Even though China’s role in South Asia has grown in the last decade, Beijing has little by way of policy or strategy when it comes to dealing with political instability in the region. 

A few sunlit ridges beside ice-rich craters could become lunar chokepoints, unless Asia writes simple, shared rules now.

India’s navy is the only one that operates persistently between Qatar, the forward HQ of the US CENTCOM, and the Malacca Strait, which leads into the South China Sea.

That Indonesia’s costly high-speed rail is operating at a loss right out of the gate has raised some eyebrows.

The Assam government’s decisions on land transfers are likely to reignite tensions in a state with a history of violence against alleged outsiders.

It’s not clear that common worldviews will be enough to keep the alliance moving in a positive direction.

While ACD removes structural barriers to cooperation, at the same time it is supposed to gradually reduce Japan’s overreliance on U.S. cyberdefense systems. 

Kazakhstan should be, and has been, commended for strengthening legal protections for women and holding perpetrators accountable, but more must be done.

In his annual State of the Nation speech, Tokayev gave new insights into how he envisions the development of Kazakhstan as a digital state.

Trump spoke of agreements on visits and TikTok, while China's readout was more circumspect.

Sri Lanka faces both the constraints of a post-crisis economy and the opportunities of a shifting global aid architecture.

NATO diplomacy signals New Zealand’s shift toward Europe, and its ambitions to expand dual-use technology exports to the region.

The regional director of Terre des Hommes Netherlands speaks with The Diplomat.

Nepal is the latest South Asian country to witness large-scale youth-driven protests take down a government.

For decades, men ruled the farms in Bihar. Now, it’s women who are reshaping the agricultural economy.