Laws like the Forest Rights Act have been systematically eroded by the very state institutions responsible for implementing ...

After a year of progress, China-India relations are advancing into a more difficult but more productive period.

It will help the party shed its baggage of having opposed Bangladesh’s liberation in 1971, and attract the support of young ...

Chinese firms and regulators helped make the smartphone the country’s default entertainment device. Now mobile games are a ...

In the labyrinthine, often dimly lit corridors of Iran’s newsrooms, a sound resonates louder than the headlines of the daily ...

Indonesia’s long-awaited new Criminal Code, which has come under fire for its bans on pre-marital sex and insults to the ...

The past year has been eventful and at times tumultuous for the subregion. Expect more of the same over the coming year.

Yamagami Tetsuya’s trial will renew attention to the powerful effect of religious groups in Japanese politics, and the LDP’s ...

Rising repayment pressures are narrowing fiscal space and testing the sustainability of the region’s development model.

Taiwan’s government has in recent years stepped up efforts to strengthen public communication amid growing security and ...

Wary of accusations of hegemonism, India is shying away from the label “net security provider” in favor of a new model.

The TTP’s growing attacks in Pakistan from sanctuaries in Afghanistan led to serious frictions with Kabul. Attacks by Baloch ...