An Indian Ocean-focused initiative is welcome. But it will need to support a democratic information-sharing culture, if it is to attract participation from all regional countries.

South Korea’s demographic crisis is exposing a deeper problem: how class, gender, education, housing, and family background shape who is considered marriageable.

Rare earth projects require a solid commitment across political cycles, a challenge that the United States has not yet been able to overcome.

The Tibetan movement has long been dependent on the personal moral authority of the Dalai Lama. In a post-Dalai Lama world, the Central Tibetan Administration will need to step up.

Recently, the chief prelate or custodian of eight sacred sites in Sri Lanka was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting ...

As it struggles to ship oil through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is looking for alternative land routes to import and export ...

By tying caste recognition to religion, the law risks excluding those who continue to face the same discrimination it seeks ...

Anti-base signs on the fence separating the U.S. Marine Corps’ Camp Schwab and Henoko, Nago in Okinawa, Japan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Vitalie Ciubotaru In Japan, there are 76 exclusive-use U.S.

China did not launch a large-scale, Taiwan-specific military exercise after the Trump-Xi meeting. But that doesn’t mean the ...

Afghanistan’s path to international recognition and fuller participation in the global community depends, in part, on the ...

Heightened Iranian restrictions on shipping and Tehran’s blockade of the waterway have renewed global concern over strategic maritime chokepoints, shifting analytical and policy attention toward other ...

Unlike Chinese investments in the past, which were state-backed and focused on infrastructure, the B2B model is more commercial and a business-driven partnership.