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In turbulent trade times, South Asia needs reform, cooperation and resilience

We are economists from South Asia who convened online recently to discuss the impact of the new US tariffs on our countries. Based on our discussion, we wish to put out the following statement for consideration by national policy makers.
CNN

Trump wanted manufacturers to diversify away from China. Now many that heeded that call face stiff new tariffs

As US tariffs on China surged over the past decade, South and Southeast Asia became key destinations for foreign and Chinese companies to diversify their supply chains. But with US President Donald Trump’s protectionist swing going truly global in his ...
Asia Society

The Indus Waters Treaty: South Asia's Most Durable Accord Faces a Tough Test

The following op-ed is written by Farwa Aamer, Director of South Asia Initiatives at ASPI, and originally published in 9DashLine. In April 2025, after a deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam that New Delhi blamed on Pakistan, India took an unprecedented step ...
Aviation Week Network

X-BAT Program Targets Three Asian Countries For Exports

SEOUL—South Korea, Japan and Taiwan are possible sales targets in Asia for the newly unveiled X-BAT vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) collaborative combat aircraft (CCA), a Sheild AI official said on Oct. 23.
Greater Kashmir on MSN

Paul Kapur Sworn In As US Assistant Secretary For South And Central Asia

The State Department Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs posted on October 22 on X, “Welcome to @State_SCA, Assistant Secretary Paul Kapur! This morning Dr. Kapur was officially sworn in as the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.”
The Economist

Asian countries are nabbing a lot more foreign students

FROM THE age of 13, Yang wanted to study in America. Visiting Boston, she envied students she saw lying on the grass reading; that was “how studying overseas should be”. After graduating from Cornell University in 2022, she chose to do a PhD.
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