Second, partition proposals encountered stiff opposition, sometimes from unexpected quarters. Many Burmese opposed separation ...

Soccer’s scandal-ridden governing body deemed it necessary to launch an annual FIFA Peace Prize and make Trump the inaugural recipient. Critics say this is problematic on many levels: sports and ...

Kyrgyzstan had, after previous experiences with strongman rule, restricted the presidency to a single term. Mr Japarov did ...

Unusually destructive storms have killed at least 1,350 people across the region and displaced millions in South and ...

The announcement by India’s Ministry of External Affairs, made after Afghan Commerce Minister Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi’s ...

Read together, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal reveal the same pattern in different sequences. In Colombo, debt workouts and stabilisation frames narrowed policy choice and enabled old networks to ...

U.S. alliance is modernizing at speed, but its command architecture remains anchored in an earlier era. A new command is needed.

South Africa, a normally vocal presence in global climate and environment forums, has eroded its influence because of a political fight that led to the firing of its environment minister. The country, ...

From the colonial “scramble for Africa” to Cold War coups and proxy conflicts backed by the United States and Soviet Union, the developing world was frequently an arena for competition among rival ...

RARELY CALM, the cross-border politics of South Asia’s great rivers have been roiling of late. In late October Afghanistan revealed plans to build dams on the Kabul river, rankling Pakistan, with ...