South Asia

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.

The four-nation mechanism was set up to contain Chinese maritime expansionism, but New Delhi is having second thoughts.

Modi’s soft approach is getting nowhere with a hard-line Washington.

What a sting operation reveals about press freedom in the world’s largest democracy.

The island nation is on the verge of conceding its sovereignty.

The accord's survival was already tenuous. But after Trump's Cabinet shakeup, it's likely to end.

"The Ugly American" remains relevant, 60 years after it changed the way the United States saw itself in the world.

Ahead of his trip to Delhi, the secretary of state articulated a clear vision for the U.S. relationship with India. Let’s hope it was not an anomaly.

The U.S. secretary of state reopened the offer during a surprise visit to Afghanistan.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says the mining industry is key to Kabul’s future.

U.S. aid to Pakistan was falling even before the president’s speech

Can Trump close the deal in Afghanistan?