While my research does not focus on the National Registry of Citizens (NRC), it was hard to avoid talking about it this summer in Assam.…
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On August 6, 2018, the United States re-imposed the first set of economic sanctions on Iran as part of its exit from the 2015 Joint…
Continue reading Policy Alert: First Wave of Iran Sanctions Triggers Objections from Rising Powers
On July 25-27, 2018, delegations from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa met in Johannesburg for the 10th BRICS Summit. The resulting Johannesburg Declaration…
Continue reading Policy Alert: Summer of Summits – Rising Powers Convene at BRICS 2018
Eyes were trained on Russia for the last month as the country hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but the spotlight followed Russian President Vladimir…
Continue reading Policy Alert: Rising Powers Review Russia’s Performance at Home and Helsinki
What makes contemporary Japan Japanese? Walking around the famous Ginza area of Tokyo, I couldn’t help but think of similar, high-profile shopping centers in Beijing,…
Continue reading From the Field: Japan – Tradition and Modernization
Despite international outcry, the United States is continuing its pursuit of protectionist trade policies and dismantlement of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) regarding…
Continue reading Policy Alert: The Rising Powers Strike Back at US Sanctions and Tariffs
Many of the educated public in Western countries have doubted China’s claim that it is still a “developing country.” Indeed, much evidence has been cited…
Continue reading From the Field: Shades of Development and Modernization in China
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Chairman Kim Jong Un met in an unprecedented summit on the island of Sentosa in Singapore June…
Continue reading Policy Alert: Summer of Summits – Rising Powers’ Mixed Reviews of Trump and Kim
It’s not even halfway through the month of June and the Rising Powers have already had a busy month of summits with their counterparts. The…
Continue reading Policy Alert: Summer of Summits – The Rising Powers at G7 and SCO
RPI Director Deepa M. Ollapally’s guest column, “Reset and Realism in China-India Relations,” was featured in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Centre…
Will US leadership in the “Indo-Pacific” simply focus on the Pacific side or not? RPI Director Deepa Ollapally provides analysis in her chapter “The United States and…
Continue reading The United States and the Indian Ocean: Powers Shifts and Uncertain Leadership
The Rising Powers are undoubtedly recovering from whiplash following the off-again-on-again saga of the summit between the US and North Korea scheduled to take…
Continue reading Policy Alert: Rising Powers Hold Their Breath for Trump-Kim Summit
On May 8, 2018, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States would pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and…
Continue reading Policy Alert: Rising Powers Condemn US Exit from Iran Deal
The Inter-Korean Summit in the Joint Security Border between North and South Korea on April 27, 2018, resulted in the Panmunjeom Declaration for Peace as…
Continue reading Policy Alert: Inter-Korean Summit: Promise of Peace or Peril for Rising Powers?
On April 7, 2018, a suspected chemical attack occurred in the Syrian town of Douma, which was held by rebel forces at the time. The…
Continue reading Policy Alert: Strike on Syria Unsettles Rising Powers
