April 2021

Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon exhorted the U.N. Security Council to act immediately.

The joint statement included some welcome commitments, and held out hope for more progress in the future.

Japarov's press secretary claims the president took the posts down himself, but Facebook says they were removed for being harmful "misinformation."

Different countries have approached the military aspects of space in different ways. Here’s India’s approach. 

Much remains uncertain about Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s future. But he could spring yet another surprise.

Women and girls often suffer the effects of conflict disproportionately to men. 

China has made technological strides in the AI field. Should that be viewed as a threat?

Both countries have been criticized as climate change laggards. The Biden and Suga administrations are looking to change that perception.

The beleaguered community watched neighboring India’s 2018 decriminalization of consensual homosexual relations with wistful joy.

Tashkent recently reassured Iran of its interest in the Iranian route to the sea, but Uzbekistan has more actively sought a new route through Afghanistan to Pakistani ports.

Insights from Jean-Marc F. Blanchard.

At the Biden-Suga summit, strong language on China, including a notable mention of Taiwan, was tempered by Suga's precarious situation at home.