By Udaibir Das
While the world is preoccupied with the stability of the western banking system, China has been busy overhauling its financial regulatory architecture.
China makes sweeping reform to financial sector regulation
India emerging as leader in global crypto framework efforts
Despite Flaws, the 2020 U.S.-Taliban Deal Should Still Be Implemented
By Sadiq Amini
Despite the deal’s deep flaws, the Biden administration should still insist that the remaining parts of the deal be implemented; namely, intra-Afghan negotiations and the termination of support for foreign terrorist groups.
For US in Ukraine, an Opportunity Fraught with Risk
By Dhruva Jaishankar
As the Ukraine war enters its second year, US efforts mark a good return on investment from the point of view of national security. But over the next year, further risks abound.
India’s defence-diplomacy bet
By Ammar Nainar
Drawing from a deep pool of military expertise, New Delhi is expanding its foreign affairs capacity.
Precision Targets: Accelerating the U.S.-India Defense Industrial Partnership
U.S.-India Energy Monitor, No. 6
The focus of this issue of the U.S.-India Energy Monitor is hydrogen in the United States and India.
Special Report
By Shayak Sengupta, Medha Prasanna, and Peter Jarka-Sellers
Can Digital G2P Payments Increase Financial Inclusion and Empower Women? Evidence from PESP in Bangladesh
By Anit Mukherjee, Alan Gelb, and Brian Webster
This study considers the experience of the mothers with the shift to mobile money, and to the change in payments service provider that took place in 2019, through a survey of recipients and a control group.
Afghanistan shows China’s deficits
By Sadiq Amini
If China’s Afghanistan policy is anything to go by, it is clear that it is not yet ready to wear the title of regional power, much less global power.
Internal Reasons for Repeated Cycle of Political Collapse in Afghanistan
Budget 2023 must focus on agricultural productivity, not production. Go beyond populism
By Anit Mukherjee
Data is a challenge, but with imaginative incentives, metrics, and solutions such as an AgriStack, we can look forward to a new agricultural revolution over the coming decade.
Models of Social Payments through Inua Jamii
By Anit Mukherjee, Alan Gelb, and Brian Webster
This study surveys the payment system from the perspective of recipients, including their views on convenience and the benefits from competition.
Inequality in air pollution mortality from power generation in India
By Shayak Sengupta, Sumil K Thakrar, Kirat Singh, Rahul Tongia, Jason D. Hill, Ines M. L. Azevedo, and Peter J. Adams
Air pollution and greenhouse gases from India's coal-dominant electricity system causes widespread, premature deaths in the country.
U.S.-India Energy Monitor, No. 5
The focus of this issue of the U.S.-India Energy Monitor is natural gas in the United States and India.
Special Report
By Shayak Sengupta
What midterm results will mean for US and the world
By Dhruva Jaishankar
A divided Congress, a divided Republican Party, and a divided America may still be able to get some things done in the next two years.
Subnational implications from climate and air pollution policies in India's electricity sector
By Shayak Sengupta, Peter Adams, Thomas Deetjen, Puneet Kamboj, Swati D'Souza, Rahul Tongia, and Inês Azevedo
Electricity consumption and emissions of states in India are similar to differences between those of entire countries.
India plays a crucial role in US semiconductor plans
By Dhruva Jaishankar
India is the second largest producer of STEM graduates after China, churning out about five times as many as the US each year.
What’s the Endgame for Afghanistan and Pakistan?
By Sadiq Amini
Pakistan is clearly worried, and rightly so. Hence, unlike the 1990s, Islamabad has not recognized the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.
Transatlantic Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
Cyber Stability in the Developing World
Increased malicious cyber activities by criminals and state actors undermine the technical security of digital systems and threaten the industrial, social, and economic systems that rely on them.
Special Report
By Abagail Lawson