India

New Delhi Surprise

Beneath the smiles, India is not happy with Obama.

BY SUMIT GANGULY | NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Weak Ties

For all the excitement about India’s rise, its economic relationship with the United States remains more anemic than it could be. Why?

BY ANJA MANUEL | NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Obama's Asian Tour

Washington may have just gotten a lot less friendly for the president, but he still has plenty of fans in Asia. A look at where he's going, who he's meeting, and what it means.

BY JARED MONDSCHEIN, ANDREW SWIFT | NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Whispers Behind the Welcome

Indians are looking forward to Obama's arrival, but worry that he won't live up to Bush's legacy of substantive engagement.

BY SADANAND DHUME | NOVEMBER 4, 2010

We Need an Indian Civilian Surge

The United States is still struggling to bring stability to Afghanistan. Why not ask India to help?

BY RICHARD FONTAINE | NOVEMBER 4, 2010

India's Strategic Future

Why India needs to move from "strategic autonomy" to strategic cooperation with the United States.

BY C. RAJA MOHAN | NOVEMBER 4, 2010

India's Unfinished Business

Nobody jokes about the "Hindu rate of growth" anymore. But with hopes for further reform fading in New Delhi, will the Indian economic miracle come to an early end?

BY ARVIND PANAGARIYA | NOVEMBER 4, 2010

'The Arabs (and Indians and Chinese) Are Coming!'

With so many touching xenophobic and foreigner-baiting attack ads, it's hard to pick favorites. Here are five of the best as the midterm elections get ugly.

BY CAMERON ABADI, ANDREW SWIFT | OCTOBER 29, 2010

Killing the Messenger

Arundhati Roy was right to call India's presence in Kashmir a military occupation -- and throwing writers in jail won't solve the problem.

BY ANUJ CHOPRA | OCTOBER 28, 2010

Pakistan Goes Rogue

What the sole footnote in Bob Woodward's Obama's Wars tells us about Europe's growing fears of a terrorist attack.

BY SIMON HENDERSON | OCTOBER 4, 2010

Women in Control

While it's true that more than 75 percent of parliaments worldwide are more than three-quarters male, in recent years some high-powered female heads of state have bucked the trend. If Dilma Rousseff is elected as Brazil's first female president, she'll be joining a small, but elite, cohort.

BY SUZANNE MERKELSON, ANDREW SWIFT | OCTOBER 1, 2010

Debacle in New Delhi

How can India be a superpower if it can't even build a bridge?

BY SADANAND DHUME | SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

These Terrorists Aren't Playing Games

All India is abuzz over New Delhi's incompetent planning for the Commonwealth Games. But it's the return of terror that the city should be most worried about.

BY PRAVEEN SWAMI | SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

India's Catastrophe

As New Delhi prepares for the 2010 Commonwealth Games things are falling apart -- literally.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Cliches of the Century

Ten easy ways to illustrate China vs. India -- and miss the point entirely.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Grain Pains

Imagine if the drought this summer near Moscow happened near Chicago or Beijing. Lester Brown has, and he's afraid.

INTERVIEW BY CHRISTINA LARSON | AUGUST 26, 2010

A Food Program That's Not About Food

What India's starving children don't need is more blind handouts. What they do need is real social change.

BY PURNIMA MENON | AUGUST 26, 2010

Maoists in Limbo

Nepal's former insurgents now pass the time in camps scattered throughout the countryside. But are they integrating into society -- or just biding their time until the next round of fighting?

BY ANUP KAPHLE | AUGUST 26, 2010

Megacities

FP's guide to the coming urban age.

BY RICHARD DOBBS | SEPT. / OCT. 2010

India's Hidden War

Inside the resource conflict you haven't heard about.

SEPT. / OCT. 2010

The Global Dream

With the global rise of the celebrity CEO, some new stories are being told.

BY MICHAEL SKAPINKER | SEPT. / OCT. 2010

Fire in the Hole

How India's economic rise turned an obscure communist revolt into a raging resource war.

BY JASON MIKLIAN, SCOTT CARNEY | SEPT. / OCT. 2010

Slumdog Billionaires

Two autobiographies show how India's new Rockefellers made it big.

BY SADANAND DHUME | SEPT. / OCT. 2010

With Friends Like These...

It’s time to wake up, Washington. Pakistan’s military is running the show in Islamabad, and the WikiLeaks revelations have only confirmed that supporting jihadi terrorist groups aren’t the actions of a few, rogue generals -- it’s government strategy.

BY SUMIT GANGULY | JULY 29, 2010

Don't Even Think About It

The Cold War was scary enough. Now try to imagine a nuclear arms race between China and India.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JULY 13, 2010

Who's Got the Right Stuff?

How the world's space programs match up.

JULY/AUGUST 2010

The Coal Miner's Burden

Gas explosions, flooding, and getting trapped leagues beneath the earth's surface -- images of the world's most hazardous occupation.

MAY 18, 2010

The Dark Side of Cricket

From apartheid South Africa to Bollywood financiers, the sport of cricket boasts a storied political history. Here's a look at some of the game's most controversial moments.

BY ANDREW SWIFT | MAY 14, 2010

India's Failing Counterinsurgency Campaign

A rare visit to a Maoist rebel camp deep in the jungle shows why New Delhi's clumsy attempts to stamp out its most dangerous internal revolt have been so disastrous.

BY ANUJ CHOPRA | MAY 14, 2010

Will There Be an Indian Harvard?

Some in India are hoping that inviting in foreign universities will solve the country's higher education crisis. It'll take a miracle.

BY SUDIP MAZUMDAR | MAY 13, 2010