Tell Them (Army) What We (Kashmiris) Think Of Them – OpEd
The Kashmiri identity still continues to be like the gown of a poor man that needs to be mended without delay as the patches of pain and misery have been bombarding the common collective consciousness...
View ArticleMore Is Not Enough: Arms Buildups, Innovation And Stability In The...
By Felix K. Chang The arms buildup across the Asia-Pacific is remarkable. Understandably, some fear that the accumulation of military hardware reflects possible arms races and that these arms races...
View ArticleMosquitos: A Viable 21st-Century Soft Power Tool – Analysis
By Mary Raum and Kathleen J. McDonald Militaries and soft power have been interlinked since Alexander the Great began assisting the populations his armies conquered by rebuilding infrastructures and...
View ArticleI Corps: U.S. Pacific Command’s Newest Asset – Analysis
By Robert B. Brown and Jason N. Adler We will of necessity rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific region. Our relationships with Asian allies and key partners are critical to the future stability and growth...
View ArticleYemen Crisis: Pakistan The Reluctant Coalitionist? – Analysis
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Saudi King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz held a luncheon meeting at the Royal Palace in Riyadh on 23 April, where Nawaz Sharif reportedly expressed “solidarity” with...
View ArticleIndia-China: Current Status And Expectations For The Future – Analysis
By Siwei Liu* Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his first visit to China since assuming office, from 14-16 May 2015. The visit has a great significance for present-day Sino-India relations, and...
View ArticleMilitary Strategies Collide In The Asia-Pacific – Analysis
The recent re-evaluation by the US, China, Japan, and Russia of their military strategies reflects new geopolitical equations in which the Asia Pacific is a major strategic intersection. Turmoil in...
View ArticleIndonesia And The South China Sea: A Two-fold Strategy – Analysis
While maintaining a neutral position, Indonesia’s approach to the South China Sea disputes is increasingly nuanced. By Iis Gindarsah* Indonesia’s viewpoint on the South China Sea disputes has been...
View ArticleIndia Reaches Out To Pacific Island Countries – Analysis
By Monish Gulati* India will host the second edition of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) in Jaipur on August 21, with all 14 countries of the region attending. This comes months...
View ArticleESCAP Launches E-Learning Platform To Help Build Resilience To Disasters In...
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has launched an innovative new online e-learning platform to help countries in the region – the world’s most disaster...
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2015 Global Agenda For Economic Freedom – Analysis
By James M. Roberts and William T. Wilson, Ph.D.* The Index of Economic Freedom, published annually by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal, is entering its third decade with the...
View ArticleIndia Broadens Strategic Canvas, Establishes Role In Indo-Pacific – Analysis
By Aniket Bhavthankar* In November 2014, after 33 long years, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Fiji, a South Pacific archipelago of about 300 islands, where 37% of its 900,000 population is...
View ArticleDespite Economic Slowdown, China Says Committed To Green Growth
China’s ambition for greener growth is real – and expedient – as the country moves closer to keeping its commitments, panellists agreed at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New...
View ArticleBuilding Financial Sector Stability To Ensure Asia’s Continued Success – Speech
Opening Remarks for Conference on Banking Supervision and Regulation By Mitsuhiro Furusawa, IMF Deputy Managing Director Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I’m delighted to welcome you to the second...
View ArticleCountry-Led Monitoring Will Be Critical To Achieving SDGs In Asia-Pacific,...
As world leaders are set to adopt a universal, comprehensive and ambitious post-2015 agenda at the United Nations summit this week, statisticians from across Asia and the Pacific met in Bangkok to...
View ArticleAPEC And The Middle Income Trap – Analysis
By Francis E. Hutchinson* The Middle Income Trap has been discussed extensively in the Asia-Pacific over the last few years. At the highest levels in Malaysia, China, and Vietnam, policy-makers have...
View ArticleAsia-Pacific Impacts Of New Global Development Agenda – OpEd
The resounding endorsement by global leaders last week in New York of the groundbreaking and transformational 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, more than two years in the making, sparks new hope...
View ArticlePacific Islanders Debating ‘Oceanian’ And Global Citizenship – Analysis
By Shailendra Singh* Discussions about the concept of ‘Global Citizenship’ are gaining momentum in various international forums, but remain largely unexplored in the Pacific Islands. According to Ron...
View ArticleUN@70: Celebrating Seven Decades Of Asia-Pacific Growth, Development And...
On this day, 70 years ago, the Charter of the United Nations came into force – hope, rising from the ashes of World War II. For seven decades the UN has driven multilateralism for peace, security,...
View ArticleDisasters Beyond Borders: Asia-Pacific Resilience Critical For Sustainable...
Nothing erases development as suddenly and severely as natural disasters. When earthquakes, floods, droughts and cyclones strike, they wreak destruction not only across borders but across generations –...
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