ISAS Insights
The Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) is dedicated to the study of contemporary South Asia. ISAS aims to generate knowledge and insights about the region, and to disseminate them in a manner that is useful to policymakers, the business community, academia and civil society. The ISAS Insights series focus on economics, politics and social issues in South Asia and on economic relationships between South Asia and Southeast Asia.
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- India-China Talks: Full-Scope Security Is Potential Issue
- Drug Patents in India: Turf Battles
- Asia and President Obama’s Second Term
- The Expanding Shadow of States over Centre in India
- Zero Dark Thirty and US-Pakistan Relations
- Social Safety Nets in Bangladesh
- Bangladesh Enters Election Year: Perspectives on Polls and Politics
- Putin in New Delhi: Re-Booting Traditional Ties
- Political Challenges in Post-War Sri Lanka
- India-China Border Parleys
- FDI in Multi-brand Retail in India
- Rebalancing-Obama 2.0: India’s Democratic Differential
- The World after Great Power Withdrawals
- Environmental Challenges in South Asia
- 'Green on Blue': Clash of Colours in the Afghan Coalition
- The Great 'Exodus': Violence in Assam and its Aftermath
- Clouded Sunshine Over India’s Economy
- Multi-State Groupings Shaping the Global Scene
- Peace Held Hostage in Sri Lanka
- Is South Asia Condemned to Backwardness?
- Singapore Symposium 2012 Papers-3
- X-Factor in Sino-Indian Detente and Deterrence
- India’s Cabinet Reshuffle: Paucity of Talent, Plethora of Challenges
- Pakistan-India Detente: A Three-Step Tango
- Afghanistan After America: Possible Post-Drawdown Scenarios
- A Worrisome Blackout in India
- Singapore Symposium 2012 Papers – 2
- Pranab and the Future of Indian Presidency
- Singapore Symposium 2012 Papers-1
- Women’s Quiet Revolution in Pakistan
- Re-Balancing of India-US Equation
- Northeast India: Trade and Development Prospects
- NATO and Afghanistan: Beginning of an Orderly or a Messy Process of Withdrawal?
- Power Shortages in India's Southern Region
- India-Myanmar Ties: The Trade Perspective
- How Goliath Slew David at the United Nations
- Pakistan's Judicial Renaissance: A New Phase?
- State of Bangladesh Economy: A Prognosis for the Future
- Hillary Clinton Visits India: Understanding the Unstated
- Bhutan: Shades of 'Shangri-La' in a Haven of 'Happiness'
- Pakistan’s Political Transition
- Change of Guard at Pakistan’s ISI
- Pakistan’s Baluchistan Problem
- State Polls and National Echoes in India
- Quran Copy Burning in Afghanistan and the US 'Exit' Strategy
- Bangladesh and Paschim Banga: ‘Why This Kolaveri Di?’
- China and the United States
- Pakistan and the Not-So-Distant Thunder!
- New Dynamic in China-India Dialogue
- Uttar Pradesh Goes to Polls
- Panic in Pakistan
- Life at 60 in Japan-India Relationship
- Imran Khan’s Political Rise
- Of Diasporas and Displacements
- China-India Strategic Economic Dialogue
- India and China's 12th Five Year Plans
- WTO Accommodates RTAs
- Obama’s Asia-Pacific Doctrine: India’s Options
- India-Pakistan Detente: Its Significance is More Than for Restoring Bilateral Relations
- India-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership: Beyond 2014?
- The Turbulent South-China Sea Waters
- The Crisis in United States-Pakistan Relations: An Alliance Unstuck?
- The Haqqanis as the Pivot in the Deteriorating US-Pakistan Relations
- Working America is Good for Asia
- Afghanistan in Transition: Will ‘Bonn II’ be a Game Changer?
- South Asia’s Diminishing Prospects
- China's 'Look West' Policy
- China and its Aircraft Carrier
- Iran, US and the Afghan Conundrum
- Suicides in India
- United States' Economic Problems and their Ripple Effects
- DMIC: Addressing India's Infrastructure Woes?
- Pakistan’s Deteriorating Economic Situation
- India in Africa: Summits and Beyond
- The Great American Debate: Is the Drawdown of Forces in Afghanistan a Realistic Option?
- China-Pakistan Relations: Evolution of an ‘All-Weather Friendship’
- Power-Play of Peers in the Pacific
- Anguish in Abbottabad, Pains of Pakistan and American Anger
- India, Libya and the Principle of Non-Intervention
- Political Economy of CSR
- Foundations of Bangladesh's Foreign Policy Interactions
- India's Pakistan Talks
- Is Bangladesh Economy on the Wrong Foot?
- Themes from India's Big Power Diplomacy
- Visit of Prime Minister of Japan to India: Economic Synergies
- A Curse From God?
- Explaining Realignment
- Disorder in the Global Economic Order
- Bangladeshi Courts: Reaffirmation of Democratic and Secular Norms
- Inflation, Growth and the 3D
- A New Priority in India's Look East Policy
- Mining in India
- The RBI Discussion Paper on Entry of New Banks in the Private Sector: A Comment
- The Recovery, Double-dip or Depression
- President Zardari in China
- The 2010 Commonwealth Games
- The Afghan Peace Jirga
- Maoism in Bangladesh: Past, Present and Future
- The Maoist Movement in Sri Lanka
- The Rise and Fall of the Maoist Movement in Pakistan
- Media and Maoism
- Socio-Economic Roots of Maoism post-1980
- Management of Fiscal Stress
- Karzai's Balancing Act: Bringing China In?
- G P Koirala: Nepal's Democracy Icon
- India's 'Look East' Policy: Reflecting the Future
- China and India: Is Policymaking by the Two Asian Giants Merging?
- ‘Seeing it Comin’: The Post-Parliamentary Scenario in Sri Lanka
- An Analysis of India’s Thirteenth Finance Commission Report
- India and Pakistan: Breaking the Ice
- South Asian Developments: Moving Towards a Détente or Sowing the Seeds of Discord?
- Re-organising Indian States
- India-Pakistan Relations Post-Mumbai Terrorist Attacks
- The Economics and Politics of China's Exchange Rate Adjustment
- The Copenhagen Climate Accord: Half May be Better than Full
- Towards a World Without Nuclear Arms
- Sri Lanka's Post-Conflict Transition
- Looking Beyond Current Account Imbalances
- Remittances as a Source of External Financing in South Asia
- Myanmar: Effecting Positive Changes
- Understanding Bilateral Foreign Direct Investment Flows in Emerging Asia
- The Rise of China: How it Will Impact the World
- India's Foreign Direct Investment Flows: Trying to Make Sense of the Numbers
- India's Nuclear Navy: Catching Up With China
- How Flexible Have Asian Exchange Rate Regimes Become in the Post-Crisis Era?
- Asia and the Global Financial Crisis
- Does the type of Private Capital Flow matter for Financial Stability in Emerging Economies?
- Pakistan: Making the Budget in Difficult Times
- Presidential Elections in Afghanistan
- Tackling Battlefield Asymmetries: Changing Tactics in Emerging Insurgencies
- Indian Elections 2009
- Three Elections and Two State Actions - Has South Asia Finally Turned the Corner?
- Manmohan Singh-II: The Foreign Policy Challenges
- Post-Election India: How the Neighbours View the Elephant
- Nepal in Crisis
- The Sorrows of Swat and the Mayhem in the Malakand: What Now?
- The Politics of International Aid and New Asian Donors
- Indian Elections 2009: The Prime-ministerial Candidates
- Indian Elections 2009: What the Forecasts Say
- The Malaise in Myanmar
- The Sri Lankan Situation and the Principle of the 'Responsibility to Protect'
- Indian Elections 2009: Where are Economic Reforms Headed?
- The New Bangladesh Government: The Road Ahead
- Pakistan: A Year after the Democratic Elections
- Indian General Election 2009: Geographical Influence of Regional Parties and Electoral Outlook
- Indian General Election 2009: The Women to Watch
- Another Upheaval Averted but Pakistan Remains on the Brink
- Indian Elections 2009: Foreign Policy Will Hardly Matter
- Indian General Elections 2009
- Sino-Indian Rivalry in the Western Indian Ocean
- Indian Elections 2009: The Economic Backdrop
- Indian Elections 2009: Why the 'Y' Factor Matters
- The Growing Influence of Business and Media on Indian Foreign Policy
- Indian General Elections 2009
- The Mumbai Terrorist Attacks
- President Barack Obama, the United States and the Sino-Indian Balance
- Win the War and Lose the Peace: Sri Lanka's 'War on Terror'
- Indian Bureaucracy - Dismantling the Steel Frame
- An Overview of the November-December 2008 Provincial Elections in India
- Pakistan's Economic Crisis and the IMF Bailout Package
- Some Approaches to Pricing Controls for Patented Drugs in India
- Locking in Private Investment in Indian Agriculture
- For Illiberal Finance: Building Dams, Constructing Conduits
- India - United States Relations under the Obama Administration
- Inter-Regionalism and its Possibilities
- Bangladesh-China-Northeast India: Opportunities and Anxieties
- The Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence: A Profile
- India's Employment Exchanges - Should They be Revamped or Scrapped altogether?
- The First Budget by the New Coalition Government in Pakistan: Economic Situation and Policy Directions
- India's Nuclear Dilemma: To Drop the Deal or to Drop the Left
- Higher Education in India - Ducking the Answers
- Of Agflation and Agriculture: Time to Fix the Structural Problems
- Development Trends in Selected Indian States - Issues of Governance and Management
- India: Towards a Knowledge Superpower?
- The Pakistan Federal Cabinet: More of the Same or Something New?
- South Asia's Inflation Challenges
- The Legacy of Gandhi: A 21st Century Perspective
- Pakistan: The Road Ahead
- Problems on the China Front: Can India be the Next Manufacturing Hub?
- Election Prospects in Pakistan
- Urban Policy Initiatives in the European Union, Beijing-Seoul-Tokyo Cooperation and ASEAN
- Reflections on Monetary Policy
- Regional Integration in South Asia: The Era of the South Asian Free Trade Agreement
- Nepal's Peace Process: Prospects and Hurdles
- Bhutanese and Tibetan Refugees in Nepal - Implications for Regional Security
- The Visit of Chinese President, Hu Jintao, to India (20-23 November 2006)
- The Re-Emergence of the Baluch Movement in Pakistan
- Significance of President George W. Bush's Visit to India
- Trade-off between Government Deficit and Expenditure on Social Infrastructure
- Informational Development in Rural Areas
- India's Energy Policy: Requirements, Supply and Challenges
- East Asia Summit - An Appraisal
- India's Next Economic Wave: Animation and Interactive Industry
- Significance of Bihar Elections Results on India's Power Play
- Economic Impact of Terrorism on the Southeast Asian Region
- Examining the Business Landscape in India
- India-Singapore CECA: A Step Towards Asian Integration?
- Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's Visit to the United States, 18 -20 July 2005
- Pakistan's "Vision East Asia" Policy: Economic and Security Cooperation with Singapore
- Trade Policy Making in India
- Visit by President Pervez Musharraf to India, 16 -18 April 2005
- Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's Visit To India, 9 - 12 April 2005


