The South Asia Channel

Freedom of the Internet offers the promise of empowerment and innovation. In the world's largest democracy, a debate is sweeping India on the future of net neutrality. How free will it be?

Obama’s visit to India is said to have shepherded in a new basis for regional cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. But Obama and Modi have to make their broadly shared interests in the region more real.

Counternarratives in Pakistan are silenced. But a playwright is trying to fill the educational void around Sufism and bring its heritage into the political and intellectual discourse.

The United States is increasingly on the outside looking in as China -- and India -- invest across South and Central Asia. And that’s a good thing for Washington.

For centuries, the backbone of Afghanistan's civil society has been its traditional community-based institutions. Partnering with them will be vital to achieving stability in the region.