South Asia
Afghanistan Is Now India's Problem
The United States may soon have the option of washing its hands of Afghanistan. But with an untrustworthy Pakistani military exerting greater influence, India does not.
BY SUMIT GANGULY | JULY 19, 2011
No, Pakistan Is Not Off the Hook
Even if the speculation about this week's Mumbai attacks is true, Islamabad still has some explaining to do.
BY SHASHANK JOSHI | JULY 14, 2011
A Thousand Points of Light
When it comes to bringing electricity to the developing world, small is beautiful.
BY CHARLES KENNY | JULY 11, 2011
Poland's 'Vietnam Syndrome' in Afghanistan
A high-profile war crimes trial points out the dangerous divide between America and its allies on the ground in Afghanistan.
BY ALEKSANDRA KULCZUGA | JULY 7, 2011
5 Key U.S. Cables for Understanding Thailand's Turmoil
Obtained by Reuters and curated by Andrew MacGregor Marshall.
JUNE 29, 2011
Poor Little Rich Country
How do you categorize India, a nation that is at once fantastically wealthy and desperately poor?
BY PATRICK FRENCH | JUNE 24, 2011
Postcards from Hell, 2011
Images from the world's most failed states.
BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JUNE 20, 2011
Fortress India
Why is Delhi building a new Berlin Wall to keep out its Bangladeshi neighbors?
BY SCOTT CARNEY, JASON MIKLIAN, KRISTIAN HOELSCHER | JULY/AUGUST 2011
Through Rose-Colored Corrective Lenses
Poor vision is a major hurdle to getting ahead in the developing world. Fortunately, remedies are cheaper and easier -- and more profitable -- than they've ever been before.
BY CHARLES KENNY | JUNE 13, 2011
Pyongyang Spring
Could Kim Jong Il's regime be the next autocratic government to fall? Don't bet on it.
BY SEBASTIAN STRANGIO | JUNE 8, 2011
Pakistan's Black Pearl
The hype about a Chinese-built port on the Arabian Sea says more about Islamabad's desperation than it does about Beijing's imperial ambitions.
BY URMILA VENUGOPALAN | JUNE 3, 2011
The Lost Villages
Saying goodbye to a once-friendly land, now taken without a fight by the Taliban.
BY ANNA BADKHEN | JUNE 3, 2011
The Hawks of South Asia
The dream of a lasting peace between Pakistan and India can't happen unless their militaries get out of the way.
BY BASHARAT PEER | MAY 31, 2011
You Can't Always Get What You Want
What Amazon.com and Netflix can teach us about fighting poverty.
BY DEAN KARLAN, JACOB APPEL | MAY 31, 2011
China's Port in Pakistan?
China's dream of Indian Ocean ports -- the so-called string of pearls -- is heightening geopolitical tensions in a rough neighborhood.
BY ROBERT D. KAPLAN | MAY 27, 2011
The Gul Under the Bed
Afghanistan needs to stop blaming a washed-up spymaster for all of its problems.
BY NAHEED MUSTAFA | MAY 23, 2011
No Need for Speed
Save your money, United Nations -- the developing world doesn't need broadband Internet to get ahead.
BY CHARLES KENNY | MAY 16, 2011
Raging at Rawalpindi
American leaders are furious with Pakistan’s military in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s killing. But twisting arms will only backfire.
BY SHUJA NAWAZ | MAY 13, 2011
Trauma Center
How do you bring peace to a country where everyone has PTSD and the only therapy is prayer?
BY ANNA BADKHEN | MAY 13, 2011
The Fight Goes On
In Afghanistan, bin Laden's dead and the Taliban don't care.
BY ANNA BADKHEN | MAY 11, 2011
Dear China: Help Us Fix Pakistan
The world's two superpowers must work together to fix the world's most broken country.
BY PATRICK C. DOHERTY | MAY 9, 2011
The Code of the Hills
It’s not Abbottabad the United States should be worried about.
BY AKBAR AHMED | MAY 6, 2011
Fatal Corruption
Why India's problems are too broad for even a Jasmine Revolution to root out.
BY ANUJ CHOPRA | MAY 3, 2011
Escaping from Afghanistan's Mad-Max Present
What Osama bin Laden's death means for South Asia's future.
BY ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER | MAY 3, 2011
The Lies They Tell Us
Can the Pakistani government's web of deceit survive the death of Osama bin Laden?
BY MOSHARRAF ZAIDI | MAY 2, 2011
Abbottabad: Bin Laden’s Final Home
Osama couldn't have picked a more unlikely place to hide out.
BY CAMERON ABADI | MAY 2, 2011
Out of Eden
Pre-modern lifestyles were fraught with violence, disease, and uncertainty. We should be happy that indigenous societies are increasingly leaving them behind.
BY CHARLES KENNY | APRIL 26, 2011
Tiger Blood
Two years after its brutal counterinsurgency war ended, Sri Lanka faces new questions from the international community.
BY GORDON WEISS | APRIL 26, 2011
BY URI FRIEDMAN
Want to Reinvigorate the Middle East Peace Process? Start with 3G.
BY ALEC ROSS
Europe's Dirty Little Secret? Belarus.
BY CRISTINA ODONE
The Suddenly Booming Business of Secretive Communications
BY ELIAS GROLL
In Medieval Europe, Bad Weather Was Especially Bad for Jews
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
The Strange Letter That Has France Asking, 'Use Me?'
BY LYDIA TOMKIW
Armitage on Afghan War: 'It Is Not Worth One More Limb'
BY THOMAS E. RICKS
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