This month marks the fifth anniversary of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), initially announced as the New Silk Road Economic Belt in September 2013.…
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What does everyday interaction with the state mean in the context of Myanmar? What does it consist of and what does it look like? More…
My dissertation focuses on the severe flooding and massive riverine erosion in the island of Majuli, Assam. For over a century, Majuli has been losing…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
