South Asia
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
We Can't Drone Our Way to Victory in Afghanistan
It’s time for the United States to think of new ways to combat terrorism in Southwest Asia.
BY MICAH ZENKO | MARCH 27, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
A tragedy in Toulouse, spring has sprung, and a general testifies.
MARCH 23, 2012
Lessons for America from the Global War on Sleaze
When it comes to fighting corruption, it turns out there’s a lot that the U.S. can learn from developing countries.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 20, 2012
Failure 2.0
India's big, new foreign policy idea is even worse than its last one. And that's saying something.
BY SADANAND DHUME | MARCH 16, 2012
Fire on the Mountain
How many Tibetans have to burn themselves before the Chinese care?
BY TSERING WOESER | MARCH 13, 2012
The Politics of Sorry
Six stations on the road to forgiveness -- and why there's no harm in President Obama apologizing to Afghanistan.
BY KARL E. MEYER | MARCH 12, 2012
Onward and Upward
Why economics -- the dismal science -- is far too pessimistic when it comes to analyzing the amazing gains in poverty eradication.
BY CHARLES KENNY | MARCH 5, 2012
Hoping Against All Hope
Tibetans are setting themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule. So is there anything the leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile can do about it?
BY SUDIP MAZUMDAR | MARCH 5, 2012
Mind the Gap
Inequality is an increasing problem around the world. But there are cures.
BY PETER PASSELL | MARCH 1, 2012
'The Juice Ain’t Worth the Squeeze'
Lies, damn lies, and the war in Afghanistan.
BY DOUGLAS WISSING | FEBRUARY 23, 2012
The Cult of Mayawati
Love her or hate her, India's polarizing political superstar is a force to be reckoned with.
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
The World in Photos this Week
Soccer riots in Egypt, Merkel heads to China, and an anniversary in Tehran.
FEBRUARY 3, 2012
The Diaspora's Conscience
Does the National Iranian American Council have a moral obligation to speak out against the ayatollahs?
BY PETER KOHANLOO, SOHRAB AHMARI | FEBRUARY 1, 2012
The Battle for Bihar
Sleaze still plagues India. But one place is fighting back.
BY SUDIP MAZUMDAR | JANUARY 25, 2012
All Silk Roads Lead to Tehran
Sanctions aren't the answer. If Washington is serious about building a new economic and security architecture across South and Central Asia, it can’t avoid working with Iran.
BY NEIL PADUKONE | JANUARY 23, 2012
Inside a Changing Myanmar
As the United States restores diplomatic relations, photos from a country in transition.
BY CORNELIU CAZACU | JANUARY 13, 2012
Pakistan's Slow-Motion Coup
Islamabad’s generals are out to destroy Pakistani democracy. Obama should try to stop them.
BY C. CHRISTINE FAIR | JANUARY 5, 2012
Pakistan the Unreal
A son's tale of a death ripped from the headlines -- and the novel that foretold it.
BY AATISH TASEER | JAN/FEB 2012
8 Geopolitically Endangered Species
Meet the weaker countries that will suffer from American decline.
BY ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI | JAN/FEB 2012
War Dogs, Boomtowns, and Dead Dictators
Foreign Policy’s most popular photo essays of 2011.
DECEMBER 28, 2011
The Bioterrorist Next Door
Man-made killer bird flu is here. Can -- should -- governments try to stop it?
BY LAURIE GARRETT | DECEMBER 15, 2011
To the Barricades
From Tahrir Square to Wall Street to the Kremlin, 2011 was a year when politics was conducted in the street.
DECEMBER 14, 2011
Caption Contest: What's happening in this photo of Kim Jong Un?
How these Burmese rebels got big on Weibo
BY PATRICK BOEHLER
Newsflash: The answer to the military's sexual assault problem isn't more PowerPoints
BY CAPT. NICK NETHERY
Is it safe to fly on a U.N. helicopter?
BY COLUM LYNCH
Inside Saudi Arabia's new crackdown on dissent
Meet the movement standing up to Libya's extremists
BY MOHAMED ELJARH
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