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Recent IiT Features

  • Public Interest Litigation in India: Time for an Audit

    Public Interest Litigation (PIL), which aims to use the courts to advance social justice, began in India about thirty years ago when procedures for expanding access to justice were developed. The judiciary, aiming to recapture popular support after its complicity in Indira Gandhi’s declaration of Emergency rule, encouraged litigation concerning the interests of the poor and marginalized.

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  • India’s MMRCA Deal: Muddled Rationale, Costly Adventure?

    Although nowhere near as high profile or politically dramatic as the 2008 Indo-U.S. nuclear deal, India’s proposed $10 billion procurement of 126 medium multirole combat aircraft (MRCA) may have a much more profound impact on India’s strategic relations, particularly if a U.S. Platform – either Lockheed’s F-16 E/F or Boeing’s F/A-18 E/F – is selected as the winning bid.

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  • No Good Choices for the Indian Air Force
    In the Medium-range Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) sweepstakes, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is confronted with many choices, all of them bad. Whatever the IAF’s reasons for wanting a new aircraft, the Indian government means to use the deal to make international political capital, gain leverage in bilateral relations, and cement a strategic partnership.
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CASI Working Papers

The Center has established a refereed working paper series, published electronically. Submissions on topics relevant to the Center's research interests are welcome.


Occasional Papers

The Center publishes, on an occasional basis, papers by leading scholars and policymakers on topics of relevance to contemporary India, often in connections with lectures and conferences held under Center auspices. An archive of papers is maintained here.


India in Transition: Economics and Politics of Change

Our online publication, India in Transition (IiT), allows scholars from all over the world, the opportunity to exchange various analyses and innovative ideas about India's current status and growth. A complete archive of issues is maintained here.

From 1997 to 2006, the Center published a semiannual journal analyzing economic trends in the context of complex political, social, and cultural changes affecting the business environment in India. In doing so, IiT aimed to broaden public knowledge about the intersection of sociopolitical changes and economic policies that shape opportunities for investment, growth, and social welfare in India.

In 2007, IiT began operating solely as an online publication. The Center continues to establish a wide range of writers who are acknowledged experts in their fields and who come from diverse backgrounds and professions, while continuing to aggressively expand a writers' base that will feed IiT into the future.  

In addition to appearing on CASI's website, all IiT articles are published in the op-ed pages of the Indian newspapers, Hindustan, that has nearly 25 million in readership, and in Livemint, an online publication launched in collaboration with The Wall Street Journal.

All viewpoints, positions, and conclusions expressed in IiT are solely those of the author(s) and not specifically those of CASI.


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Publications and noteworthy news related to India; written by CASI and/or affiliates.