Why Saudi Arabia Doesn’t Want Iran’s Regime to Fall
Riyadh seeks to leverage ongoing anti-government protests to extract geopolitical concessions from Tehran—not effect regime change.
How India’s New Bridge to Kashmir Divided a Region
An expensive infrastructure project will bring economic benefits, but Kashmiris fear it will mean more military domination and demographic change.
Modi Is Muzzling Big Tech
Silicon Valley has spent years courting India, but its companies face an increasingly tricky censorship minefield in the world’s largest democracy.
The Gender Hunger Gap Is Real—and Getting Worse
Under climate change, women will increasingly be forced to eat less than men.
Why India Banned the BBC’s Modi Documentary
The program revisits a dark episode for the prime minister. New Delhi’s move has only brought more attention to it.
Taliban ‘Men-Only’ Aid Edict Divides Charity Community
The World Food Program seems poised to carry on, driving NGOs to call it quits on aid.
Is Geopolitics Damaging Industry?
FP convenes a discussion with four top global executives at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Modi’s China Policy Is a Failure
The Indian government has tread carefully—and invited trouble.
Striving for Affordable Child Care in Bangladesh
The country passed an act in 2021 aiming to increase access to child care. But implementing the law has its own challenges.
How Protests in Bangladesh Could Impact Elections
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The Taliban Are Losing Some of Their Cash Cows
The U.S. and U.N. are halting aid as the Taliban ratchet up their atrocities.
Trysts With Sri Lanka’s Ghosts
In the Booker Prize-winning “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,” the past haunts a country racked by unresolved death.
Après Twitter, the Deluge?
The social network is global, but what comes next may not be.
The Taliban Are Abusing Western Aid
Misogyny gets headlines. The pillaging of international aid money goes unnoticed.
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