India’s Flawed Vaccine Diplomacy
…campaign provided the Oxford-AstraZeneca/Serum Institute of India (SII) manufactured Covishield vaccine to India’s immediate neighborhood and Bhutan and the Maldives. The Vaccine Maitri initiative began strongly as India provided a substantial number of Covishield doses…
A Case for Greater US Focus on Infrastructure Development in South Asia
…child health 15 Maldives 6 Basic health 4.6 Government and civil society 1.2 Nepal 132 Maternal and child health 21 Basic health 20 Pakistan 235 Energy 55 Water supply 30…
Opportunities and Challenges in U.S.-India Strategic Relations
…Indo-Pacific strategy. I. Indian Defense Capabilities The discussion on defense focused on two areas: U.S.-India defense technology cooperation and changes underway in the Indian national security system. No significant shift…
Assessing Biden’s Legacy in South Asia
…21st century will not be won or lost in the rugged mountains of the Hindu Kush but in the choppy waters of the Indo-Pacific. For Washington, South Asia has emerged…
The “Global Britain” concept and UK policy toward India
…UK-India relationship. 17. My previous submission discussed at length the clash between the FCO-led soft power efforts to attract Indian nationals, economic investment, and cultural interchange, and the Home Office-led…
Indian Strategic Restraint, Revised
…changed even more. Modi is also lining up bigger guns. He has undertaken an intensified campaign of diplomatic isolation against Pakistan, beginning with pulling out of a scheduled SAARC summit….
India’s G20 Presidency: Providing Substance to Summitry
…As the threats of climate change increase, future infrastructure must meet climate risks. India has established the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), a coalition of national governments, UN agencies,…
Madeleine Albright, Ibrahim Gambari Urge UN Reform
…and define a global goal for climate adaption comparable to the 2 degrees Centigrade atmospheric warming target set for climate change mitigation. Develop a green technology licensing facility within the…