Bhutan’s Multifaceted Approach to Sustainable Development

This episode of US-Asia Institute's podcast, Asia Unscripted, features Mr. Michael Kugelman, the director of the Wilson Center's South Asia Institute. He is also a columnist for the Foreign Policy Magazine. His primary research projects include geopolitics in South Asia, U.S.-India technology cooperation, and the role of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. Some of Mr. Kugelman's longer publications include Pakistan’s Interminable Energy Crisis: Is There Any Way Out? (Wilson Center, 2015), Pakistan’s Runaway Urbanization: What Can Be Done? (Wilson Center, 2014), and India’s Contemporary Security Challenges (Wilson Center, 2013). Kugelman has written and spoken for several news and media outlets including the New York Times, Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN and more. He received his M.A. in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and his B.A. from American University’s School of International Service.

Mr. Kugelman speaks to USAI Program and Communications Assistant, Priyasha Chakravarti, about Bhutan's sustainable development efforts, including concepts such as Gross National Happiness, sustainable development fee, and economic diversification. 

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