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What India must do to safeguard and boost its digital ‘golden goose’ Original
Home / Opinion / What India must do to safeguard and boost its digital ‘golden goose’ Read this news in brief form. Click here X A recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report found that electronic transmissions reduce trade costs by as much as 20-30%. These costs tend to be highest for developing countries PREMIUM India’s digital economy has been one of the shining stars of its economy for a couple of decades.
Pakistan and the U.S.: A More Turbulent Ride
The strategic drivers of U.S.-Pakistan relations with Donald Trump in the White House will be similar to those of the Bush and Obama years: Afghanistan, peace in the subcontinent, and terrorism. The style of the new administration is likely to make the policy process more volatile and aid more uncertain, and there will be less opportunity to develop economic relations as a buffer for turbulent political ties.
Book | India-U.S: Relations in Transition
This collection of short memoranda on India-U.S. relations has been written by experts from Brookings India and its affiliate, the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. The memos each represent the personal views of the authors and not the institutions themselves. They are meant to provide different, and sometimes differing, perspectives on how to make progress on some of the top issues on the India-U.S. agenda.
India at the Global High Table
Attend the launch event on India at the Global High Table on April 20. An integrated picture of India's global vision, its foreign policy, and the negotiating practices that link the two. In recent decades, India has taken on a growing global presence. India at the Global High Table is an insightful and integrated analysis of how India is managing its evolving role.
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Malcolm K. Sparrow • The Brookings Institution Press The police shooting of an unarmed young black man in the St. Louis, Missouri, suburb of Ferguson earlier this year sparked riots and the beginning of a national...
Islamists on Islamism Today
Why does the Muslim Brotherhood engage in social service provision?: A conversation Amr Darrag, Muslim Brotherhood leader and former minister of planning and international cooperation, argues that the Brotherhood's provision of social services is motivated by more than politics. Darrag maintains that faith matters too and that analysts overlook its importance at their own peril. Now, with the Brotherhood outlawed under Sissi, the organization is undertaking an internal review of its strategy.
Sahibzada Yaqub Khan 1920-2016: End of an Era
January 27, 2016: For diplomatic old-timers like us, Sahibzada Yaqub Khan was both a legend and a central part of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship we both worked on for years. His death at 95 leaves the world a poorer and less colorful place. We will let others write about his storied career – scion of the princely house of Rampur in central India, Lieutenant General in the Pakistan Army, ambassador to the United States, the Soviet Union, and France, and several times foreign minister of Pakistan.
The US in the South Asian equation
Like earlier Indian leaders, Modi sees no role for the US in India-Pakistan relations, least of all on Kashmir. He considers Washington insufficiently sensitive to Indian concerns in Afghanistan. Obama’s Republic Day visit is an opportunity to put the challenges posed by Pakistan and Afghanistan into the larger picture of India’s regional and global leadership, and to reflect together on how India and the US can pursue the interests they share.
Sri Lanka: After the Election Upset - What Next?
After years of increasingly president-centered rule in Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa peacefully left his official residence, Temple Trees, the morning after an election he had been confident of winning. Rajapaksa was not the only one surprised: he was believed to have great reserves of popularity in rural Sri Lanka and his family seemed to have a lock on politics and administration in an increasingly autocratic government. Who is Sirisena?
Sri Lanka: After the Election Upset - What Next?
January 12, 2015: Maithripala Sirisena, sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president soon after his stunning upset victory in the January 8 election, will have a very different persona from his predecessor. His top priorities deal with domestic governance, and will be tough to implement. He presides over a coalition which has little in common except distaste for his predecessor. His election presents an opportunity to reset Sri Lanka’s relations with India and the United States.
Obama and India's Republic Day Parade
This is a huge deal. Obama will be part of what may be the most theatrical parade in the world. The Chief Guest slot is by far the most prestigious invitation India can extend to a foreign leader. Japanese Prime Minister Abe was last year’s honoree. Obama is the first U.S. president to be honored in this way, and the first to visit India twice during his time in office. What does this mean? The Times of India called the invitation a “diplomatic coup” for Modi. What a change.
Obama and India’s Republic Day Parade
November 21, 2014: The news was launched on Twitter: Prime Minister Modi, well known as one of the most prolific tweeters among today’s heads of government, had invited President Barack Obama to attend India’s Republic Day parade on January 26 as the chief guest. Within half an hour, the White House had announced (and tweeted) back: Obama was delighted to accept. This is a huge deal. Obama will be part of what may be the most theatrical parade in the world.
India and the World Trade Organization-A Reprieve
The announcement on November 13 that India and the United States had agreed on a potential resolution of the dispute that threatened the future of the World Trade Organization was very welcome indeed. One of the comments that appeared on Twitter soon after the announcement was succinct: "Champagne?" The real answer is: no - a nice cup of tea would be more fitting. It will take some work to reverse the damaging impact of the four-month standoff that preceded it, and avoid a repeat.
How Pakistan Negotiates With the United States: Riding the Roller Coaster
This book, one in a U.S. Institute of Peace series on cross-cultural negotiations, sets out how Pakistan’s distinctive history, geography, and political culture have shaped its approach to negotiating with the United States.
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