March 2016

ChemChina’s $43 billion acquisition of Swiss-based Syngenta could be a game-changer for food production.

Will Japan’s farmers revolt against the LDP in the July Upper House election?

Kabul can win battles, but it will never win the war unless it disrupts the Taliban's major funding source: poppies.

As the South China Sea judgment looms, some say China should drop out of UNCLOS. That's not a viable option.

Washington touts "stabilizing force" of its presence as Manila and Beijing trade barbs.

Nepal is the latest Asian state to become a dialogue partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Pakistan’s military revealed the Z-10 Thunderbolt attack helicopter at the 2016 Pakistan Day parade.

The film was bound to do well, but "ghost screenings" clued regulators onto the Chinese distributor’s clumsy fraud.

The Diplomat speaks with long-time Taliban analyst Ahmed Rashid about the possibility for peace in Afghanistan.

Taiwan's arguments that Itu Aba is, in fact, an island could benefit China in the upcoming arbitration ruling.

The unit’s main task is to carry out special operations inside North Korea in the event of war.

India is set to lead the International Solar Alliance, but its task is not without challenges.