Pakistan’s Elections: A Personal Experience
Our correspondent votes for the first time in her life, and senses real change in her country.
Our correspondent votes for the first time in her life, and senses real change in her country.
Unchallenged for decades, and facing budget cuts, the U.S. Navy risks losing its capability to challenge the PLA in its near seas.
Indonesia’s forests are being destroyed. Ecotourism may offer one way to protect them.
Nationalists are seeking leverage for the Senkaku/Diaoyu dispute. Japan shouldn’t play into their hands.

The recent weakening of the yen is sparking responses across the region.
Georgia has adopted Western models of economics and politics, but its trade has benefited from looking East.

The volume of shadow banking reached a staggering 55 percent of China’s GDP in 2012.
Trade and business are high on the agenda as Li visits India, Pakistan, Switzerland, and Germany.

Vietnam has tested its first indigenous drones. Will they be used for military purposes?
Starting off with the moral high ground, Ma Ying-jeou quickly overplayed his hand. What went wrong?

ASEAN needs more of two things: solidarity and youth involvement.
At a historic moment, the U.S. must not be shortsighted.

A new project questions India and Pakistan's shared historical narrative.
Shehzad Roy is calling worldwide attention to problems in Pakistan’s education system.

On its 100th anniversary, it's a good time to set the record straight about Bollywood's place in Indian cinema.
While the Buddha's message is alive in the East, in the West some say it has been scrambled.

National Security Advisor Tom Donilon will travel to Beijing on May 26-28 ahead of the leaders' meeting in California.
The Diplomat rounds up this week's upcoming events in the Asia-Pacific.