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June 1, 2023

India
Expanding U.S.-India Trade Cooperation Is More Important Than Narrow Dialogues

While a strategic dialogue on trade is important, the United States and India need to bring a wider set of trade issues to the discussion to ensure a resilient partnership.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and India's Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal poses for a picture before the start of their meeting in New Delhi, India on November 22, 2021.

January 25, 2022

South Korea
The Contentious State of South Korean Democracy: Pitfalls and Hopes

Regardless of the outcome of the upcoming presidential election in South Korea, the country’s politics will continue to be characterized by three unchanging elements that weaken South Korean democrac…

Voters in South Korean Parliamentary Election

June 21, 2023

United States
Modi’s State Visit to the U.S. Is a Litmus Test for Values-Based U.S. Trade Policy

The Joe Biden administration should take the opportunity to strengthen economic ties and push for good governance in India.

President Joe Biden meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House during the latter’s last visit to the United States in  September, 2021.

April 12, 2021

Southeast Asia
Myanmar Moves Toward Civil War, Failed State

In the initial days after the Myanmar armed forces launched a coup on February 1, deposing an elected government, the military may have hoped it would be able to pull off the putsch with minimal bloo…

A fire burns on the street during a protest against the military coup, in Mandalay, Myanmar on April 1, 2021.

August 1, 2022

Indo-Pacific
The Continuing Problems With the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

The Biden administration's Indo-Pacific Economic Framework needs more work.

U.S. President Joe Biden, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attend the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) launch event at Izumi Garden Gallery in Tokyo, Japan, on May 23, 2022.