South Asia

Lessons Learned (and Not)

Seven things we've learned after a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MARCH 4, 2013

A Country Unto Itself

There’s no place like India. Which is precisely why its politics and economy are such a contradictory, beautiful mess.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 1, 2013

Return of the Gandhis

In the new India, everything is moving a mile a minute. Except politics.

BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Forget the Flowers and Candy

Images from the women's rights rallies that have been taking place around the world this week.

BY NEHA PALIWAL | FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Westward Ho!

As America pivots east, China marches in the other direction.

BY YUN SUN | FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Love Is a Battlefield

Are the Taliban using sex to fight America?

BY MUJIB MASHAL | FEBRUARY 5, 2013

We Shall Return

Don't be too sure there won't be another U.S. war in the Middle East.

BY RICHARD L. RUSSELL | FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Size Matters

The miniaturization of U.S. foreign policy.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Why Is the United States Subsidizing Iran?

It's a veritable international mystery: How did Washington end up funding its adversaries in Tehran?

BY FREDERICK STARR | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Not Just Another Movie

Zero Dark Thirty lies. End of story.

BY AMY ZEGART | JANUARY 30, 2013

Sometimes They Come Back

How this zombie game explains our failure in Afghanistan.

BY MICHAEL PECK | JANUARY 28, 2013

The Silence in Delhi

The trial of India's vicious gang-rapists is under way, but don't think for a second the government is really committed to reform of women's rights.

BY MIRANDA KENNEDY | JANUARY 25, 2013

India's Missing Ingredients

Indian growth is slowing. But there are two key reforms that will help.

BY HEMAL SHAH | JANUARY 24, 2013

Deconstructing Afghanistan

What would Jacques do?

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | JANUARY 22, 2013

Seizing the Moment

The world’s leading nations are convening a meeting on the fight against corruption. Here’s what they ought to be discussing.

BY LAURENCE COCKCROFT | JANUARY 22, 2013

Mutiny in Kabul

An exclusive report on the troubled security team at America's most important embassy.

BY ADAM ZAGORIN | JANUARY 17, 2013

The 'Dynamite' Pentagon Interview Behind 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Michael Vickers 'delivered' for the movie.

BY NATE JONES | JANUARY 17, 2013

Does the NRA Want to Turn America Into Afghanistan?

Because that's where we're headed.

BY JASON DEMPSEY | JANUARY 16, 2013

Exit, Minus Strategy

Barack Obama has clearly decided to cut his losses in Afghanistan. Will all hell break lose when he does?

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 11, 2013

Why the U.S. Can't Abandon Afghanistan

These five principles should guide the U.S.-Afghan relationship after 2014.

BY DAVOOD MORADIAN | JANUARY 10, 2013

The 5 Most Important Questions About Afghanistan

Obama can't shirk the difficult issues when he meets with Karzai this week.

BY MICHAEL KUGELMAN | JANUARY 9, 2013

Can India Defeat Poverty?

A bold new program may show the world the way.

BY AMANDA GLASSMAN, NANCY BIRDSALL | JANUARY 8, 2013

A 'Zero Option' for Afghanistan

Yes, President Karzai, we might pull out completely.

BY DAVID W. BARNO | JANUARY 7, 2013

For Shame

Wait, Pakistan is blasting India for treating women badly?

BY RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL | JANUARY 4, 2013

Gorging on Investment, Choking on Red Tape

Academic economists usually air their new ideas first in working papers. Here, before the work gets dusty, a quick look at transition policy research in progress.

BY PETER PASSELL | JANUARY 4, 2013

Sign Language

The brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus in December has resulted in swift charges against five men and angry protests across the country. Want a sense of just how outraged people are? Look no further than the signs they're waving at demonstrations.

JANUARY 3, 2013

Four Surprises That Could Rock Asia in 2013

Are we paying attention to the wrong crises?

BY MICHAEL MAZZA | JANUARY 3, 2013

Stowaway

A reporter travels the treacherous Pakistan-Afghanistan border by truck.

BY MATTHIEU AIKINS | JANUARY 2, 2013

Rough Cut

Nearly all the world's diamonds -- legal or not -- pass through this one Indian city.

BY JASON MIKLIAN | JANUARY 2, 2013

My Enemy, Myself

Who's your enemy? Why fight? Over the course of three years, Belgian-Tunisian photojournalist Karim Ben Khelifa has traveled to both sides of the world's longest-simmering conflicts to ask these pointed questions. What he heard from combatants in the Gaza Strip, the disputed Kashmir region along the India-Pakistan border, and tribally divided South Sudan captures the futility of wars that never end -- and can't be won. Tragically, bitter rivals are often fighting for the very same reasons.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY KARIM BEN KHELIFA | JANUARY 2, 2013