South Asia

There were many chances to stop the Easter Sunday attacks. The government missed them all.

How the vote got so expensive, and what it says about the country’s democracy.

Officials say it's time to shift diplomatic resources to countering China and Russia.

With the United States missing in action in the India-Pakistan crisis, others need to step up.

The president of Pakistani Kashmir explains why his country deserves far more credit for its role in the disputed region.

As hostilities between India and Pakistan escalate, leaders in both countries are very aware of the risks of a nuclear catastrophe.

In reprisal for a deadly terrorist attack in Kashmir, the Indian government says it will divert river waters that downstream Pakistan has been counting on.

As the United States contemplates leaving, New Delhi quietly reaches out to the Taliban.

The U.S. helped prevent war in 2008. Those days are gone.

Neither state has fixed the problems behind the Mumbai attacks a decade ago.

New Delhi is funding an ambitious dam near Kabul that could reduce water flow to its rival downstream. The project might spark the world’s next conflict.

Former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa’s resurgence shows the limitations of U.S. economic diplomacy.

Flawed and messy as it was, the vote was still good for democracy.

The killing of a strongman police chief creates a dangerous power vacuum.

What India can show the United States about how to disrupt rape culture.

Harsh rhetoric and trade wars have tarnished a once-promising relationship.

When only men sit at the negotiating table, cease-fires fall apart.

A checkered democratic history, from 1947 to the present day.

India’s Supreme Court is finally ditching antiquated laws on gay sex.

The military thinks elections give it a facade to rule from above. But that plan keeps backfiring.