Although such explanations may function as partial explanations, two key factors are particularly important for understanding ...
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.
As it struggles to ship oil through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is looking for alternative land routes to import and export ...
Recently, the chief prelate or custodian of eight sacred sites in Sri Lanka was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting ...
Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Vitalie Ciubotaru In Japan, there are 76 exclusive-use U.S. military bases, hosted at the ...
The former ruling party, once a mainstay of Bangladeshi politics, has largely disappeared from public political life. But its ...
By tying caste recognition to religion, the law risks excluding those who continue to face the same discrimination it seeks ...
Under Pyongyang’s new “two states” policy, sports diplomacy has been repackaged as inter-state, not inter-Korean, exchanges.
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 ...
South Korea’s demographic crisis is exposing a deeper problem: how class, gender, education, housing, and family background shape who is considered marriageable.
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.