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A healthy US-Pakistan relationship could give the US leverage over India, according to Nisha Biswal, partner at The Asia Group and former US assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs during the Obama administration. Ultimately, she said, “both relationships have to stand on their own merits.” “The extent to which the US […]

There was apprehension that a loss in Bihar could split Kumar’s party and threaten Modi’s federal coalition, which relies on 12 of his lawmakers. Kumar’s party was set to win a little over 80 seats. “The victory renews Modi’s and NDA’s political capital. India can be reasonably optimistic about political and policy continuity,” said Ashok

Down the road, “Chinese EV makers can also take a lot of [intellectual property] fees from such [tech] collaboration,” said George Chen, a partner at The Asia Group. “This will be significant because 30, 40 years ago, European carmakers and American carmakers [were] doing exactly the same thing in Chinese markets.”

“India’s oil purchases from Russia are on the downward trend,” Ashok Malik, partner and chair of The Asia Group’s India practice, told GZERO. “This creates a pathway for the removal of the 25% ‘oil tariff’ on India and, coinciding with Ambassador Sergio Gor’s arrival, steps towards the trade agreement.”  

The report, by Colonel Shailender Arya and Anshita Shukla, speaks of an increase in demand for weaponry as conflicts, the two biggest being the ones between Russia-Ukraine and the Middleeast, have increased.

While China leads the world in supplying green tech, it is also the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions. Observers question whether it can fill the vacuum currently developing around leadership of the fight against climate change against a broader backdrop of deepening tensions between China and the U.S. over trade and security. “There’s a difference

Mira Rapp-Hooper, a former Biden administration official, warned that Trump’s use of the term will likely have “provoked significant anxiety in allied capitals, where allies fear that the Trump administration will cut deals with China that may leave them at a disadvantage.”

Kurt Campbell of The Asia Group cautions that it is against America’s strategic interest to sell its highest-end chips to China. He summarizes Trump and Xi’s meeting at the sidelines of the APEC summit, and Trump’s key concerns. He also evaluates America’s joint cooperation with its allies including South Korea, Japan and Australia, in the

Colonel Shailender Arya, senior advisor at TAG India, authors “From Factory to Frontline: Great Expectations in Indian Defence Exports”. India’s defence manufacturing sector, driven by Make in India, is poised for global expansion. With rising production and exports, the challenge lies in boosting R&D, after-sales support, and international standards. Strong government backing, innovation, and strategic

Jennifer Schuch-Page, the firm’s managing principal, told This Week in Asia that while nuclear power features in several Asean members’ energy transition plans, challenges run the gamut from licensing and financing to supply chains, waste management and liability. Still, “public opinions on nuclear seem to be changing in the region,” she said. “Seeing advanced nuclear