South Asia

Comrade Locke

Why is China so obsessed with America's backpack-wearing, coupon-clipping ambassador?

BY ANNE HENOCHOWICZ | MAY 14, 2012

Shanghaied

Why you shouldn't believe everything you read about China. Hint: not even the journalists really know what’s going on.

BY GEOFF DYER | MAY 10, 2012

The Rise of India's Soft Power

It's not just Bollywood and yoga anymore.

BY RANI D. MULLEN, SUMIT GANGULY | MAY 8, 2012

The Ravenous Dragon and the Fruits of Adversity

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 | MAY 7, 2012

China's iPad Generation

Meet the children left behind when mommy and daddy go to the factory.

BY DEBORAH JIAN LEE, SUSHMA SUBRAMANIAN | MAY 3, 2012

Citizen Chen

How a Chinese legal activist became an icon of freedom.

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | MAY 2, 2012

9 Ways of Looking at Chen

A human rights hero becomes a meme.

BY SOPHIE BEACH | MAY 2, 2012

Obama's Smart Diplomacy in China

The United States did the right thing in cutting a deal to save blind activist Chen Guangcheng. But his case highlights just how much progress China needs to make on human rights.

BY FRANK JANNUZI | MAY 2, 2012

May Day Madness

MAY 1, 2012

China's Left Behind Children

Breakneck growth has made China an economic miracle. But will the destruction of families prove to be too high a cost?

BY DEBORAH JIAN LEE, SUSHMA SUBRAMANIAN | MAY 1, 2012

Lying to Tell the Truth

Saving the world is no excuse for fudging the facts.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 1, 2012

Tobacco's War on Women

The global tobacco industry is targeting women in emerging markets. Can public policy rise to the challenge?

BY BRAD EDMONDSON | MAY 1, 2012

Why America Must Save Chen Guangcheng

Now is one of those times when the United States must live up to its ideals.

BY FRANK WOLF | APRIL 30, 2012

State of Injustice

What the bizarre cases of Bo Xilai and Chen Guangcheng can tell us about China.

BY SOPHIE RICHARDSON | APRIL 30, 2012

Predators for Peace

Drones have revolutionized war. Why not let them deliver aid?

BY JACK C. CHOW | APRIL 27, 2012

Away From the Handouts

The argument for a new approach to development aid.

BY PETER PASSELL | APRIL 26, 2012

Financial (Secret) Services

A conversation with the mysterious Anonymous analysts who are exposing fraud and corruption in Chinese companies -- and taking them down.

INTERVIEW BY ISAAC STONE FISH | APRIL 26, 2012

Sex and the Single Mullah

Islamic scholars are prepared to answer questions and issue fatwas on almost any realm of modern life. Sometimes, it can get a little kinky.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | APRIL 23, 2012

Doing Right by the World's Women

A conversation with the first female head of the U.N. Development Program on the most pressing issues for women in the developing world.

BY MARGARET SLATTERY | APRIL 23, 2012

The Most Powerful Women You've Never Heard Of

The Angela Merkels and Dilma Rousseffs get all the attention. But they're not the only female leaders running the world.

BY FP STAFF | MAY/JUNE 2012

Get an MBA, Save the World

If you want to work in international development, go work for a big, bad multinational company.

BY CHARLES KENNY | MAY/JUNE 2012

The World in Photos This Week

Norway's mass killer goes on trial, the space shuttle Discovery lands in Washington, and North Korea celebrates the 100th birthday of Kim Il Sung.

APRIL 20, 2012

April Is the Cruelest Month … for China

Beijing's leaders are finding out the hard way that being a superpower isn't all it's cracked up to be.

BY SOPHIE RICHARDSON | APRIL 19, 2012

The Terrible Tiger

Vietnam may look like a success story, but with Burma's recent thaw, it's now the most repressive country in Southeast Asia.

BY DUSTIN ROASA | APRIL 17, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

North Korea launches a dud, a fragile cease-fire holds in Syria, and Rick Santorum bows out.

APRIL 13, 2012

Treacherous Waters

The latest bad publicity for the global cruise industry is just the tip of the iceberg.

BY ROSS A. KLEIN | APRIL 6, 2012

Welcome to Shura City

Religious and ethnic conflicts have left the Taliban's headquarters-in-exile battered and bleeding.

BY FARAH JAN | APRIL 5, 2012

The Indian Mutiny That Wasn't

What's behind the strange coup rumors in Delhi?

BY SHASHANK JOSHI | APRIL 5, 2012

Decoupling: Ties That No Longer Bind

Emerging market economies have protected themselves from global economic downturns.

BY PETER PASSELL | APRIL 4, 2012

Sharing the Burden

Why Africa doesn't need your white guilt anymore.

BY CHARLES KENNY | APRIL 2, 2012