Modi’s First 24: An International Perspective on Economic Reform (Richard M. Rossow, CSIS)

It has now been two years since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office, following a historic victory for his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the spring 2014 parliamentary election. At the two-year mark, opinion remains divided as to whether he has met expectations for economic reforms. From the perspective of the international business community, there is a stark contrast between the government’s extremely proactive measures to increase the scope for foreign investment and its simultaneous lack of interest in deepening India’s interconnectedness on trade

https://www.csis.org/analysis/modi%E2%80%99s-first-24-international-perspective-economic-reform

The Strategic Case for TPP (John J. Hamre, Michael J. Green, Matthew P. Goodman, Scott Miller, Ernest Z. Bower, Victor Cha, Christopher K. Johnson, Richard M. Rossow, Michael Matera, CSIS)

The United States is a Pacific power. For over 70 years, we have been the guarantor—and a major beneficiary—of peace, stability, and growing prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region. Public opinion polls show thatAmericans consider the region to be more important than any other to our nation’s future. And in Asia, surveys show that in the midst of uncertainty about China’s growing power,our allies and partners are counting on continued U.S. leadership in the region.

http://csis.org/publication/strategic-case-tpp