2013

The Diplomat ranks each Asian team’s chances at the World Cup.

But with 10 percent of government revenue from state-owned tobacco, is it even possible?

With the Fed taper set to begin, how will the region’s bourses perform next year?

For China’s leadership, an ancient era offers lessons – positive and negative – for today.

The Diplomat’s Sanjay Kumar spoke with Abdul Hakim Mujahid, former Taliban representative to the UN and now deputy chair of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, about the past, present and future of his country.

Also: Red Cross worried about aid dependency in the Philippines, Thai rice farmers threaten roadblocks.

Afghanistan's neighbors, with the exception of Iran, want to see an American presence in Afghanistan past 2014.

China’s Road and Bridge Corporation Center (CRBC) struck a deal with Kenya to launch a new and improved railway.

China and Japan could go to war over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands, even if it meant economic ruin.

For years to come an unmanned, carrier-based 5th generation stealth fighter will remain a fantasy in Beijing.

US EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy is in China this week to highlight the need for US-China cooperation.

China's pollution problem is now fully out in the open, but talking about it isn't enough.