Authors: Akshay Gakhar and Geethanjali Nataraj, Observer Research Foundation On Independence Day 2014, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched his financial inclusion plan to provide a...
Author: Aurelia George Mulgan, UNSW Canberra Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s appointment of Koya Nishikawa as the new Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is...
Author: Sajjad Ashraf, NUS The two separate sit-ins in front of Pakistan’s parliament house are into their second week. The first is led by cricketer-turned-politician Imran...
Author: Pallav Purohit, IIASA India needs economic growth for sustainable development, which in turn requires access to clean, convenient and reliable energy. An estimated 400 million...
Author: Yiping Huang, Peking University A couple of months ago, the Xinhua News Agency published three articles on ‘stimulus and reform’ to strongly support the government’s...
Author: Ross Garnaut, University of Melbourne The time is right to place climate change at centre stage of the 2014 G20 leaders-group meeting in Australia. The...
Author: Hagen Koo, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Park Geun-hye, the current president of South Korea, pledged to rebuild the middle class and increase its size...
Author: Lauren Johnston, Sinograduate On his inaugural trip to Africa as China’s Premier in May 2014, Li Keqiang laid down the principles for the future of...
Author: Luvsanvandan Bold, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mongolia Mongolia’s ancestors were risk-takers who built the largest contiguous land empire in world history ranging from the Korean...