South Asia
Reaching Across the Pacific: Latin America and Asia in the New Century
June 20, 2013 // 8:45am — 1:00pm
About the current state and future directions of the Asia-Latin America relations. more
Media Briefing: Korean Relations
June 13, 2013 // 11:00am — 11:30am
Wilson Center experts on inter-Korean relations discuss the proposed and subsequently cancelled talks between North and South Korea and the future of relations on the peninsula. more
Perfect Triangle? The Converging Interests of India, Japan, and the United States
June 25, 2013 // 4:00pm — 5:15pm
The basic goals of the India-Japan relationship--one of Asia's strongest partnerships--are very similar to those of the United States in Asia. This event examines the various areas of cooperation between these three countries. more
Wilson Center and Circle of Blue Release Multimedia Report on India's Water, Food, Energy Nexus
Jun 11, 2013"Choke Point: India" finds that achieving food abundance is overwhelming India's mammoth and unwieldy bureaucracy, draining its freshwater reserves, and straining the energy sector and electrical grid.
Announcing the Wilson Center's 2013-2014 Pakistan Scholar
May 21, 2013Khurram Husain will arrive in Washington in September 2013 and serve at the Wilson Center until May 2014.
Pakistan's Historic Election Changes Little for U.S. Relations
May 14, 2013Senior Program Associate for South and Southeast Asia Michael Kugelman analyzed the results of the Pakistani elections and how it would affect the U.S. relationship with Pakistan in this video interview with The Washington Post.
IDSA Releases New Documents on Indian Nuclear History
Apr 16, 2013Researchers at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses in New Delhi, India have released a new collection of archival documents on important aspects of Indian nuclear history.
Reaching Across the Pacific: Latin America and Asia in the New Century
June 20, 2013 // 8:45am — 1:00pm
About the current state and future directions of the Asia-Latin America relations.
Podcast
Media Briefing: Korean Relations
June 13, 2013 // 11:00am — 11:30am
Wilson Center experts on inter-Korean relations discuss the proposed and subsequently cancelled talks between North and South Korea and the future of relations on the peninsula.
Perfect Triangle? The Converging Interests of India, Japan, and the United States
June 25, 2013 // 4:00pm — 5:15pm
The basic goals of the India-Japan relationship--one of Asia's strongest partnerships--are very similar to those of the United States in Asia. This event examines the various areas of cooperation between these three countries.
瓶颈:全球水源—粮食—能源危机的最前线
淡水资源短缺,粮食供给波动,能源需求剧增,这三大趋势的碰撞正在扰乱世界各地的经济发展、政府运作及环境健康。与粮食、能源不同,水资源难以再生。人为的浪费、污染及管理不当本已造成水资源的短缺,因气候变化而加剧的旱涝灾害使得粮食和能源的瓶颈变得更为迫切。
复杂的挑战需要全面的分析与创新的对策。威尔逊中心与蓝圈的研究团队正在中国、澳大利亚、美国、印度及其他全球前沿报道水源—粮食—能源的危机。我们最先报道了煤炭行业消耗中国20%的珍贵水资源。
Introducing Global Choke Point
The Woodrow Wilson Center and Circle Blue’s Choke Point work goes global. In November 2010, the Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum and Circle of Blue launched the Choke Point: China research and reporting initiative. The partners subsequently produced a rich collection of stories, photos and infographics that examined how energy development is impacting China’s vulnerable water resources and food production. In the next phase of Choke Point: China, CEF has created a team of U.S. and Chinese water and energy experts to hold dialogues in Beijing in August 2013 to discuss possible solutions to China’s growing water-food-energy confrontations and opportunities for US-China cooperation.
The Clinton Administration and the Indian Nuclear Test That Did Not Happen - 1995-1996
In the last months of 1995, U.S intelligence agencies detected signs of nuclear test preparations at India’s test site in Pokhran, but the satellite photos that analysts studied were “as clear as mud,” according to declassified documents published today by the National Security Archive and the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project.
Moving Forward in Afghanistan
The United States needs to focus its attention on the conflict in Afghanistan, says former Congressman Lee Hamilton. We need a clear goal and should dedicate the necessary resources to achieving it.
Keep Asia High on Foreign Policy List
Relative to its growing importance, Asia receives scant attention. This is going to have to change, writes former Congressman Lee Hamilton.
Challenges From Pakistan
Pakistan has become the supreme challenge for American foreign policy, says former Congressman Lee Hamilton. We must state our objective in Pakistan clearly, better integrate our military and civilian efforts to build Pakistani capabilities, and increase our non-military assistance to Pakistan.