In an interview with NBR, Charles Ebinger outlines India’s current and future challenges in meeting its electricity demand. He argues that without serious energy and electricity sector reform, India runs the risk of derailing its rapid economic growth.

Catharin Dalpino

This essay assesses the history and evolution of the U.S.‑Thailand alliance, compares it to other U.S. security alliances in Asia, and explores the challenges they all face.

What are key factors behind society’s faith in the efficacy of life-saving vaccines? This report from a plenary session of the 2011 Pacific Health Summit highlights a discussion between global leaders on this topic, as well as how effective communication efforts can address vaccine confidence concerns when they do occur.

On September 22, NBR and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation hosted a launch for the 2011 Energy Security Report which featured remarks by Senator Lisa Murkowski and Congressman Adam Smith and a panel discussion of the developments taking place in Asian energy markets. Access video, photos, and other materials from the event.

NBR follows developments in U.S. relations with South Korea closely. NBR publications and event multimedia highlight critical issues on the Korean Peninsula and draw implications for U.S. policy in the region.

Ali Tauqeer Sheikh

This essay examines Pakistan’s most significant nontraditional security challenges, including climate change, increasing population and urbanization, food security, and water security.

William W. Grimes, an expert on Japan’s economics, provides insight into the Japan’s debt dilemma, including what measures the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) could take to help reduce the level of government debt. Grimes is a Professor of International Relations and Political Science at Boston University, and is a Research Associate for the National Asia Research Program.

NBR spoke with M. Taylor Fravel, Strategic Asia contributing author and associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who argues that China views India’s rise as a largely positive development that promotes China’s own interests and objectives more than it threatens or challenges them.

This report highlights key themes and outcomes from an energetic discussion between key leaders in global health on the synergies between the universal health coverage movement and the global push for wider immunization coverage in Asia and around the globe. This conversation originally took place at a workshop of the 2011 Pacific Health Summit on vaccines.

Last year, trade between the United States and India reached $48 billion, and it is poised to exceed that amount in the coming year. As economic woes intensify worldwide, how can the United States and India strengthen their trade and financial ties to the betterment of both nations and their bilateral relationship? NBR spoke with Ambassador Susan Esserman, a former deputy U.S. trade representative and expert on U.S.-India trade matters, about these and other issues.