Asia & the Pacific

China is missing out on growth because the Communist Party comes first.

Change candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake will have to win over three key groups to succeed.

Another political shake-up in New Delhi’s neighborhood shouldn’t have a major impact on bilateral ties.

The West needs to step up to help a damaged country.

Five questions to ask before welcoming Seoul to the nuclear weapons club.

Can any of the presidential candidates lift the country out of its economic predicament?

Modi’s iron-fisted approach to the disputed region has left it more vulnerable to local and geopolitical threats.

European Union sanctions would matter more than U.S. ones in a Taiwan war scenario.

A fresh start may be top of mind as voters select the country’s next president.

Studied silence isn’t a sustainable policy anymore.

Seoul’s policy shift is riskier than it seems.

A new survey reveals that support for international cooperation among global south countries is dismally low.

A sequel to the acclaimed “River Town” can’t quite find its course.

The country’s strict wildlife laws are unevenly enforced. One conservationist has worked to change that.

The interim leader of Bangladesh has pledged to fast-track third-country resettlement amid intensifying conflict in Myanmar.

As the West protects its markets, China will need to dump its exports elsewhere—and emerging nations are alarmed.

A South Korean presidential memoir reflects on tough diplomatic choices.

After 16 years of delays, a joint project to mine copper sees new momentum. But significant challenges remain.

Biden is following a bipartisan pattern of prioritizing electoral politics over sound policymaking.

Protesters pushed back against parliamentary overreach last month, but the Jokowi-Prabowo alliance still threatens a healthy opposition.

India's rise as a new pole of power does not endanger its indispensable relationship with the U.S.

The move aims to create a friendlier supply chain amid escalating tech competition with China.

Without a secure Europe, the United States risks becoming a hemispheric potentate on the margins of the world.

Beijing is worried about a sudden surge in emigration.

Tehran wants Islamabad to hold up its end of the deal on a much-delayed gas pipeline—but it doesn’t seem likely.

A letter from Singapore to the next U.S. president.

Some of the most British movies in history were made by a team of outsiders to that culture.

The Taliban aren’t cracking down, and terror groups are having a moment.

A shocking crime against a trainee in a Kolkata hospital has unleashed national outrage about sexual violence.

The Republican-led investigation is pushing for a public hearing with the top Biden aide.

New centers of power are emerging as a new generation in the global south looks beyond Washington and former European colonizers.

Global poverty and income divergence are set to rise again—a brutal indictment of the institution’s work.

Recent events in Bangladesh show how the Hindu nationalist project has harmed India’s regional interests.

As the Indian prime minister meets Ukraine’s president on Friday, it marks a departure in New Delhi’s foreign policy.

A deal intended to reduce tensions in the South China Sea after a violent confrontation in June has had limited effect.

In his life-affirming memoir “Knife,” the writer shows how society must respond to untrammeled hatred.

As another prime minister steps down, the era of mayfly leadership may be back.

Manila is receiving unprecedented U.S. help to beef up its defenses.

Ahmad Haidari flew a U.S.-funded helicopter out of Kabul in August 2021 and hasn’t seen his wife and children since.

The prevailing Western narrative of distinct entities with conflicting agendas works to both groups’ advantages.

Despite challenges, the group faces no meaningful threat to its political survival.

The United States’ biggest adversaries are far from a unified threat.

Tracing the missteps in American diplomacy.

Journalists are blasted as collaborators and hailed as heroes.

An obscure strategy wreaked short-lived havoc.

Years of Chinese investment have transformed Jakarta into a nickel powerhouse. But that support has come at a price.

Bangladesh’s democracy hangs in the balance after the prime minister fled Dhaka.

More contacts between the Indian and Western right could benefit both.

With Sheikh Hasina out of office, New Delhi’s influence may wane—with ripple effects for its own politics.

A conflict in Taiwan is likely to draw Pyongyang in—and the U.S. military isn’t ready for it.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled Dhaka disgracefully, leaving chaos in her wake.

Fears of a U.S. economic slowdown helped drive stock market declines in Asia, Europe, and the United States.

Countries in Europe and Asia are preparing for tariffs, but their options are limited.

The foreign ministers’ meeting in Tokyo sends a signal that all is well with the grouping after a year of competing obligations.

The political scientist, anthropologist, and anarchist loved the global margins.

Former Pentagon policymaker Elbridge Colby makes the case for a more transactional, common-sense approach to the world.

Alexander Tah-ray Yui takes on the stewardship of the Taiwan-U.S. relationship at a crucial time.

New restraints on the prime minister’s mandate can’t undo his transformation of India.

As the global scramble for deep-sea minerals heats up, Leticia Carvalho wants to take charge.

Everything we know about the Democratic nominee’s foreign-policy views.

Nguyen Phu Trong left a complex legacy of purges and reform.

Violent demonstrations have shattered Sheikh Hasina’s aura of invincibility.

How protests against a quota system turned into an uprising against Sheikh Hasina’s government.

How to decode the esoterica of Chinese political meetings.

A failure of deterrence risks pushing the region into deeper conflict.

Beijing faces challenges in deploying new technology.

The city-state’s defense minister decodes what Beijing and Washington want in Asia.

A new judiciary-military rift threatens to further destabilize the country.

Trump’s transactional approach to Taiwan sets him apart from the China hawks advising him.

India is becoming more dependent on China economically, but the prime minister’s base demands a hardline approach.

After 500 years, the tables have turned, with an incoherent Europe the object of rising Asia’s geopolitical ambitions.

Governments from Manila to Atlanta are targeting climate activists.

Under junta rule, an uneasy alliance is taking over the country’s politics.

From Malaysia to Mexico, some countries are gearing up to benefit from economic fragmentation.

A critical business lobby has put its weight behind changing century-old laws.

Why the “Russia factor” is a manageable challenge for the U.S.-India partnership.

Central policy and money laundering have created networks that aid traffickers.

As Beijing and Washington vie for supremacy, Moscow still has formidable influence.

How the newly remastered classic influenced films from “The Magnificent Seven” to “A Bug’s Life.”

The club’s expansion affirms the Global South’s hedging strategy—and sends a message to the great powers.

The chameleonic actor was also an activist ahead of his time.

Nearly three years since the group took over in Afghanistan, the Doha process underscores how talking comes with trade-offs.

Leaders are worried about a fully hawkish Washington under a possible Trump term.

The power of the Catholic Church is slowly eroding.

As the country heads to a presidential run-off election, its largest immigrant population has featured prominently in the debate.

The country mourns the death of a bus attendant who tried to stop a knife attack against a Japanese woman and her child.

With Russia on one side and China on the other, elections are a symbol of defiance.

A recently arrived voting bloc could decide seats in London.

New Delhi’s relations with the West—and especially Washington—are likely to stay the course.

As more countries prepare to go to the polls, Julian Assange is freed and Vladimir Putin cozies up to Kim Jong Un.

The timing of the announcement suggests that China could play a role in the strategy.

Data privacy advocates fear a testing ground for mass religious surveillance.

Reliance on tariffs to shield against superior Chinese products is a trap.

Insisting on denuclearization is a dead end in negotiations.

As Modi begins his third term, the targeting of Sikh separatists abroad remains in the conversation.

They lost the election, but Rahul Gandhi and his allies may have voters’ attention.

The viability of the rules-based order is at stake in the South China Sea.

A new book traces the evolution of New Delhi’s quest for elusive global status.

A comprehensive economic strategy can forestall Beijing.

‘The Boiling Moat’ is more interested in American arguments than the country itself.