March 7th, 2006

Rafiq Dossani appointed to new Government of India Committee

The Government of India has appointed Senior Research Scholar Rafiq Dossani to a new Committee on Technical Innovation and Venture Capital. In this capacity, he will recommend policy and regulatory changes to improve the development and financing of technical innovation. VC investments in India exceeded $2 billion last year -- 70 percent of which was funded by U.S. institutions -- making India the largest destination for American VC outside the United States. Read more »

November 18th, 2005

Asia's Polite Reception to Bush Masks Declining U.S. Influence

On the surface, President Bush's week-long swing through Northeast Asia has been a strong contrast with his recent stormy (and, some say, stumbling) excursion into Latin America. Beneath the polite appearance, however, there is no less a challenge to American leadership in Asia. Pantech Fellow and San Jose Mercury News columnist Daniel Sneider comments in YaleGlobal. Read more »