Category: Report

This article analyzes shifts in Philippine-China policy and their implications for ASEAN. It explores domestic drivers behind the policy change and its impact on ASEAN dynamics. Central questions include domestic influences on policy and key changes under the Marcos Administration.

The evolving Indo-Pacific framework entails reassessing trade and investment connections across Asia, the Pacific, Europe, and Africa. It involves recalibrating these ties, along with technology collaboration, to align with emerging economic and strategic dynamics among nations and regions.

This report evaluates India’s engagement with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) amidst deteriorating Sino-Indian relations and the broader geopolitical landscape. It analyzes the SCO’s potential role in stabilizing India-China tensions, India’s continental and maritime security strategies, and its relations with Russia in light of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

This report presents the findings of a Regional Experts Survey aimed at studying perceptions and attitudes among experts from Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal on regional cooperation in various non-traditional security areas. The survey draws a picture of India’s regional cooperation efforts according to what experts perceive as its strong points and those that need more sustained work. Together, these non-traditional security issues depict areas of cooperation that hold the potential to enhance regional integration in the BBIN sub-region further.

This report presents the findings of a Regional Experts Survey aimed at studying perceptions and attitudes among experts from India on regional cooperation in various non-traditional security areas. The survey draws a picture of India’s cooperation efforts in the region according to what experts perceive as its strong points and those that need more sustained work. Together, these non-traditional security issues depict areas of cooperation that hold the potential to enhance regional integration in the BBIN sub-region further.

This report contains CSDR’s feedback to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, India, on their draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (2022). We conducted a closed-door group discussion with relevant stakeholders to focus on the issues of cross-border data transfers, exemptions granted to the government and private data fiduciaries, and the composition and functions of the Data Protection Board. This report highlighted the need to elaborate on guiding principles for data transfers outside India.