN HALL | This article is a summary of the Mabini Dialogue talk given by Professor Ian Hall at the Foreign Service Institute… Read More
India is hedging its bets on coal to bring power to the people
More than a fifth of India’s population lacks access to electricity, posing a major development challenge. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to… Read More
Multialignment and Indian foreign policy under Narendra Modi
IAN HALL | Since Narendra Modi’s became Prime Minister in May 2014, India has hosted an American president at its Republic Day celebrations and… Read More
Cosmopolitan insights from B.R. Ambedkar, India’s anti-caste campaigner and constitutional architect
Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956) has long been a source of inspiration for India’s Dalits, formerly called ‘untouchables’. He was himself the first Dalit to… Read More
Kipling’s Burma and Myanmar’s Kipling
ANDREW SELTH | He knew little about the country, but colonised the West’s imagination about it. The Indian Institute of Advanced Study and the… Read More
Ashton Carter in New Delhi: Inching forward with US-India defence diplomacy
IAN HALL | This week Ashton Carter, US Defence Secretary, visited India, heading first to Goa, the home state of his Indian counterpart, Manohar… Read More
Sustainable resource development in Asia: Challenges and opportunities for future growth for Indian businesses
This article is a summary of the address by Dr Tapan Sarker during the talk on “Sustainable Resource Development in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for Future… Read More
International symposium on “South/South Migration and Socio-Economic Impacts” leads to upcoming publication
South/South migration is a relatively new phenomenon. Historically, the migration flow between Global North (developed) and Global South (developing) countries began immediately after… Read More
What can tourists do to help, not hinder, Nepal’s quake recovery?
Every year 800,000 international visitors travel to Nepal to experience its unique attractions. These include Sagarmatha National Park (Mt Everest), the Annapurna and Langtang trekking… Read More
