South Asia Brief
How Trump’s Trade Strategy Met Its Match in India
The U.S. president departs New Delhi without delivering on an “incredible” trade deal despite years of high-level negotiations.
Trump’s India Visit Is Mostly About Optics
Next week, the leaders of the world’s two largest democracies will try to highlight their areas of agreement—but the trendlines show growing cracks.
Does Modi’s Election Loss in Delhi Matter?
State election results show that India’s voters can reward leaders who shun divisive politics and implement welfare policies, but don’t expect the prime minister to change his Hindu nationalist politics just yet.
Why Pakistan Is Resuming Flights to and From China
The cost of a so-called all-weather friendship.
Is South Asia Prepared for the Wuhan Virus?
While there are few reported cases in South Asia so far, an outbreak of China’s new coronavirus could overwhelm the region.
Khan and Ghani Headline South Asian Presence at Davos
The region’s leaders are expected to discuss the potential peace deal in Afghanistan and the economy.
Why India Is Greeting the World’s Richest Person With Protests—and an Antitrust Case
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos wants to invest billions in India’s e-commerce market. The country’s trade lobbies will be a powerful obstacle.
Why Are India’s Students Protesting?
A mob attack on a New Delhi campus gives fresh impetus to nationwide protests against a controversial citizenship law.
South Asia’s Turbulent Year
A look back at the biggest political and economic shifts in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.
South Asia’s Year in 10 Charts
A look back at the biggest political and economic shifts in the region.
India Is Betraying Its Founding Fathers
Modi’s new citizenship act challenges secularism by injecting religion into national policy. As nationwide protests mount, has the prime minister gone too far?
Why the ‘Afghanistan Papers’ Matter
Newly released interviews on the U.S. war reveal the coordinated spin effort and dodgy metrics behind a forever war.
India’s Economy Is Stalling. Critics Blame a ‘Climate of Fear.’
Modi’s government defends its stewardship even as it seeks to reverse a sharp economic slowdown.
Kashmiri Businesses Can Finally Use the Internet Again—but at a Steep Cost
New rules force companies to give up their privacy and steer clear of social networks and Wi-Fi if they want their internet back. Regular citizens still have no access, 113 days into a digital blackout.
Sri Lanka Has a New Strongman President
Gotabaya Rajapaksa may have won a majority of votes, but he will struggle to unite a divided nation.
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