Richard Rossow (McLarty Associates) examines the priority issues and expectations on both sides leading into the discussions and provides insight on how India’s evolving economic and political environment may shape future bilateral relations.

Oriana Skylar Mastro (Georgetown University) observes that while the summit provides an opportunity to create positive momentum in some areas, other issues critical to U.S. national security remain rooted in fundamentally divergent interests. Mastro argues that as long as these issues are not tackled directly, tension will continue to characterize the bilateral relationship

Andrew S. Erickson (U.S. Naval War College) and Adam P. Liff (Princeton University) assess trends in China’s defense spending within the wider context of China’s military development and transparency, as well as its broader strategic and national interests.

This week South Korea’s new president Park Geun-hye makes her first trip to the United States since assuming office in February. As tensions on the Korean peninsula continue to simmer, John S. Park (NBR) discusses several of the issues Madame Park and President Obama are likely to address during her visit.

As of late April, China's state-run Xinhua news agency had reported 126 human cases of H7N9, a novel strain of bird flu that has been the cause of 24 deaths nationwide. In light of the unfolding events, NBR spoke with Jeremy Farrar (Oxford University) about the context of, and responses to, the outbreak

Looking at leadership changes in Taiwan, including a September 2012 cabinet reshuffle that replaced important several memebers of the national security team, Edward I-Hsin Chen (Tamkang University) examines President Ma Ying-jeou's cross-strait policies and draws implications for U.S.-Taiwan relations.

With U.S. and NATO troops preparing to withdraw from Afghanistan by 2014, the influence in Central Asia of other international actors will become increasingly important for regional stability and security. NBR talked with Stephen Blank (Strategic Studies Institute) about what China’s and Russia’s roles are in Central Asia, how their rivalry and strategies have changed over the past decade, and how a diminished U.S. presence will affect this critical region.

In an interview with NBR, Raymond Vickery Jr. (Albright Stonebridge Group) discusses the budget’s key announcements and provides insights on its potential to spur economic growth and attract foreign direct investment. He argues that the 2013–14 budget differs in important ways from the one announced in March 2012.

In advance of the 2013 Pacific Energy Summit in Vancouver, Mark Thurber (Stanford University) discussed his research regarding the future of coal use in Asia given the development of North American unconventional gas production.

Dr. Madhukar Pai discusses promising recent developments in the global efforts to eliminate TB. He shares updates on significant breakthroughs in the field of diagnostics, a new FDA-approved TB drug, and renewed government efforts to work with the private sector on controlling TB in India, which struggles with the highest burden of TB in the world.